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    Wanted: Business Manager
    Emily Berry
    • Mar 30, 2019
    • 3 min

    Wanted: Business Manager

    Thanks to public documents released to Shorewoodian and seasoned reporter Geoff Davidian, we know that the district business manager...
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    There are facts and then there's FACT
    Emily Berry
    • Feb 5, 2019
    • 3 min

    There are facts and then there's FACT

    Time for another installment of "things you might be assuming..." about our district's facilities planning, financing and taxes. This...
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    Emily Berry
    • Jan 19, 2019
    • 3 min

    What does it mean to "Say Yes" to our schools?

    I see there's a campaign to tie the referendum question to the idea of supporting our schools and community: Catchphrase, "Say Yes to...
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    It just got real...
    Emily Berry
    • Jan 16, 2019
    • 4 min

    It just got real...

    Tonight the school board officially placed two questions on the ballot for April 2, 2019: one asking voters for permission to borrow $65...
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    Are you assuming your taxes are set as low as possible?
    Emily Berry
    • Jan 14, 2019
    • 4 min

    Are you assuming your taxes are set as low as possible?

    It's time for a second post challenging assumptions I think folks might be making about our school district. The assumption: That the...
    222 views0 comments
    I'm in.
    Emily Berry
    • Jan 3, 2019
    • 4 min

    I'm in.

    Shorewood, welcome to campaign season 2019! This year I'll be on the ballot as a candidate for school board, and I'll be knocking on...
    207 views0 comments
    What happens when you assume?
    Emily Berry
    • Dec 18, 2018
    • 4 min

    What happens when you assume?

    Whether you support a potential $65 million bond issue to pay for facilities improvements in our school district or not, I hope you will...
    338 views5 comments
    School leaders hear what they want to hear: a "yes."
    Emily Berry
    • Nov 13, 2018
    • 6 min

    School leaders hear what they want to hear: a "yes."

    Tonight's school board meeting will include a review of survey responses from the community gauging our tolerance for borrowing and...
    265 views0 comments
    Facilities plans are crystallizing - are you paying attention?
    Emily Berry
    • Sep 5, 2018
    • 3 min

    Facilities plans are crystallizing - are you paying attention?

    There were a good two dozen people in attendance at Tuesday's annual meeting, present to listen to the highlights of the school...
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    Cheers to showing up
    Emily Berry
    • Aug 30, 2018
    • 3 min

    Cheers to showing up

    There were a good two dozen people in attendance at Tuesday's annual meeting, present to listen to the highlights of the school...
    55 views0 comments
    Walls have a way of getting political.
    Emily Berry
    • Jul 11, 2018
    • 8 min

    Walls have a way of getting political.

    UPDATE/POSTSCRIPT: The special Friday the 13th meeting resulted in a reversal - the wall has indeed been knocked down. Lots of wasted...
    492 views0 comments
    Spending plans for 2018-2019
    Emily Berry
    • Jun 27, 2018
    • 2 min

    Spending plans for 2018-2019

    Tuesday's regular meeting was much shorter than usual and was missing two board members, but the remaining three voted on significant...
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    Emily Berry
    • Jun 12, 2018
    • 6 min

    Laying the groundwork for a big pile of debt

    I'll start this post with a positive: a room full of people showed up last week to hear about the district's facilities plan and the role...
    123 views0 comments
    Maintenance and Operations: How Shorewood Measures Up
    Emily Berry
    • Mar 13, 2018
    • 5 min

    Maintenance and Operations: How Shorewood Measures Up

    [Important edits made to this post Tuesday, March 13 regarding the data cited here] Spend a lot of time in any of our schools, and...
    227 views0 comments
    Emily Berry
    • Jan 16, 2018
    • 6 min

    Accounting matters

    This is an archived post from my original site, originally posted Dec. 4, 2017 If you were among the dozen or so folks who showed up at...
    19 views0 comments

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