{"id":20542,"date":"2023-05-17T13:27:34","date_gmt":"2023-05-17T22:27:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stellerschool712.org\/main\/?p=20542"},"modified":"2023-05-18T11:41:36","modified_gmt":"2023-05-18T20:41:36","slug":"sign-the-letter-of-support-to-be-presented-to-asd-may-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stellerschool712.org\/main\/sign-the-letter-of-support-to-be-presented-to-asd-may-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Sign the Letter of Support to be presented to ASD May 23!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a member of the <\/span><b>Steller community<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the Ad Hoc Advocacy Committee of SPG invites you to <\/span><b>engage in the following ways\u2026<\/b><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you are interested in signing the committee\u2019s<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1en51uwmq20kNBs6BJat8Q1keFBq_XjdZKeGKPRf8dj4\/edit?usp=drivesdk\"><b>letter of support<\/b><\/a><b> for Steller values and staff <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">addressed to the ASD Board, please do so <\/span><b>before Monday, May 22nd<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp; The letter can be found in the SPG mailbox in the Steller office.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>The above letter will be read during public testimony at the upcoming ASD Board meeting on <b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">May 23rd<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (6pm at ASD Education Center, located at 5530 E. Northern Lights Blvd, in the School Board Conference Room).&nbsp; A large showing from the Steller community would be encouraging . . . if you\u2019re interested in showing support, <\/span><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">please come<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><b>BACKGROUND:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Steller has been named at recent school board meetings, and a blogger has targeted Steller teachers and principal by name.&nbsp; This apparently was triggered by a past class at Steller about the history of banned books. Following the blog publication, Steller\u2019s teachers and principal are being targeted by hate mail. As a result, Steller staff have been reviewing and enhancing classroom and building safety protocols. More details are available in the March Steller Parent Group meeting minutes under the Principal\u2019s Report&nbsp; <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/10N5lTDRbdu9mph_tg_V6_4qgQSURQuc2UAkrCKWD8bU\/edit?usp=sharing\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (or find the link under <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stellerschool712.org\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.stellerschool712.org<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; Parents &#8211; SPG Minutes).&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can review ASD School Board meeting minutes and videos <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asdk12.org\/Page\/4329\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: For your convenience, the committee has noted the times for some of the above mentioned <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1bYnvrHdUhAD2szmd3ocD7nhq6WjxURVpEgLYq43nSs4\/edit?usp=sharing\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">public comments<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that are germane to its work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition to this issue, school funding challenges make this an important time to voice our support for Steller loudly and clearly.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This Committee\u2019s intent was to develop a broad statement of support for our school values, teachers, and principal and to ensure a diversity of perspectives at the ASD Board Meetings.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We welcome you to read and sign the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1en51uwmq20kNBs6BJat8Q1keFBq_XjdZKeGKPRf8dj4\/edit?usp=drivesdk\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">letter<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that will be presented into testimony at the May 23rd ASD Board meeting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The committee knows this statement will not cover all of the issues that may be important to you or state things the way you would personally, and we encourage you to attend, testify and\/or submit your own comments to the school board.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asdk12.org\/Page\/1443\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HOW TO PROVIDE TESTIMONY\/EMAIL THE SCHOOL BOARD<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Individuals can provide in-person, telephonic, or written comments to the School Board at their Regular Meetings. Speakers are limited to three minutes per person.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The School Board encourages anyone wishing to provide written public comments to register <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSeVWE-wiHua43o2AoMSntvjRU2hOo1Wb1rg1dUJaRK0sD03hQ\/viewform\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by 11:59 p.m. the day before the meeting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These comments will become part of the meeting record.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>AdHoc Advocacy Committee<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a member of the Steller community, the Ad Hoc Advocacy Committee of SPG invites you to engage in the following ways\u2026 If you are interested in signing the committee\u2019s letter of support for Steller values and staff addressed to the ASD Board, please do so before Monday, May 22nd.&nbsp; The letter can be found [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stellerschool712.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stellerschool712.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stellerschool712.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stellerschool712.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stellerschool712.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20542"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.stellerschool712.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20542\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20546,"href":"https:\/\/www.stellerschool712.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20542\/revisions\/20546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stellerschool712.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stellerschool712.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stellerschool712.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}