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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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Roos-Collins, <a href="mailto:margitrooscollins@comcast.net">margitrooscollins@comcast.net</a>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:bold'>I</span></font></b><strong><b><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>nterested in joining the BHS Safety Committee?</span></font></b></strong><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'><br>
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The Safety Committee at Berkeley High is recruiting new members to join us for
next year. <strong><b><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:
Arial'>If you'd like to join or consider joining the committee, you must
attend the mandatory orientation session at 4:30 pm in H104 on Tuesday,
September 13</span></font></b></strong>. At the orientation you
will hear in more detail about the work that we do and be able to ask your
questions. Then, if you decide to join the 2011-2012 Safety
Committee, plan to attend our first meeting on Tuesday, September 20, at
4:30. We meet in late afternoon on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of the
month at 4:30 in H104 (ground floor of the H building in the On Campus
Intervention office). <br>
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The Safety Committee's task is to review information about the school in areas
that affect student safety and well-being, such as disaster preparedness,
anti-bullying and anti-weapons efforts, classroom discipline, landscaping and
maintenance, and alcohol and drug use. Based on that information,
the committee generates goals and strategies to improve the school in the
committee's focus areas and it also oversees implementation of the goals and
strategies generated by the prior year's committee. The committee's
work is compiled with the rest of the school's Safety Plan, which is submitted
annually to the School Site Council for review and approval and then goes to
the School Board. <br>
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If you've been looking for the place where you can make a difference in how the
school handles any of these aspects of student life, the Safety Committee is
it. <br>
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At the BHS PTSA website, under the Safety Committee tab on the left margin, you
can find the minutes from the 2010-2011 school year, the school's Safety Plan
for 2011-2012, the committee's bylaws, and the names and email addresses of the
2010-2011 members. We encourage you to contact us with any
questions you may have about joining or the work that we do.<br>
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Teachers, students, parents, administrators, and other certificated and
classified staff all serve critical roles on the committee and representatives
of each group are very welcome. The more fully the committee reflects the
community it serves, the more useful the range of experiences it can bring to
bear on solving problems. Through subcommittee work, members have
the opportunity to focus their energies on the issues of greatest concern to
them as individuals and to make the most immediate difference.<br>
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If you choose not to join or are not free to attend most meetings but have an
interest in these subjects, remember that everyone is always welcome to observe
meetings and speak during the public comment portion of each meeting.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Pat Anderson, Diane Douglas, Marguerite
Fa-Kaji and Lisa Sibony are the parent-volunteer facilitators of the etree;
please direct any questions to them at <a href="mailto:bhs-owner@lmi.net"
title="mailto:bhs-owner@lmi.net"><font color=navy><span style='color:navy'>bhs-owner@lmi.net</span></font></a>. </span></font><font
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>BHS etree archives: <a
href="http://lists.lmi.net/pipermail/bhs/"
title="http://lists.lmi.net/pipermail/bhs/"><font color=navy><span
style='color:navy'>http://lists.lmi.net/pipermail/bhs/</span></font></a>; BHS
PTSA website: <a href="http://www.bhs.berkeleypta.org/"
title="http://www.bhs.berkeleypta.org/"><font color=navy><span
style='color:navy'>http://www.bhs.berkeleypta.org/</span></font></a>. To
unsubscribe from the etree, send an email to <a
href="mailto:bhs-request@lmi.net" title="mailto:bhs-request@lmi.net"><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'>bhs-request@lmi.net</span></font></a> with
one word only in the subject line: 'unsubscribe'. To post a
message, send to: <a href="mailto:bhs@lmi.net" title="mailto:bhs@lmi.net"><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'>bhs@lmi.net</span></font></a></span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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