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Professional Learning Communities: Making Students and Teachers Better

April 13, 2011 By Valerie Ong, Education Fellow

In some city neighborhoods, small towns, and even close-knit suburbs, each child has a lot of mothers and fathers “looking out” for him or her. In these places, adults don’t parcel out children as “my child” and “your child” but as “our children,” feeling some degree of responsibility for all the little ones playing up and down the block.

Some Minnesota school districts are trying to introduce a similar model in teaching, called a “Professional Learning Community” (PLC). The move pulls teachers out of isolation in their classes and places them into a community based on collaboration amongst educators to improve student achievement.

It turns the “my student” “your student” mentality into “our students.”

Three “big ideas” steer PLCs: clarity of purpose, collaborative school culture, and focus on results, according to PLC leaders Rick and Becky DuFour and Robert Eaker.

The Osseo School District was the first and largest Minnesota district to implement PLCs system-wide. Its program is currently in its sixth year.

National Staff Development Council and ASCD (formerly the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development) recommended the district use the program to maintain student achievement increases, explains Candace Gordon, a staff development specialist who was part of Osseo’s PLC planning team.

PLCs are organized by grade level or subject. Typically a facilitator leads a PLC for the year, helping the team determine a SMART (Specific Measurable Attainable Realistic Timely) goal.

Four “critical questions” drive a PLC. The first is “what do we want students to learn?” This also must be achieved within a limited time, eliminating any unattainable goals. Julie Williams, a second grade teacher at Rush Creek Elementary and her second grade PLC agreed that “a given percent of their students would meet a targeted growth score in counting by the end of second grade.”

The second question asks: “How will we know if they have learnt it?” To answer this, PLCs will decide on an assessment tool like a quiz, determine when the quiz is given, and agree on how to score it. The assessments can be summative or formative. Gordon notes that teachers can expand their instructional repertoire by learning different classroom strategies from their PLC members when answering this question.

The third is “how to respond if they don’t learn?” Williams’ PLC uses an 80 percent score as an informal marker of student understanding. If only a handful of students score under 80 percent, a teacher with high scores could teach all these students instead of each teacher having to re-teach students individually. If many students score below 80 percent, teachers could learn successful approaches from their PLC and plan to teach the lesson over again.

Similarly, the fourth question, “how to respond if they already know it?” would focus on the exchange of techniques to raise the standards for students who score above 80 percent.

PLCs begin in the fall and are required to meet at least once a month throughout the school year. However, Williams notes that this minimum requirement does not provide nearly enough time for teachers to work together. Her PLC meets once a week for 45 minutes during the lunch hour, which is still too little time.

Williams emphasizes how the limited time for PLC meetings during the school day has proven to be her greatest challenge. Education Minnesota’s Susan Brady hopes schools can build PLC time into the work day.

The Osseo district designates some “system PLC time” during its four professional development days where PLCs can leave their school building and meet with another similar PLC in the district. Here again is the opportunity for teachers to expand their knowledge beyond their building through district-wide collaboration.

Working in PLCs allows teachers to partner with each other closely, sharing strategies and techniques that work and learning from one another. Before PLCs, Williams, like many teachers, would make decisions on what to teach her students built on her own judgment or driven by her text book instead of answering the four critical questions based on collective findings and common state standards.

When teachers work together instead of individually, students can be more uniformly prepared to move into the next grade, which can improve student achievement.

Williams admits that she felt skeptical and frustrated when she first heard about PLCs that sought to move the focus from teaching to learning. She felt that they were one in the same.

However, Williams has come to see that her students weren’t necessarily learning just because she was teaching. Working in a PLC allows her to work together with her peers, center on helping students learn, and make her a better teacher.

This has helped foster a collective approach to improving achievement for each and every student.

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    March 20, 2013 at 1:06 pm

    We have a group at our school that meets regularly and address the four questions posed in your article in regards to our school.  Do we need a trained leader to describe ourselves as a PLC or could you put us in touch with a mentor somewhere else in the state?
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(back)  Kofi Moyo, Bernard Bronner (The Bronner Bros.) Miguel Lloyd (Atlanta Black Business Chamber)
(front) Curtis Symonds (MOBE), Yvette Moyo (MOBE), Deborah Gray-Young (D. Gray-Young Inc Coaching & Consulting), Dorinda Walker (Prudential), Sylvia Johnson (Combined Insurance)
Under the leadership of Co-Founder,  Yvette Moyo  and 2017 Chairman,  Curtis Symonds , with a team of lifelong loyali sts  and supporters, this past weekend The Marketing Opportunities in Business and Entertainment Conference (MOBE) made its triumphant return back, relaunching in Atlanta!  “MOBE is back to continue our tradition of helping the next generation of leaders, innovators, and creators achieve success, develop strong business alliances, and lifelon g relationships,” states Moyo.
The MOBE Conference kicked off Thursday, August 17th with the #MOBE2017 Welcome Reception hosted by Yvette Moyo and Curtis Symonds,  who were joined by a vast network of supporters/partners/and sponsors including two Atlanta based firms The Bronner Bros and Liquid Soul Marketing with additional sponsorship from Prudential, Combined Insurance, and support from Atlanta’s Black Chamber of Commerce and The Mayor’s Office. A highlight of the evening was a special greeting from Cox Communications President Patrick Esser, who was recognized for the role he plays in making sure diversity and inclusion are woven into the corporate fibers at Cox. Also in attendance was Bernard Bronner, President and CEO of Bronner Brothers a major sponsor of MOBE, who invited registrants to Celebrate 70 Years Of Beauty with The Bronner Bros. International Beauty Show, the largest convention in the Southeast.
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Curtis Symonds (MOBE) Ashley Jones and Sylvia Johnson (Combined Insurance), Yvette Moyo (MOBE)

The #MOBE2017 Symposium kicked off Friday, August 18th  with the ”  Social Justice Breakfast:   Staying Woke, Resistance, Activism, and Brand Survival,” introduced by
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The Social Justice panel (from left to right): moderator Obari Cartman , H.E.L.P. LLC; Ayinde Cartman, Executive Director of Real Men Charities; Rev. Otis Moss, III, Social Justice Activist and Pastor, Trinity United Church of Christ; and DJ Greg Street, radio personality at V103 Radio in Atlanta.
Following the Social Justice session was “The Future And Now Of Music” moderated by Ken Rye, founder and CE O  of Ken Rye Marketing and featuring Jill Kettles, Miss Jill PR; Award-winning producer, musician and entrepreneur Craig A. King. Unlike other conferences where the speakers leave immediately after their panels, at MOBE, the panelist s  stick around, network, and make themselves completely available for one on one connections. DJ Greg Street joined the conversation as an unofficial participant offering sage advice to emerging artist asking for guidance on the best way for emerging artist to get exposure.
Diversity in technology continues to be an important national conversation for tech companies and venture capital firms and, in turn, a huge area of opportunity for people of color and tech entrepreneurs. During the “Producing Content for a Multiplatform Marketplace,” moderated by Deborah Gray of D. Gray Young Consulting, Detavio Samuels, iONE Digital & One Solution President, shared some tips on how to go from ideation to execution and discussed the importance of branded content in increasing engagement. “We are definitely in an era of content explosion right now and there are tremendous opportunities for those who want to participate. Never before have we been in a moment in time where there are so many distribution partners and people who are acquiring, creating content. The tech explosion is creating new opportunities for people who want to be in the media and entertainment space regardless of the size of the company.” Joining Samuels on the panel from left to right was Whitney Mari Headen,  head of Life Currency and  former head of digital marketing, Essence and Jay Jackson of Ryse Media.
from left to right:  Detavio Samuels, president of iOne Digital and One Solution; Whitney Mari Headen, head of Life Currency and former head of digital marketing, Essence and Jay Jackson of Ryse Media.
Attendees were inspired by the next guest, life strategist, empowerment speaker and author, Sheri Riley whose question of the day, “What will you give up? What are those things you will commit to so your greatness is revealed?” set the tone for an engaging conversation around her new book, Exponential L iving:  Stop Spending 100% Of Your Time on 10% Of Who You Are.  The conversation segued seamlessly into a life strategy session with Prudential Executive,Dorinda Walker, whose forthcoming book is a testimony that if you have the vision, you can rise above anything.
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from left to right:  Bernard Bronner (CEO, Bronner Bros) and concert promoter, Ken Rye (Ken Rye Marketing)
Saturday’s Millennial Marketing”  panels included: Michiel Perry, Black Southern Belle; Aleeta Bell, founder and creator of the Pluhg APP; LaToya Shambo of Black Girl Digital, and Tasha Levy, Multicultural Lead, Global Marketing Solutions for Facebook.  On the ” Growing Small Properties ” panel, MOBE registrants gave real-time feedback and suggestions to the heads of Real Men Charities , Super Bowl Gospel and HBCU Network . The sports panel Raising Your Game To The Next Level“, was moderated by radio broadcaster Doug Stewart and featured Kevin Merida , EIC of The Undefeated/ESPN and sportswriter Robert “Scoop” Jackson .   The day ended with the TV panel ” In Front Of and Behind The Camera “, moderated by PR executive Chelsye Burrows and featuring TV executive Rushion McDonald , producer and writer Sharon Thomas Tomlinson and actor Henry Frost III.

TV Panelists “In Front Of And Behind The Camera” moderated by Chelsye Burrows – from left to right: Rushion McDonald

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Terrance X. Johnson, CEO of TCJ Aerotech (the only African-American drone manufacturer in the country), demonstrates a Drone they’ve invented that can be operated with simple hand moments.
Curtis adds, “Our intention is to match powerful thinkers with talented innovators and influencers across all industries.  We have limitless opportunities to soar but it can only happen if we connect and align. MOBE offers you a safe place to build relationships, strengthen your network, and increase your net worth.”
More than $187 million in business was generated to African-American companies as a direct result of associations and relationships conceived at MOBE symposiums. You don’t want to miss the next one!
For more information about the conference and a full list of sessions/events, please visit and follow them on socials.
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Open Meetings Act "Personnel" Exemption Expanded

HB 2124 (proposing amendments to the Open Meetings Act) became effective last Friday. That legislation amends the OMA to allow a public body to go into closed session to discuss the hiring, firing, compensation, discipline, and complaints against specific individuals who serve as independent contractors in a park, recreational, or educational setting and specific volunteers under the "personnel" exemption under the OMA.

Public bodies should remember that the PAC office of the Illinois Attorney General expects that public bodies using this exemption to go into closed session provide more detail in their motion that simply stating "personnel exemption." While the motion need not name the individual, it should provide a bit more detail, such as why the individual will be discussed (i.e., hiring, termination, etc).

Tuesday, August 27, 2019

Appellate Court Addresses Prisoner FOIA Use

Last week, an Illinois appellate court upheld a circuit court's ruling that an inmate was not entitled to home addresses of other individuals under FOIA in an unpublished opinion.

In Serio v. Putnam Cnty. Sheriff’s Dept., Raymond Serio, an inmate of the Illinois Department of Corrections, sent two FOIA requests to the Putnam County Sheriff’s Department seeking specific information regarding individuals that had been booked into custody at the Putnam County jail. He asked for the name, age, full address, offense, date of arrest, and photos of each individual under Section 2.15(a) of FOIA. The Sheriff’s Department subsequently provided Serio the records he requested in part in response to both FOIA requests, but withheld the home addresses under Section 7(1)(b), which protects home addresses from release as "private information."

Serio sued, arguing that the Sheriff’s Department (1) willfully and intentionally failed to comply with his FOIA requests, (2) should be ordered to release the home addresses, and (3) should pay civil penalties and Serio’s costs of filing the lawsuit. The Sheriff’s Department reasserted its use of the "private information" exemption to bar disclosure of the addresses. The trial court ruled in favor of the Sheriff’s Department and denied Serio’s claim for relief. Serio appealed.

On appeal, Serio argued that the plain language of FOIA expressly provided for obtaining that information if it is included in arrest reports. This time, the Sheriff’s Department argued that Section 7(1)(e-10) of FOIA barred the disclosure. At the time of the trial court’s ruling, the exemption in Section 7(1)(e-10) had not yet been enacted.  This section exempts from FOIA the following:

  (e-10) Law enforcement records of other persons requested by a person committed to the Department of Corrections, Department of Human Services Division of Mental Health, or a county jail, including, but not limited to, arrest and booking records, mug shots, and crime scene photographs, except as these records may be relevant to the requester's current or potential case or claim.

The appellate court determined that the Sheriff’s Department’s use of this exemption was proper and that it could withhold the home addresses. The court reasoned that although Section 7(1)(e-10) became effective after the trial court ruling, it applied retroactively as the legislature did not expressly state otherwise, and because it was a procedural change to FOIA rather than a substantive change that would preclude Serio from exercising his rights under the statute. Finally, Serio failed to explain in both his complaint and FOIA requests how the information he requested was relevant to “his current or potential case or claim” as required by Section 7(1)(e-10).

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Monday, August 26, 2019

7th Circuit Upholds Construction Licensing Ordinance

Earlier this week, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals upheld an Indiana city's ordinance requiring a residential property owner who wants to make repairs to the residence either to obtain a license or to hire a licensed contractor. Regan v. City of Hammond.

Christopher Regan and the Northwest Indiana Creative Investors Association, Inc. were landlords who own and lease property in the City of Hammond. As property owners, they made periodic repairs and improvements to their properties. Before they could make improvements to their properties, however, they were required by city ordinance to either obtain a license or hire a Hammond-licensed general contractor. The code also makes an exception for persons making repairs or improvements to their own private, single-family residences in which they reside. Because the plaintiffs do not reside in their respective properties, they did not fall under this exception and were required to obtain a license or hire a licensed contractor.

In their lawsuit against the City of Hammond, the plaintiffs argued that the license requirements coupled with the exemption impermissibly burdened property owners who do not reside in the City, thus impeding "interstate commerce." They also argued that all owners of residential property in Hammond are participants and competitors in the national housing market, and that giving an occupant homeowner an exemption from the license requirement would discriminate against the non-occupant homeowner and landowners who are not domiciled in Hammond.

The Seventh Circuit rejected the plaintiffs' arguments, finding that the ordinance does not discriminate based on the where a homeowner lives. In its reasoning, the court explained that commerce clause analyses fall into three categories: laws that expressly discriminate against interstate commerce; laws that, although neutral on their face, bear more heavily on interstate than local commerce; and laws that may have a mild effect on interstate commerce but in practice do not give local firms any competitive advantage over firms located elsewhere. Because the ordinance draws no distinction between landlords that reside in Hammond and those who do not, the court concluded that the ordinance does not impose a disparate burden on non-Hammond landlords.

The court reasoned that the distinction rested on occupancy, which was a rational distinction considering occupants of residential property are more closely affected by property defects and repairs than that of the removed landlord. Furthermore, the court concluded that Hammond has an interest in the safety and habitability of the homes in which its residents reside, and the ordinance is a permissible exercise of its authority to promote that interest.

Although this case dealt with an Indiana municipality, the holding that this type of ordinance does not offend the commerce clause of the U.S. Constitution would also appear to apply to Illinois municipalities as well.

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Thursday, August 22, 2019

New FOIA Amendments Just Signed by Governor

Earlier this week, the Governor signed into law two bills to amend the Freedom of Information Act.

First, Public Act 101-0433 (SB1699) amends Section 2.15(e) of FOIA to redefine where law enforcement agencies may not publish booking photographs (i.e. mugshots). Before the amendment, an agency was not allowed to share on its “social media website”. With this amendment, the definition was changed to “social networking website” as it is defined in Section 10 of the Right to Privacy in the Workplace Act. Section 10 of the RPWA defines social networking site as:
an Internet-based service that allows individuals to: (i) construct a public or semi-public profile within a bounded system, created by the service; (ii) create a list of other users with whom they share a connection within the system; and (iii) view and navigate their list of connections and those made by others within the system.
This definition excludes e-mail. This Act became effective yesterday.

Second, Public Act 101-0434 (SB1712) amends Section 7 of FOIA to add Exemption 7(1)(kk) which exempts from disclosure:
The public body's credit card numbers, debit card numbers, bank account numbers, Federal Employer Identification Number, security code numbers, passwords, and similar account information, the disclosure of which could result in identity theft or impression or defrauding of a governmental entity or a person.
This law becomes effective January 1, 2020.

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Tuesday, August 20, 2019

7th Circuit Addresses Privacy Exemption Under Federal FOIA

This week, the 7th Circuit delivered a victory for the federal government in Higgs v. United States Park Police, a case that involved balancing privacy interests against public disclosure under the federal FOIA statute.

Higgs was convicted and sentenced to death for participating in kidnapping and murdering three women with his two friends in 1996 in a federal park located in Maryland. Higgs, while on death row, insisted for several years that the federal government failed to turn over exculpatory evidence as required by law. In 2012, Higgs filed a FOIA request with the United States Park Police seeking “a complete copy of everything pertaining to the homicide convictions.” The Park Police notified Higgs that it would not release any documents because they were exempt under various exemptions, including the “privacy exemption.”  Higgs then filed a lawsuit to challenge the FOIA denial. The Park Police subsequently released some responsive documents to Higgs.

Higgs argued that the government’s response to Higgs’ FOIA request was inadequate on several grounds. The district court agreed in part, ruling that Higgs was entitled to certain records because (1) he demonstrated a sufficient public interest in trying to uncover government misconduct and (2) the government failed to identify what privacy interests would be impaired and to the extent they would be negatively impaired

On appeal, the government argued that: (1) the district court clearly erred in evaluating the individual privacy interests and (2) Higgs did not advance a sufficient public interest that warranted the disclosure of the subject records.  Higgs responded that the public interest he advanced was sufficient to warrant disclosure as he sought to reveal government misconduct and educate the public about how the Department of Justice carries out its law enforcement duties.

The 7th Circuit concluded that Higgs did not advance a sufficient interest under the FOIA privacy exemptions’ “balancing test.” The Court rejected Higgs’ government misconduct argument. The Court also found Higgs’ argument of an educational benefit a “vague interest” that did not meet the threshold burden to justify disclosure.

Although this case strictly dealt with federal FOIA law, the rationale in this case is helpful in understanding how an Illinois court might analyze the “personal privacy” exemption and apply that exemption’s balancing test. Local governments, especially their police departments, should always review records based on sensitive or tragic events through the lens of both 7(1)(c) and 7(1)(d) of the Illinois FOIA statute to bolster their reasoning for withholding documents for privacy concerns.

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Tuesday, August 13, 2019

Amendments to OMA Allow Alternative Training for Municipal Officials

The Illinois Governor just signed legislation making it easier for municipal officials to complete the required Open Meetings Act training. Under current law, all elected and appointed members of public bodies in the state of Illinois must complete the electronic OMA training offered by the Illinois Attorney General within 90 days of taking office. Previous amendments to the OMA authorized  officials in park districts, school districts, drainage districts and others to satisfy the training requirement through alternative programs. Pursuant to P.A. 101-814, an elected or appointed official on a public body of a municipality may satisfy the OMA training requirements by participating in a training sponsored or conducted by an organization that represents municipalities in the state of Illinois.

Tuesday, August 6, 2019

Public Body Did Not Violate FOIA in Multiple FOIA Requests

The second FOIA case decided last week is Walker v. Bruscato, 2019 IL App (2d) 170775. Walker had filed multiple FOIA requests with the Winnebago States Attorney's Office for records pertaining to his murder indictment. The first request asked for a copy of the grand jury transcript. The second request asked for a "current or previous list of the types and categories of records available for inspection and copying maintained in your office." His third request asked for a copy of the record of indictments in May and June of 2001. His fourth request asked for a copy of the grand jury votes and deliberation for all indictments returned during that same time period.

The County provided the first requested record and responded to the second request that it had no responsive records. The County denied the third and fourth requests, citing to the confidentiality of grand jury records.  Walker then sued, claiming the County violated FOIA related to all four FOIA requests. The circuit court ruled in the County's favor, and Walker appealed.

The appellate court agreed with the circuit court's ruling in the County's favor. First, the court found that the County did, in fact, provide the transcript in response to the first FOIA request. Second, the court held that Walker had no cause of action under Section 11 of FOIA because he was not "denied access" to any public record since the requested records simply did not exist, stating that "A request for records not yet created is invalid." The court also rejected Walker's argument that the County failed to maintain the list as required by section 5 because the County created the list following Walker's request and subsequently provided a link to that list to Walker. Finally, the court agreed that the grand jury records requested in the third and fourth requests were exempt from release as state law expressly prohibits disclosure of grand jury proceedings.

Monday, August 5, 2019

Quorum Forum Podcast Episode 29: Avoiding Employment Mistakes

Ancel Glink just released Episode 27 of its Quorum Forum Podcast: Avoiding Employment Mistakes. In this episode, Ancel Glink attorney John Hayes discusses ways employers can avoid common mistakes and law clerk Mike Halpin provides an update on recent employment laws and cases. And, as usual, Ancel Glink partner Dan Bolin keeps the episode lively and entertaining.

Listen to this episode here.

Thursday, August 1, 2019

Public Body Did Not Violate FOIA Where Requested Records Did Not Exist

We don't see a lot of FOIA cases out of the appellate courts but two were issued yesterday that offer some guidance to public bodies on challenges to FOIA denials.

In Barner v. Fairburn, 2019 IL App (3d) 180742, Barner sued the Canton Police Department after the Department denied his FOIA request for a copy of dispatch transcripts for a particular time-period on May 12, 2015, as well as other police records during that time period. The Department provided a copy of an incident report but not the dispatch recording, stating in its response that the recording was no longer available because the dispatch system only keeps recordings for a few months. Barner sued, claiming the Department violated FOIA because it did not provide the requested records. He also claimed that the FOIA response was insufficient because it did not provide specific reasons for the denial of his request. The circuit court dismissed the case, and Barner appealed.

On appeal, the Department argued that the dismissal was proper because FOIA does not compel a public body to turn over information the public body does not retain. The Department supported its argument with an affidavit that the FOIA Officer searched for the requested records and was unable to provide the recording because it no longer existed.

The appellate court agreed with the Department that it did not violate FOIA by failing to turn over records that did not exist at the time of the request, citing to previous cases holding that "The nonexistence of requested documents is a cognizable affirmative defense to a complaint grounded in FOIA." The court also rejected Barner's argument that the Department's response was inadequate because it did not provide a "detailed factual basis" for the denial, holding that this particular requirement of FOIA only applies when the public body is claiming an exemption for a denial.


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New Museum announces IDEAS CITY: Sao Paulo a conference on October 25–27, 2013.

IDEAS CITY: São Paulo begins with a keynote address by Paulo Mendes da Rocha, celebrated Brazilian architect whose extraordinary contributions have dramatically changed the country’s urban landscape. He was awarded the prestigious Mies van der Rohe Award (2000) and the Pritzker Architecture Prize (2006).

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IDEAS CITY: São Paulo will be held at Sesc Pompeia, a center for culture, sports, education, and leisure housed in a spectacular building developed by the architect Lina Bo Bardi in 1977. The Conference is free and open to the public. Advance tickets are not required but must be picked up on the day of the event. The Conference will also be livestreamed. For more information, visit

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Club shoots commence promptly at 9.30am. We commence placing targets from 7.30am so please arrive early and help carry targets out onto the range. We will often hold a novelty shoot at the conclusion of the 3D rounds and when targets have been retrieved.

Shoot fees are $20 per adult. Juniors & Cubs shoot free. Shoot fees include a BBQ lunch and soft drink. Shoot fees contribute to the purchase of new targets.

All Tournaments at M.W.F.A abide by the rules as set down by 3DAAA. You can read those rules here.

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An insurance adviser’s perspective.

Today MPs cast their final vote at the third reading of the End of Life Choice Bill – aka ‘The Euthanasia Bill’. They voted 69 in favour to 51 against, meaning there will now be a referendum as part of next year’s general election.

This Bill has been gyrating around parliament for over two years.   It has had a lot of press, and has been the source of much comment, and has generated over 35,000 submissions – the most ever received by a select committee. This is probably because it presents some challenging and complex issues

But life insurance is not one of them.

A stuff article by Katarina Williams says “Life insurance companies are wrestling with the question whether they will pay out or not if assisted dying becomes legal”.

I doubt that very much.

David Seymour, the Bill’s sponsor, is quoted saying “…Accessing assisted dying should not affect life insurance policies”. Well thank you, Mr Seymour, for taking such a strong and popular position on the side of doing … what is already being done. He goes on “If any company want to be the first to refuse a terminally ill policy holder their payout because they choose a compassionate death, I’ll be happy to offer them some free PR advice.”

Fair to say his advice, if called on, would be priced appropriately.

Back to this “complex and challenging” issue that insurers are supposedly “wrestling” with. The vast majority of terminally ill people who would make a choice about assisted dying will be elderly. Most do not have life insurance at that age. They will have out-lived either the need, the affordability, or the expiry age of their policies. Yet in the debate around euthanasia the focus often lands on extreme examples of much younger subjects, with rare cases of severe illness. These are often long-running, pre-existing, or congenital conditions. Tragically, some of these younger people won’t have life insurance because they could never buy it, or worse they hadn’t got around to it yet.

So the number of cases where people who have purchased a policy, and subsequently become terminally ill, is going to be relatively small.

Notwithstanding the low incidence; what is the typical insurance policy response? In the market today all the main insurers have life policies with two major exclusions: criminal act, and suicide in the first 13 months. That’s it. In other words, “assisted dying” is not excluded. Murder of the insured by a policy beneficiary is. But is assisted dying that? No, and insurers have not signalled an intention to change their policies.

There is no issue for insurers to “wrestle” with and no need at all for Mr Seymour’s “advice”.

But here’s the most important point: most (including all of my clients) who have insurance in place and find themselves dealing with a terminal condition, will meet the criteria for an early payment (‘terminal illness benefit’) and will therefore have the option of being paid out before they even face the choice about assisted dying.

To answer the Stuff headline: Will terminally ill life insurance policyholders be covered if they ask for help to die?

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Educators and Students Have Privatizers on the Run, Says Ravitch

diane ravitch slaying goliathDiane Ravitch, former assistant secretary of education in President George H.W. Bush’s administration and NEA Friend of Education in 2010, has written a new book that she wants every public school educator to read.

In “Slaying Goliath: The Passionate Resistance to Privatization and the Fight to Save America’s Public Schools,” [Knopf: 2020] Ravitch explores how profit-minded billionaires like Sam Walton or Eli Broad—she calls them “disrupters,” never “reformers”—are behind large-scale efforts to squeeze public money out of public schools through a relentless focus on standardized test scores and failure. For many decades, it looked like they were winning. Not anymore. From West Virginia to Los Angeles, Ravitch’s book celebrates the growing rebellion of educators, parents and community members who are fighting for students and educators—and winning. Recently, she spoke with NEA Todayabout this work.

Let’s start with the title, “Slaying Goliath: The Passionate Resistance to Privatization and the Fight to Save America’s Public Schools.” Who here is Goliath?

Diane Ravitch: Goliath represents the people who have embarked on these really disastrous policies and funded them. You have to start with the government officials, and that means every president since George H.W. Bush, including Obama. They had this idea that you test and you test, and everybody will be proficient if you just test some more.

It really has changed little since Bush. Obama bought into it and [his Secretary of Education] Arne Duncan was an enthusiastic supporter. It’s been a bipartisan mess with Democrats equally implicated, including Rahm Emanuel in Chicago and Andrew Cuomo in New York. This has been the status quo for 20 years. They became infatuated with the notion that just measuring the problem will fix the problem. With this kind of thinking, the measure is the goal—when the goal really is a healthy, civic-minded, participatory citizenry.

You write in the introduction that you sat down to write this book at a pivotal time in public school history. What was going on, and how did it inform your approach to the book?

DR: I had no intention of writing this book. I write my daily blog  and that’s very satisfying. But then the West Virginia walkout happened, and I kept reading about it with absolute fascination.

I had long been encouraging people, saying ‘we have to keep fighting,’ but I didn’t see change happening. With West Virginia, things began reorganizing in my brain. I began to see the victories, adding up.

At the same time, the national media started treating teachers differently. A few years earlier, TIME magazine had [charter-school proponent] Michelle Rhee on its cover, holding a broom, with the headline “Rotten Apples.” I saw the national narrative totally change. They started publishing stories about teachers being paid so poorly that they had to work two or three jobs. I read one about a teacher who sweeps the mall at night. Can you imagine running into your doctor or dentist sweeping the mall at night for money? Teachers are professionals just like them.

Striking turns out to be enormously powerful. Where the strikes didn’t get everything people wanted, they got something—they helped organize teachers, and led to some teachers running for office. If that kind of activism keeps up, children will at last have representation.”

What I wanted to do with this book is two things. First, pull together these victories and make people aware that the people fighting these fights are not losing. They are not being ignored. There are reasons to hope and to continue fighting for what’s right, which is a well-funded public school with teachers who are supported and know what they’re doing.

The second reason is to send a message to the people who have funded this stuff—the Waltons, the Gateses, the Broads. They have wasted a lot of money. There should be a great big, illuminated sign that flashes on and off, that says to them, “Loser! Loser!” I guess if you’re a billionaire—I don’t know because I’ve never been one—maybe the people around you never tell you that your ideas are terrible and that they don’t work. Well, this didn’t work, and I want them to know that.

One of the victories you describe is a local Colorado school board election, in which pro-voucher school board members, backed by big money, are ousted by a “dream team” of candidates backed by pro-public school parents. We pay a lot of attention to Betsy DeVos and her bad ideas, but is this where the battle is really happening—in local elections? Why do they matter?

DR: Because of the money involved, the crucial battles are being waged in local school board and state school board elections. [Pro-voucher] groups like Democrats for Education Reform have raised money for candidates in places as obscure as Perth Amboy, New Jersey. When you look at filings from these local elections, their candidates are coming up with $200,000, or more, in contributions. Local people can’t compete against that. One of the reasons that I write about [school board member] Amy Frogge in Nashville is that, as far as I know, she never got out-of-state contributions, and she was running against somebody with five times as much money. What’s so dangerous about this situation—what this is about really—is whether we’re going to have locally elected school boards, or boards elected by national organizations.

People need to know: it’s crucial to look at these campaign filings. In the book, I include a story about Massachusetts, where money from hedge-fund managers and Wall Street poured into a ballot campaign to lift the state cap on charter schools. It was critical to reveal that this was millions of dollars from people with no connection to Massachusetts. On the other side, there were no big supporters, except the Massachusetts Teachers Association. Its president, Barbara Madeloni, asked her members and they agreed to put in about $10 each. [Editor’s note: Parents and educators won in Massachusetts. Read more about it.]

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With the eyes of the nation on them, West Virginia teachers’ launched a historic nine-day statewide strike in February 2018.

In the chapter about the teacher resistance, which describes the statewide walkout in WV, followed by other #RedforEd walkouts and strikes, you conclude that “teachers learned that together they had power. And they would not forget that lesson.” We all hope that’s true! What is the role of unions in growing that power?

DR: I’ve never belonged to a union, but I’m a very strong believer in unionism. I think one of the reasons our society is in so much trouble is that we’re losing our middle class. We see this growing income inequality and wealth inequality, and part of that is because the far-right is so effective at killing unions. When I was on the other side—I call it ‘the dark side’ now—I kept hearing, ‘Unions are the problem. If we could get rid of them, we could get rid of the slackers who are apparently ruining schools.’ This anti-teacher, anti-union animus is inspired by ALEC. To learn more about it, the book I always recommend people read is Gordon Lafer’s, “The One Percent Solution: How Corporations are Remaking American One State at a Time,” which describes the state-by-state effort to wipe out unions.

Here’s what I say: You tell me that unions are responsible for low test scores, but show me the right-to-work state where test scores are through the roof! Mississippi’s fourth-grade reading scores have been in the news lately, but Mississippi has the highest third-grade retention rate in the nation. That’s an old trick straight out of Jeb Bush’s playbook in Florida.

What they’ve done with unions is try to make sure there’s nobody at the table to speak up for teachers and students and communities. If there’s a union, there’s somebody who will say, ‘you can’t do this, you can’t cut anymore.’

In conclusion, you write, “The great lesson of this story is that billionaires should not be allowed to buy democracy, although they are certainly trying to do so. The power of their money can be defeated by the power of voters.” What specifically is the lesson for NEA members?

DR: The big takeaway is that strikes work. When you have all these legislators with teachers in their corridors, and everybody is wearing their matching t-shirts and they’re saying we need more for the children of this state, and constituents are calling and saying for god’s sake settle the strike, you suddenly create this whole counter-pressure [to the influence exerted by big-money donors and “disrupters”]. Striking turns out to be enormously powerful. Where the strikes didn’t get everything people wanted, they got something—they helped organize teachers, and led to some teachers running for office. If that kind of activism keeps up, children will at last have representation.

This is where unions fit in. Teachers are fighting for funding for children. They’re fighting to get decent teachers at a time of a national teacher shortage. The typical right-wing thinking is that teachers are only in it for the money. Right! Anybody who believes that is either a liar or insane.


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Cathy goes to Kalama Kamp Part-2 practical paddle board stroke tips

Ok, so you have read about what Kalama Kamp was like but you are probably much more interested in what we actually learned.  What are the tips that can help you paddle more efficiently?

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I will outline a few of them here

  • Reach…no, reach more!
  • Dig deeper, earlier
  • Hinge more from the hips
  • Use your leverage
  • Keep the business in the front
  • Quiet your top hand
  • Hip thrust
  • Rhythm
  • Relax

Most of these tips you will see in Dave’s blog posts on Waterman’s Journal, but here they are as I interpreted them.

Your stroke is broken up into three parts, the catch, power phase and recovery.  The catch is when you plant your blade in the water. The power phase is the part when your blade is fully in the water and you are “doing the work”.  And recovery is the part when your blade is out of the water and you are preparing for your next catch.  The fluidity part of Dave’s teachings aims to meld these three phases as seamlessly as possible to create a cycle more than a distinct beginning and end.  Instead of really pulling your paddle through the water, you want to think about planting your blade and pulling the board past the paddle.

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You start by reaching…no, reach more.  First extend your arm.  Then rotate your shoulders into the stroke, fully extending your bottom arm while your top arm remains bent at about 45 degrees.. This will allow your lower hand to gain even more length. Then hinge from the hip.   If you try this with a door frame as a reference point you can reach past the door frame a bit with just your arms.  When you rotate your shoulders, your lower hand will reach further, and then when you already you’re your arm and shoulders into the stroke, hinge from the hips (keep your back straight and relaxed).   Think you have it?  Now reach 4 more inches.

You want to fully plant the blade very early.  If you start pulling before your blade is planted in the water you will make a little splash.  You use the hinge from your hips as leverage to bury the blade rather than using your arms to push the paddle down in the water.

There are two basic paddleboarding strokes, the Tahitian stroke and the Hawaiian stroke.  The Tahitian stroke relies on very quick, short strokes, way out front, in the water early and out of the water early.  The Hawaiian stroke relies on much longer strokes that travel more of the length of the board.  Dave teaches a hybrid of these, still focusing on catching WAY out in front, but also removing the paddle earlier than most people would think, just about at your feet.

There is a drill that Dave calls the 50/50 and it demonstrates where the power of your stroke comes from relative to your feet.  You put a bamboo stake (or something similar) across the board under your toes and experiment with pulling your paddle out before you hit the stick.  Once you have a feel for that, paddle from the stick back.  You will find that you don’t really get anywhere with that back part.  Now move the stick under your heels and practice pulling it out before you get there.  That’s ultimately what you want to get the feel for.  He repeatedly told me to move my entire stroke 6 inches forward…reach further at the beginning and pull the paddle out earlier….”get the business done up front”.

Another point in maximizing your efficiency is not letting your top hand drop too much.  You should be able to keep your top hand in sight throughout your whole stroke.  It makes a small almond shaped motion.  The more you are moving your top arm, the more energy you are expending-needlessly-and the more energy it takes to get ready for your next stroke.

Then there is the hip thrust…you read that right.  At the end of the stroke when you pull the blade from the water, you thrust your hips slightly forward.  Basically, when you straighten up at the end of the stroke and do this slight thrust you are propelling the board past the paddle planted in the water.  If you bump your hip with your wrist you will start to get the idea.  Think of bringing your hip to meet your hand.  This will get you to pull the paddle out of the water early and get the hip thrusting forward.

Just prior to removing your paddle from the water, you want to twist your wrist to turn your paddle.  This is called feathering.  It ensures that as your paddle travels through the air on the way back to the reach, it is cutting through the air with the edge rather than the face which would provide resistance.

Develop a rhythm.  Practice your stroke very slowly.  Focus on each part of the stroke and when you have each component down, start to find your rhythm with them.  Keep it slow at first so that you really get the feel for it before increasing your cadence.  Focus on each phase of the stroke, breathing and making your stroke a fluid cycle.

Here is one of the drills that we did with Dave.  He stood in front of us and we tried to keep pace and form with him.

Now relax.  Your muscles shouldn’t be tight…you are not forcing anything, you are using body mechanics to get the most you can from your stroke.  Your grip on the paddle should be loose and comfortable.  Your knees should be soft, but not really bent, your back needs to remain relaxed and straight, the hinge comes from the hips.  Tension produces strain and our goal is to keep everything moving as smoothly as possible.

Any good coaching that you can get to fine tune your paddling stroke is good…but if you ever get the chance to work with Dave…TAKE IT!  You will rarely find a teacher who can talk to each student on their own level, whatever that level is.  He helped my stroke dramatically and he coaches such young standouts in the sport as Kai Lenny and Slater Trout, and he has something to offer to everyone in between.  Dave is a very down to earth, nice guy, a pleasure to work with.  I am confident that you will get more out of the day than you expect.

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East European ministers to push EU for more bioeconomy support

EU Council meeting expected to see joint declaration by eastern agriculture and research ministers - a rare effort at coordinated east European lobbying over research in Brussels

Agriculture and research ministers of the EU’s eastern countries are joining forces to push for more support from Brussels to…

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September 13
19:33 2019

DUBAI – September 13, 2019 – Liger Commercial Broker LLC, the Dubai-based full-service broker, has officially launched its newly designed website ligerco.com. The completely revamped website features a sleek new design, improved functionality, and enhanced trading content, with a rich focus on the Company’s offerings and mission to provide unparalleled customer service and deliver exceptional financial products.

The Liger Commercial Broker LLC website has extensive information encompassing its history & services. In addition, there is quick and easy access to essential information and features. The new website is live and is located at the same address: http://www.ligerco.com.

“We are elated to debut our new company website to our customers, clients, partners, and all visitors who are looking to explore the world of trading through Liger Commercial Broker LLC,” stated the company Chief Executive Officer. “This website redesign highlights our commitment to creating the best online experience possible for our customers and website visitors. As we have continued to grow, we want to reflect the outstanding level of personal service we convey in our banks with our online customers as well.”

Liger Commercial Broker LLC’s new website will be regularly updated with news on company updates, accomplishments, events, and financial information. Visitors are encouraged to explore the new website at http://www.wallisbank.com

About Liger Commercial Broker LLC

Liger Commercial Broker LLC is a full-service broker dedicated to serving clients with the highest level of personal service. Liger Commercial Broker LLC was established in 2015 in Dubai, UAE with the aim to be the centre hub for all trading & financial requirements in the world.

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Hyperlocal is the Way to go for Online Furniture Industry in India

In the past decade, the e-commerce industry has emerged as one of the fastest growing sectors in India.  There have been numerous business models that have been tried by e-commerce brands, including marketplace and hyperlocal. As this upward surge continues, ‘hyperlocal’ is witnessing wide adoption and emerging as a new trend in the e-commerce space.

The Hyperlocal Model

The word ‘hyperlocal’ implies a specific local area where everything, be it product or service, is sourced from, thereby focusing on connecting the consumer with local offline supplier or seller. Many start-ups today are adopting the hyperlocal business model, a city-based model focused on a geographical location catering to the demands of local buyers by creating an ecosystem of local sellers.Hyper Local Furniture

A wide range of services are already being provided by hyperlocals. These services range from delivering furniture to grocery delivery to handyman services.

Importance of Hyperlocal
According to a recent news report, “Hyperlocals, services-based or inventory-based, are largely an urban India phenomenon. Services are hyperlocal by their very nature, driven by locality or communities. When moving into a new city, for example, people would like to stabilise as quickly as possible and here, such services step in”.In fact, one of the main requirements of anyone moving to a new city is setting up their home which includes buying furniture and designing homes. Thus, a continual demographic shift taking place in the country highlights the importance of going hyperlocal in this space called furniture and home decor.
The key advantages of this model to buyers are quicker delivery, avoidance of in-transit damage, local warranty and billing, local deals and availability of huge quantities.

From a seller’s perspective, it helps them build their local buyer network besides enabling faster sales settlement. Local buyers can extend their network of local shoppers, beyond the existing base.

Timely delivery of orders with minimal or no in-transit damage is a key challenge for most e-commerce companies today. This is especially true of the online furniture industry. The average delivery time ranges from 10-15 days and the in-transit damage is high. This is where the hyperlocals step in to solve the problem. As these are connected through a community of local sellers, they are able to offer their services to the locals and address the much talked about issue of last-mile connectivity.

Looking at the growth and potential of the hyperlocal start-ups, investors are opening up their wallets and the funds are pouring in.

Across India, venture capital firms have invested $270 million in more than 45 hyperlocal start-ups over the nine month period till October 2015, according to a MintAsia research.

We, at MebelKart realized the importance of going hyperlocal and are fast moving towards a model wherein our majority revenues come from the hyperlocal model rather than the national one. Our efforts are towards nurturing a local seller ecosystem. It benefits the local sellers by providing them a wider customer base. It also ensures lower costs and lesser damages because of local logistics which we can pass on as price benefit to the customer. Hyperlocal model is a win-win for every stakeholder, the sellers, customers and us.

Hyperlocal market: Growth Scenario
According to a report by Tracxn* released in July 2015 titled “Hyperlocal Delivery – India: Start-up Landscape”, more than $130 million was invested in 110 start-ups across 28 rounds in the six months preceding October 2015. The top funded segments were groceries, food delivery and horizontal B2C delivery.

As per a report by Ken research released in March 2016 titled “India Hyperlocal Market Outlook to 2020 – Driven by Surge in Number of Startups and Series of Funding”, the revenues in the hyperlocal market space have grown by 41% in comparison to 2014. It further says that the hyperlocal market in India will exceed Rs. 2,306 crore by the year 2020.

Key Challenges
This fast growing segment is constantly gaining momentum in the Indian retail sector as it has the potential to create new demand and is able to cater to evolving consumer needs, something which was not possible earlier. However, there are some significant challenges which the hyperlocal companies including the ones in the online furniture space will have to overcome in order to sustain in a competitive market.

Firstly, training becomes very important. In a hyperlocal model, when somebody goes to a customer to provide a service or deliver a product, he/she is representing the brand. Therefore, the ability to handle customers in a professional manner becomes the key. Investment in technology, logistics and quality of services,therefore, becomes imperative.

Secondly, while hyperlocal companies have their strengths in the local market, they also face stiff competition from large and established e-commerce companies that have the strength to pump in huge amount of capital to promote themselves in the local markets.
Thirdly, it is important to have a robust ecosystem of sellers that can provide a range of solutions to the buyers. This is a huge challenge since industries like furniture primarily comprise of unorganized players.

Lastly, scaling up will continue to be a significant learning for hyperlocal companies in the longer run. Since these companies function within a limited geographical area, it will be crucial on how they scale up and expand the business while maintaining consistency in quality of offerings.

The coming years will likely see the emergence of a number of brands in this category offering niche services to customers. The ability to overcome these challenges and adapting to changing environment will be a deciding factor between leaders and laggards in the space.

By; Rahul Agrawal, Co-Founder & CEO, MebelKart

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FPL's 10 tips to save energy and money this holiday season

Florida Power & Light Company helps customers save even more money by adding energy efficiency to list of holiday traditions

Nov 10, 2015

JUNO BEACH, Fla., Nov. 10, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Festive lights, packed ovens and house guests aplenty are holiday staples, but they may not be so jolly for the bank account. While the bills of typical residential Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) customers are already 30 percent below the national average and about to go down again in 2016, FPL is always looking for ways to help customers save even more.

"Holiday planning requires a lot of energy, but most people are not thinking about additional energy usage when it comes to cooking, entertaining and decorating," said Sondra Houhoulis, FPL energy expert. "By adding energy efficiency to the list of holiday traditions, customers can help keep their electric bills low while making the season bright."

Here are some easy ways to save this holiday season:

  1. Deck the halls with LEDs – When it comes to holiday lighting, LED lights are the bright choice to get more for your money. The amount of power it takes to operate just one 7-watt incandescent holiday bulb could power two 24-foot LED strings - enough to light a six-foot tree. Additionally, LED light strings last about 10 times longer.
  2. Set time on your side – Don't leave your lights on all night; set them to timers so they turn off when you're asleep.
  3. Switch your non-holiday lights – Change guest room and common area lighting to LEDs. Not only do they save money, but they produce less heat and are safer to the touch.
  4. Turn it off – Remind guests to turn off the light and the ceiling fan when they leave the room. Running a ceiling fan 24/7 costs about $7 a month.
  5. Stop peeking – Ovens lose a lot of heat when opened and require significant energy to heat back up to the appropriate temperature. Instead, when you have to sneak-a-peek, turn the oven light on and look through the interior window.
  6. Choose glass or ceramic pans for the oven – These pans heat faster than metal ones and allow you to set the temperature 25 degrees lower than a recipe suggests for the same cooking time.
  7. Don't forget your crock-pot – Use smaller appliances such as crock-pots, microwaves and toaster ovens when possible. These can be much more energy-efficient for side dishes or small meals.
  8. Select energy-efficient electronics – When it comes to buying gifts for your loved ones, opt for a laptop computer over a desktop computer. Laptops require 50 to 80 percent less power than a desktop computer.
  9. Let the star be your guide – Look for the ENERGY STAR logo when purchasing larger electronics or appliances. Newer ENERGY STAR models meet stricter requirements and can reduce energy usage up to 40 percent over standard models.
  10. Soak up the holiday sun – Consider changing out driveway lighting with solar-powered lights to make your home a festive and energy-efficient oasis year round. They also make great energy-efficient gifts.

For more ways to save energy year-round, take an Online Home Energy Survey at FPL.com/OHES.

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Florida Power & Light Company is the third-largest electric utility in the United States, serving approximately 4.8 million customer accounts across nearly half of the state of Florida. FPL's typical 1,000-kWh residential customer bill is approximately 30 percent lower than the latest national average and, in 2014, was the lowest in Florida among reporting utilities for the fifth year in a row. FPL's service reliability is better than 99.98 percent, and its highly fuel-efficient power plant fleet is one of the cleanest among all utilities nationwide. The company was recognized in 2015 as one of the most trusted U.S. electric utilities by Market Strategies International. A leading Florida employer with approximately 8,700 employees, FPL is a subsidiary of Juno Beach, Fla.-based NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NEE), a clean energy company widely recognized for its efforts in sustainability, ethics and diversity, including being ranked in the top 10 worldwide for innovativeness and community responsibility as part of Fortune's 2015 list of "World's Most Admired Companies." NextEra Energy is also the parent company of NextEra Energy Resources, LLC, which, together with its affiliated entities, is the world's largest generator of renewable energy from the wind and sun. For more information, visit these websites: www.NextEraEnergy.com, www.FPL.com, www.NextEraEnergyResources.com.

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3455 - High school Concession Stand

Policy 3455

Business and Non-Instructional Operations

High School Concession Stand

The Newtown High School concession stand(s) shall be operated by the Newtown Public Schools for the benefit of the student body. Upon appointment by the Superintendent of Schools, or his/her designee, staff will serve as managers of the stand, and will be empowered with the overall management of the stand. The designated staff shall be responsible for the purchasing of supplies and new equipment, the scheduling of the operation, the maintenance of existing equipment, the training of the students, operating staff, and for providing an accounting of revenue and expenses. The designated staff shall deposit revenue received into a separate account with the treasurer of that account named by the Board.

The designated staff will have completed the Food Awareness Safety Training or similar program from a Health Agency. The concession stand shall be student run under the strict supervision of the designated staff.

The Concession Stand Business Plan is to maintain a positive cash flow; however, due to unforeseen circumstances if there is a negative balance the Principal will be notified on a monthly basis.

Legal Reference:    Connecticut General. Statutes
            10-237 School activity funds

Policy adopted:    April 4, 2017
NEWTOWN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, Newtown, Connecticut