Emily Berry
Waiting for leadership
The last few days of "To Kill a Mockingbird" controversy in Shorewood have swirled to the surface a lot of resentments, assumptions,...
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Emily Berry
- Sep 12, 2018
- 4 min
How do we define good character and citizenship? Should schools even try?
I mentioned in my preview of this week's school board meeting that our board was taking up some of the most substantive questions and...
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Emily Berry
- Aug 24, 2018
- 1 min
Your meeting
Once a year, the school district is required to call a meeting for village residents to consider and (usually) approve a tax levy to...
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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...
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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
- May 10, 2018
- 4 min
A Small Town Hall
The school board hosted their final linkage of the year Tuesday night, welcoming anyone and everyone for a Town Hall immediately before...
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Emily Berry
- Feb 28, 2018
- 8 min
An Open Letter to our School Leadership
I understand that only two of you -- specifically, our board president and our superintendent, are really supposed to speak for you all...
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Emily Berry
- Jan 16, 2018
- 4 min
Repeating myself: The district needs dedicated HR.
This post was first published on my original site Sept. 12, 2017. Hey, did I mention the district needs a dedicated Human Resources...
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