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Transphobia is not protecting female athletes.
In several states - the latest came today in Iowa - lawmakers have banned transgender girls from competing as part of girls’ teams. This...
Emily Berry
Mar 4, 20221 min read
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Why We Can't Slow Down
Part 2 of 2 on our district's work with ICS for Equity Along with the rest of our board, I’ve attended many hours of training, work and...
Emily Berry
Feb 27, 20226 min read
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Why We Can't Stop Now
Part 1 of 2 During my time as a board member, it has been my honor to support our work around educational justice and equity. The hours...
Emily Berry
Feb 25, 20224 min read
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Six month checkup
It's been six months now since I won a seat on our school board back in April. I wanted to give myself some time to find my place on the...
Emily Berry
Oct 5, 20193 min read
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Comments on the work ahead.
Below is a written version of comments I made at the board meeting tonight, April 9. Tonight will be one of the last times I speak to you...
Emily Berry
Apr 10, 20193 min read
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Wanted: Business Manager
Thanks to public documents released to Shorewoodian and seasoned reporter Geoff Davidian, we know that the district business manager...
Emily Berry
Mar 30, 20193 min read
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There are facts and then there's FACT
Time for another installment of "things you might be assuming..." about our district's facilities planning, financing and taxes. This...
Emily Berry
Feb 5, 20193 min read
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What does it mean to "Say Yes" to our schools?
I see there's a campaign to tie the referendum question to the idea of supporting our schools and community: Catchphrase, "Say Yes to...
Emily Berry
Jan 19, 20193 min read
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It just got real...
Tonight the school board officially placed two questions on the ballot for April 2, 2019: one asking voters for permission to borrow $65...
Emily Berry
Jan 16, 20194 min read
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Are you assuming your taxes are set as low as possible?
It's time for a second post challenging assumptions I think folks might be making about our school district. The assumption: That the...
Emily Berry
Jan 14, 20194 min read
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Writing racial equity into policy
Just a few months ago, our fall play was cancelled after objections to the racial slurs in the play. Suddenly systemic inequities that...
Emily Berry
Jan 7, 20192 min read
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I'm in.
Shorewood, welcome to campaign season 2019! This year I'll be on the ballot as a candidate for school board, and I'll be knocking on...
Emily Berry
Jan 3, 20194 min read
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What happens when you assume?
Whether you support a potential $65 million bond issue to pay for facilities improvements in our school district or not, I hope you will...
Emily Berry
Dec 18, 20184 min read
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"Please don't say 'this is a journey'"
Three of our five school board members are professors, so if there is one way to reach them, it is with an academic study of something....
Emily Berry
Nov 14, 20183 min read
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School leaders hear what they want to hear: a "yes."
Tonight's school board meeting will include a review of survey responses from the community gauging our tolerance for borrowing and...
Emily Berry
Nov 13, 20186 min read
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Unequal access to power
There's a phrase that people use now, sometimes jokingly: "all the feels," that describes Shorewood right now. All of us watching or...
Emily Berry
Oct 19, 20185 min read
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Waiting for leadership
The last few days of "To Kill a Mockingbird" controversy in Shorewood have swirled to the surface a lot of resentments, assumptions,...
Emily Berry
Oct 15, 20184 min read
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We failed. Let's get out of the way.
I'm lucky, I guess, to have a blank page here to draft my thoughts about the district cancelling its production of "To Kill a...
Emily Berry
Oct 12, 20183 min read
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How do we define good character and citizenship? Should schools even try?
I mentioned in my preview of this week's school board meeting that our board was taking up some of the most substantive questions and...
Emily Berry
Sep 12, 20184 min read
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Take your pick of topics
Every parent I know has a certain thing about their kid's school that they are passionate about. One dad may not think school lunches are...
Emily Berry
Sep 10, 20185 min read
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