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March 2010
We continue to be impressed with the improvement and quality of Texas School Business magazine and your focus upon the excellence found in public schools. Your coverage of the Association of Educational Service Agencies (AESA) 2009 Annual Conference held in Austin last December is certainly appreciated. Although Region 4 has enjoyed the opportunity to learn and gain from a long and mutually beneficial relationship with AESA, Region 4 can in no way take credit for hosting the 2009 Annual Conference as the headline in your magazine stated. John Bass, ESC Region 16 executive director, currently serves on the AESA Executive Committee and Dr. Pat Pringle of Region 13 served as the local arrangements coordinator for the conference. They, along with their staff and many other involved AESA members, truly deserve credit for hosting an outstanding and successful conference. Thank you for taking any opportunity available to acknowledge those who earned and deserve the credit for the 2009 AESA Conference. Bill McKinney Thanks for the Twitter article ("Tech Toolbox: To Tweet or not to Tweet?") in the February issue of Texas School Business. We are making Twitter strides in NISD, albeit small ones: seven schools out of 104. This article will help my principals understand Twitter's potential better. Pascual Gonzalez The information on Twitter was super. I believe the large majority of school administrators do not have a clue about Twitter, and you provided valuable information. Just wanted to give you some positive feedback. Carlene Marak Thanks to you, Katie, and your writer Elizabeth Millard for the exceptional "In the Spotlight" piece on me in the November/December 2009 issue. John Hoyle, retired I received a copy of the January issue of Texas School Business from my associate superintendent. She congratulated me on the "great" article ("In the Spotlight: North East ISD's Barbara Mainz offers support for homeless students and school-age parents"). I wanted to convey my appreciation to you, Katie, and to your writer Elizabeth Millard. In the past, both NEISD programs have been subjects for articles in the San Antonio Express-News, local neighborhood papers, and campus Web sites and blogs. None now count. I think Elizabeth did a wonderful job of clasping the true essence of what our students are experiencing in the community. Thank you for the visibility and for supporting our students' plight. It was great working with both of your creative minds! Barbara Mainz I thoroughly enjoyed reading (the Third Annual Bragging Rights). I hope maybe in a future edition that Greenville ISD might be of consideration. Also, thanks for your continued support of Texas public schools and that of Texas ASCD. We are most grateful. Carl E. Key We are truly honored to be a part of this special issue (Third Annual Bragging Rights 2009-2010). We’ve read your magazine for years and have enjoyed this special edition. We’re kind of pinching ourselves that we are actually a part of it. Thank you for the great honor and opportunity to share with other schools. Lisa S. Winters Thanks to you, Katie, and the folks at Texas School Business for selecting the "Seniors Helping Seniors" program for the Third Annual Bragging Rights 2009-2010 issue. As you have seen, it was an awesome community effort! I’ve informed everyone here about the honor and they are bouncing off the walls! Mark Kramer Thanks so much, Katie, for selecting us and for sharing our story in the Third Annual Bragging Rights 2009-2010 issue. Can't wait to read the magazine from cover to cover. We really appreciate your highlighting our We Care program and for honoring our district and sponsors like this! Congratulations on another great issue! Julie Thannum |
