Save our Schools Committee Launches Community Website-

Posted by: Responsible_dvlpmnt on Jun 30, 2005 - 07:25 AM

SOS Release: Save our Schools Committee launches on-line Community Forum
Web log aims to further community discussion about FBISD


SUGAR LAND, TX….. Parents, teachers, taxpayers and students now have a place on-line to learn more about key issues concerning the Fort Bend Independent District and express their opinions or concerns.

The Save our Schools web log (http://www.save-our-schools.blogspot.com) is dedicated to furthering community discussion about the needs and state of Fort Bend ISD, says SOS chair, Liz Mitton. Various articles and links to school-related information are posted on the site and visitors to the site have the opportunity to leave comments and read other’s comments and respond to them. Information about and reports on future District Board of Trustees meetings and actions also will be included.

“We start from the premise that in Fort Bend we have wonderful teachers, incredible talent and plenty of resources to make FBISD a model of excellence and achievement,” says Mitton. “Our goal is to ensure we’re using our resources, listening to our best teachers, involving our community and tapping the talent of all our children to achieve that vision.”

Save our Schools is a three-year-old grassroots organization with more than a thousand members District-wide. Membership is free and members receive free periodic e-newsletters on school issues and topics.

“Often, parents and taxpayers get frustrated because they may have a good idea or have an issue and have found it difficult to get their ideas or concerns heard through channels within the FBISD administration,” says Mitton. This new resource, available free on-line, has been established to help the District leadership have greater access to those voices.”

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