Real-Time Q&A : Representatives Meeting

A real-time (via IM) will be provided for those who would like to ask questions and/or express their concerns. Representatives, teachers, and alumni at the meeting will begin answering your questions and address your concerns starting 7:15PM.

Gtalk (from 6:30PM to 9PM) savethemagnet@gmail.com or email (always open) savethemagnet@gmail.com

Bio Lab: Egg Osmometer

Access the lab sheet here (click here)

You do NOT have to answer the two discussion questions.

http://ericleewan.googlepages.com/BioEggOsmometer.pdf

County Council Testimony

Some pictures from the county council testimony given by Louis:

After the testimony, showing (left to right): Peter Gu, Diana Jing, Julia Huynh, Jenny Zhang, Kristen Rosano, Emily Jones, Eric Wan, Shirley Das Sarma, Jacob Hurwitz

After the testimony, showing (left to right): Jennifer Wang, Diana Jing, Julia Huynh, Xinyi Zhou, Kristen Rosano, Peter Gu, Mindy Or, Aaron Burger, Keisha Carr, Andy Gilbert, Louis Wasserman, Emily Jones, Ryan Waldman, Katherine Bertaut, Jenny Zhang, Shirley Das Sarma, Jacob Hurwitz, Ozzie Fallick

Councilmember George Leventhal asking Louis a question

Louis Wasserman listening to a question

The members of the County Council (left) with five people testifying (right)

Email addresses!

For your amusement:
"All right. Thank you all, very much. And this is why we spend the kind of dollars we appropriate in Montgomery County for our very, very excellent school system. And I am so proud of all these young people. Because they are going to be the future Nobel Prize winners of the world. So, we are very proud of them. Thank you all very much." -- Valerie Ervin, after hearing the 2007 Intel semifinalists in MoCo explain their projects. The one non-Magnet semifinalist took courses at Blair.

More seriously, send emails to:

ocemail@montgomerycountymd.gov (Ike Leggett, County Executive)

county.council@montgomerycountymd.gov (All County Council members)

boe@mcps.org (All Board of Education members)

Suzanne_Peang-Meth@mcpsmd.org (Administrative Manager for Dr. Weast)

Larry_Bowers@mcpsmd.org (Chief Operating Office, MCPS)

Marshall_C_Spatz@mcpsmd.org (Director, Department of MCPS Budget and Planning)

Rika_Murphy@mongtgomerycountymd.gov (Contact for Charles Goldsmith, Office of Management and Budget, Montgomery County Gov’t)

Dennis_Heidler@mcpsmd.org, Coordinator, Blair Magnet Program

Darryl_L_Williams@mcpsmd.org, Principal, Montgomery Blair HS

Peter_M_Ostrander@mcpsmd.org, Secondary Program Supervisor

Marty_Creel@mcpsmd.org, Director of Enriched and Innovative Instruction

Kay_K_Williams@mcpsmd.org, Director, Accelerated and Enriched Instruction

Heath_E_Morrison@mcpsmd.org, Community Superintendent

Important Dates and Letter Information

The County Council's Education Committee discusses the MCPS budget on April 14, 21, 28, 30, and maybe May 1. From May 5 to 16, the full Council meets and discusses the entire budget. If you want the Education Committee to hear your ideas, they must receive your letter by APRIL 11th! For the full Council, your letter doesn't have to arrive until early May.

INSTRUCTIONS:
See my letter (link works!) for an example of what a letter should look like format-wise. Include your address at the top right, Knapp's name and address at the top left, your signature at the very bottom, and a list of CCs below that. I addressed my letter to Knapp, the President of the County Council. I snail-mailed him (and him only) a copy to the address given at the top of the letter. I also e-mailed the .pdf file to the following e-mail addresses:

To:
councilmember.andrews@montgomerycountymd.gov
councilmember.berliner@montgomerycountymd.gov
councilmember.elrich@montgomerycountymd.gov
councilmember.ervin@montgomerycountymd.gov
councilmember.floreen@montgomerycountymd.gov
councilmember.knapp@montgomerycountymd.gov
councilmember.leventhal@montgomerycountymd.gov
councilmember.trachtenberg@montgomerycountymd.gov

CC:
boe@mcpsmd.org
jerry_d_weast@mcpsmd.org
heath_e_morrison@mcpsmd.org
marty_creel@mcpsmd.org
darryl_l_williams@mcpsmd.org
mr.heidler@gmail.com

BCC:
jacobhurwitz@gmail.com

If you e-mail a letter, you should probably BCC it to me and yourself, so we both have copies of it. Any format is fine -- attached .pdf, attached .doc, or embedded in the e-mail. Just make sure that the paper copy you mail is signed. (I only chose .pdf because it's cooler and because I can.) The electronic copy need not be signed.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact me for help.

UPDATE: Or use Louis's list. I just spent so long scanning mine (with a list of CCs), I don't feel like changing my list.
ELW UPDATE: Users of Vista- Send the .doc as .rtf to make it easier/more compatible with w/e the senders have as word processors. (Jacob: Or use Adobe's free PDFWriter if you have it.)