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A shooting puts school safety and facilities choices into sharp relief
Let's get this out of the way: I'm one of those Moms Demanding Action. I haven't volunteered with them in a long time because I decided...

Emily Berry
Mar 7, 20186 min read
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A response to my criticism of consulting, travel and coherent governance
Thanks to everyone who took the time to read my original post about Coherent Governance and the money we spent on travel and consulting...

Emily Berry
Mar 6, 20182 min read
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Do School Rankings Matter?
This archived post appeared on my original blog site Feb. 25, 2017 (Update added May 9, 2018: Our most recent ranking is #30) Shorewood...

Emily Berry
Mar 6, 20183 min read
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An Open Letter to our School Leadership
I understand that only two of you -- specifically, our board president and our superintendent, are really supposed to speak for you all...

Emily Berry
Feb 28, 20188 min read
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A quickie for Mardi Gras
It was a mercifully shorter meeting tonight for the School board compared to the last one, and not action-packed, but still included a...

Emily Berry
Feb 14, 20184 min read
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I confess, I left.
Three hours in to tonight's school board meeting, just after 10 p.m., I realized that I was so tired and mentally spent, that I wasn't...

Emily Berry
Jan 24, 20186 min read
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A sentence I would like to never write again.
A Shorewood High School student has died by his own hand. His name was William Pemberton. His mother has asked for help paying for...

Emily Berry
Jan 23, 20183 min read
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