Our next PTA meeting -- it will be on Thursday, April 26 at 7:00 pm in the library. It has been changed from the 3rd Thursday of the month until the 4th so as to not conflict with the Montera Open House. We hope to have a presentation from JM teachers on how learning and teaching styles differ from grade to grade. We will also have the presentation of the 2007-2008 slate of PTA officers.
Assemblyman Sandre Swanson' has introduced a bill calling for the State to return local control of the Oakland Public Schools to the School Board. It will be heard by members of the Assembly Education Committee at 1:30 pm on Wednesday, April 25 in Sacramento. We will not have a chance to discuss the bill at a PTA meeting before that date, but I wanted to at least make our community aware of it. To read the bill and see a fact sheet go to http://democrats. assembly. ca.gov/members/ a16/ab45. aspx
Hope to see you on April 26!
The Nominating Committee for upcoming PTA Board Positions is proud to announce the following slate of candidates. The election for candidates will be held on May 17. Special thanks to Debbie Bonzell, Patty Scanlon, and Tony Jonick for their hard work in putting together this year's slate of candidates. Anyone still interested in serving on next year's PTA Board should contact Tiffany Klein or any member of the nominating committee as soon as possible.
2007-2008 Slate of Candidates for Joaquin Miller PTA:
President: Glynis Mason
Executive Vice-President: Paul Derksen
Historian: Milena Geary
All other continuing board members will be nominated to their current positions.
Good luck to the candidates, and thank you again to all of the nominating committee!
Tiffany Klein
PTA Board Parliamentarian