In my previous post on Speak Up for Strings, I wrote about two ways to contact the School Board – one way is by speaking to the School Board at public appearances; which,is normally after the minutes of a meeting – at the beginning, before the board begins it’s business. A special Board meeting is scheduled for today, but public appearances will not be until agenda item 10, which follows many substantive agenda items, so chances to speak will not be until later in the evening – perhaps quite late.

For those whose schedules did not permit speaking at the budget hearing tomorrow (begins 6:30 at Memorial High School), you may not get a chance to speak at tonight’s meeting, which has been changed to one meeting that starts at 5 p.m., until very late. (I’ve emailed and asked the School Board if children come to the meeting, could they speak first on the agenda.)
If people do go tonight, but cannot stay, I would suggest people consider filling out a registration slip and marking do not wish to speak and write briefly what you want to say or support, which is supposed to be read by School Board members. I’ll be at the start of both tonight’s meeting, tomorrow’s public hearing and at the start of future meetings to help parents with registering to speak on strings during public appearances.
Lastly, I’m amazed at the 13 items on the agenda (seems like too much given the important topics, but I guess I don’t understand the urgency for all the items), including a public hearing on the Leopold addition, in the middle of the meeting.