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<P><FONT size=2><FONT face=Verdana>PLEASE do not reply to this email,
contact<SPAN
class=111041203-22092009> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT
face=Verdana><FONT size=2>Mark van Krieken<SPAN class=111041203-22092009><FONT
color=#0000ff face=Arial><FONT color=#000000
face=Verdana>,</FONT> </FONT></SPAN></FONT><A
href="mailto:markvk4@comcast.net"><FONT
size=2>markvk4@comcast.net</FONT></A></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2 face=Arial><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">It’s finally
here!<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The big start-of-the-year
PTSA meeting will take place tomorrow, Tuesday evening, from 7 to 9 PM in the
Little Theater (on the Allston Way side of the Community Theater).<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We will have a ton of updates on what’s
going on at Berkeley High, elections for parent reps for School Governance
Council (SGC) and for the Berkeley Schools Enrichment Project (BSEP) committee,
and a question & answer session with BHS Principal Jim Slemp.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It’s a wonderful way to get a wealth of
information about what is happening at Berkeley High and in the District, and to
meet the parents who will be representing you on the SGC, BSEP and
PTSA.</FONT></P></DIV></DIV>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Additional Agenda
Items:</B><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>If anyone has something
they would like to have on the agenda, please contact me by tomorrow morning at
the latest as the agenda will be set by noon.</FONT></FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Election
Update:</B><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Everyone should
take one last look at the Candidates’ Statements tomorrow morning which have
been posted on the PTSA Website <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Three new candidates will be added,
as well as the missing SLC (Small Learning Community) affiliation for several
candidates.</FONT></FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">An Important SGC
By-law of Note:</B><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Article IV,
Section 4 of the SGC by-laws states:</FONT></FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.2in" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt">“Four parents, who are not employed at
Berkeley High School, [will be] elected by the PTSA.<B><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></B>There will be one parent each
elected from Berkeley International High School, Academic Choice and Small
Schools. These three elected representatives will be the candidates who receive
the highest number of votes in each of these groups. The fourth elected
representative will be the person who otherwise receives the next highest number
of votes from any group.</SPAN> </I><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt">At least one of the four parents must reside
in a different BUSD neighborhood category than the other
three.”</SPAN><o:p></o:p></I></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">This may or may not effect how you vote, but we felt it
was worth letting you know how the four parent reps will be determined by the
voting.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The two alternates will be
those who receive the next highest vote totals, regardless of their Small
Learning Community affiliation.</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">It should be a very enjoyable and productive
evening.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">We look forward to seeing you
there!<o:p></o:p></B></FONT></FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">Sincerely,</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">Mark van Krieken</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">BHS PTSA President <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">(for one last day)</I></FONT></FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"> </FONT><SPAN lang=EN></P>
<P><FONT size=2
face="Times New Roman">_______________________________________________</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Diane Douglas, Marguerite Fa-Kaji and Pat
Anderson are the parent-volunteer facilitators of the <SPAN
class=111041203-22092009>BHS </SPAN>etree; please direct any questions or
concerns to them at </FONT><A href="mailto:bhs-owner@idiom.com"><FONT size=2
face="Times New Roman">bhs-owner@idiom.com</FONT></A></P>
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