tkt8763-01: planning committee for Austin Catholic school (fwd)

["Larry S. Anderson -- NCTP" <lsa1@ra.msstate.edu>]

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Larry S. Anderson, Ed.D.                              LSA1@Ra.MsState.Edu
Assoc. Prof., Dept. of Technology & Education       Voice: (662) 325-2281
Founder, National Center for Technology Planning      Fax: (662) 325-7599
                    Mississippi State University
Chair, Council for Education Technology              State of Mississippi
         My personal home page URL-- http://www2.msstate.edu/~lsa1
                    NCTP web page -- http://www.nctp.com

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 15:34:47 -0500
From: Falba Turner <fturner@holyfamily.pvt.k12.tx.us>
To: LSA1@Ra.MsState.Edu
Subject: planning committee for Austin Catholic school

Hello, Dr. Anderson,

Holy Family Catholic School is a prek-8 school that has just broken ground
on the edge of the Austin, Texas metropolitan area.  We will open in the
fall of 2000. Returning to the role of principal after 5 years away, I
have been climbing the steep learning curve to arrive at a good
understanding of how technology can enrich our new program and how the
principal's role in guiding the process.

I have been studying your 1996 Guidebook publication as well as the TCET
Guide for Texas Public Schools from 1998.  Today, I am writing to ask
advice regarding a specific planning problem.

Surely all would agree that the best planning committee, while involving
all stakeholders, would have the school faculty at the core.  However,
since I have no faculty yet, critical decisions must be made by a
committee "lopsided" on the parent side, so that construction of the
infrastructure can proceed apace.

Probably 80% of the families who are applying to our school have one or
more parents working in the high-tech industries (Dell, IBM, Motorola,
Trilogy, Tivoli and so on, plus other start-ups and self-employed
entities).  What a rich base of resources!  But I am grappling with this
policy issue:  should we have a policy statement regarding membership on
the committee when one works for a company that could potentially benefit
financially from purchasing decisions that are made?

I look forward to learning your insights on this issue, and thank you
sincerely for your assistance.

(Mrs.) Falba F. Turner
Principal
Holy Family Catholic School
fturner@holyfamily.pvt.k12.tx.us

512-336-1233

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