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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:red">PLEASE do not reply to this email, contact</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Maria Rohlsson, <a href="mailto:rohlsson30@gmail.com">rohlsson30@gmail.com</a></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">The PTSA Math Discussion Meeting on April 18 was attended by 45-50
parents, Vice Principal Felicia Phillips, and math lead teachers Nakia Baird
and Dr. Kate Garfinkle. Parents raised their concerns and teachers described
their challenges. <span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">A meeting summary has been posted to the PTSA Website <a href="http://bhs.berkeleypta.org/" target="_blank">http://bhs.berkeleypta<wbr>.org/</a> It
includes parent questions, teacher responses, and links to relevant
information, including an EdReports review of MVP Common Core curriculum used
at BHS and a math assist website created by BHS Math Parent Liasion Zeph
Landau.<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Here are some next steps for parents to consider:<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Present, past, and future BHS parents are encouraged to take an
anonymous math survey prepared by Donna Storey; responses will be shared with
School Board members and used by parents to advocate for strengthened math
instruction. </span><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/FFSMDXC" target="_blank" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><span id="gmail-m_4518684687908091926gmail-m_6702576046564721204ydpb70256a6docs-internal-guid-6dc3a275-f89c-0b9c-67cf-2f14f7f87713"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">https://www.surveymonkey.com/r<wbr>/FFSMDXC</span></span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">At<span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="gmail-m4518684687908091926gmail-aqj">this Wednesday's</span><span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="gmail-m4518684687908091926gmail-aqj">April 25th</span><span class="gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span>School Board Meeting, directors will
vote on proposed 1-2 year Universal 9th Grade Math Coordinator administrative
position to be funded by LCAP and other District funds. The Math Coordinator
will work with the U9 Math 1 instructors to help develop high quality
instruction, implement math interventions, evaluate math teachers, and create a
collaborative Professional Learning Community professional development model
that, on a regular basis, has teachers looking at student data and identifying
best practices. BHS parents are encouraged to come to the School Board Meeting
to show support for this position and express their math concerns.<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">BHS PTSA</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p>
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Kaufman are the parent-volunteer facilitators of the Etree; please direct any
questions about the Etree to them at </span><a href="mailto:bhs-owner@lmi.net" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,176,240)">bhs-owner@lmi.net</span></a><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(79,129,189)">.</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p>
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