Congratulations to Lisa Houk for getting the highest number of votes in the Pleasantdale School Board Election and winning a seat on the board. We trust that she will continue to serve the best interests of the entire community over her next four years on the Board of Education.
Best wishes to Steve Rockrohr for having the courage to throw his hat in the ring in an effort to make our school district the best it can be. He has many more years of children in the district and we hope he will consider another run in 2013.
Best wishes also go out to Rick Rigley. Thanks a "latte" for your service on the board over the last four years!
As for Beth Tegtmeier, Doug Gilman and Gina Scaletta-Nelson, well, they are the waiters. They must wait until the election is certified on April 26 before it can be determined for sure who the actual winners are.
While you wait, enjoy a repost of a portion of the April 8th blog entry after the 2009 school board election...
"There were many other winners, some even before the votes were tallied.
The teachers were winners. We hope that by sharing their “voices” with the community we were able to raise awareness to their plight. We had hoped that by winning we would be able to make some positive changes on their behalf. We can only hope that the awareness that was raised will lead to fairer practices and garner them the respect that they deserve.
The community won as well. This blog was started so that everyone’s voice would be heard. Our stats outpaced themselves almost on a daily basis. It was evident to us and to others that this was one way for residents to communicate whether it was openly or anonymously.
We hope that by bringing to light many of the concerns of the community, our superintendent Mark Fredisdorf, will take notice that smoke and mirrors will not make problems, concerns, complaints and parents just go away. When the dust settles, they will always remain. We hope that he will set aside his monopoly on our school district and work together with the community in making our schools the very best they can be. We will remain ever vigilant to the needs all district residents, especially the children.
We plan to keep our blog open because we feel this is one avenue of communication that will continue to grow. Not every blog on the Internet is what you’d like it to be. Some are politically correct so as not to rock the boat, and others seek to bring truth to light. Our intention is and will remain to shed light on the wrongs and the rights, the good and the bad, and unfortunately, even sometimes the ugly.
Please click on the link to the right to subscribe to our blog. If you would like to contribute a column to the main page, please send us an email to pleasantdaleblog@gmail.com.
Finally, in true Chicago form, we say, see ya next election…it’s only 730 days away and there is much more work to be done!"
The community won as well. This blog was started so that everyone’s voice would be heard. Our stats outpaced themselves almost on a daily basis. It was evident to us and to others that this was one way for residents to communicate whether it was openly or anonymously.
We hope that by bringing to light many of the concerns of the community, our superintendent Mark Fredisdorf, will take notice that smoke and mirrors will not make problems, concerns, complaints and parents just go away. When the dust settles, they will always remain. We hope that he will set aside his monopoly on our school district and work together with the community in making our schools the very best they can be. We will remain ever vigilant to the needs all district residents, especially the children.
We plan to keep our blog open because we feel this is one avenue of communication that will continue to grow. Not every blog on the Internet is what you’d like it to be. Some are politically correct so as not to rock the boat, and others seek to bring truth to light. Our intention is and will remain to shed light on the wrongs and the rights, the good and the bad, and unfortunately, even sometimes the ugly.
Please click on the link to the right to subscribe to our blog. If you would like to contribute a column to the main page, please send us an email to pleasantdaleblog@gmail.com.
Finally, in true Chicago form, we say, see ya next election…it’s only 730 days away and there is much more work to be done!"
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