She's Still Squeaking! Yeah, yeah, yeah! (in the tune of Elton John, peope, c'mon

Don't worry, I was just trapped under something heavy.  My bad little attitude.  But now I'm back.  Whew.  I can hardly believe how relieved you are. Okay.  Couple of quick things for you:

Michael McNaughton, who runs the website Dallas Friends of Public Education (dfpe.org) is also one of the members of the School Board’s Citizens Budget Review Commission (he was appointed by trustee Bruce Parrott).  He just started a website/blog about the work of the commission.  Check it out here, where you can read notes from each meeting (he just posted about the last one), and where he will be posting podcasts of the meetings as well.  While the Review Commission unfortunately does not get a final "vote" (the opposite, one might note, of American Idol), they are part of the discussion.  They meet on Mondays, so if you have suggestions you want brought straight to the board, here's a great way to do it.

http://budgetreview.org/Home.aspx 

Robert Wilonsky of The Observer writes about McNaughton's site at this link.

http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2011/04/new_site_lets_you_look_at_numb.php

You may be curious who took part in the second round of buyouts.  DMN has published the list of contract employees who took the DISD offer. Download it and you can search by your school.

http://dallasisdblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2011/04/list-of-dallas-isd-teachers-pr.html 

Finally, a Million Teacher March being called SEE RED: HEAR ME  (the red in support of teachers) is brewing.  The idea is to wear red, get in groups, go to a coffee shop, a local park, a bookstore, wherever, and preferably have a sign that says "Ask Me About Public Education".(And I think that should be in all red, too, don't you??  Let's work with the theme, people!) The idea is to get people asking questions, encouraging them to write their legislators, etc.  Check out the FB page and try to get together a group if you can!!  I am trying to get together a group in East Dallas, so please let me know in the comments section if you would like to be a part.

(http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=144592055608434 FACEBOOK page)

Location: Everywhere

Time: ‎9:00AM Saturday, April 30th
(again with that red thing!  I'm unstoppable!)