Contact « Rachel Norton: SF Board of Education

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Rachel Norton for Board of Education
P.O. Box 210405
San Francisco, CA 94121

Email: rachel “at” rachelnorton.com

Feedback from constituents is important to me. I read all of my mail and email, and answer whenever I can. Comment on the blog >>>>

9 responses so far ↓

Terry Weber // June 21, 2009 at 4:38 pm

Am I reading your June 20th post correctly? Are your really saying that the approximately $12 million in IDEA stimulus money will go to opening 12 new classrooms and ‘uping” the amount of money the district pays for tuition for private schools?

Gee–how do I get in on the private school wagon train? I have a kid who would benefit from a few years at the Armstrong school and the special ed teachers at my SFUSD location don’t seem to know what to do with her!! Why aren’t we training our staff so we don’t need to outsource to private schools! This is completely unfair to the majority of families who can’t afford or wouldn’t know how to advocate to get a specialized education outside the district.

I am shocked if I am reading this correctly! We so need professional development!
orlando Martinez // February 25, 2009 at 8:27 am

When you get elected remeber this.

The greatness of a nation and its moral progress will be judged by what its children are taught.

The National Teachers Bill of Rights

1. Teachers have the right to practice in a manner that fulfills their moral obligations to society, God and to those that they teach.

2. To create classes that are relevant to the children’s future, that fulfills their moral obligations to society. To create classes that return vitality, and self esteem to the Teachers/Euators.

3. Teachers have the right to a work environment that supports and
facilitates ethical practice, in accordance with the Code of Ethics for
Teachers and its interpretive statements.

4. Teachers have the right to freely and openly advocate for themselves and their students, without fear of retribution.

5. Teachers have the right to fair compensation for their work, consistent
with their knowledge, experience, and professional responsibilities.

6. Teachers have the right to a work environment that is safe for themselves and their students.

7. Teachers have the right to negotiate the conditions of their employment, either as individuals or collectively, in all practice settings.

8. .Teachers have the right to practice in environments that allow them to act in accordance with professional standards and legally authorized scopes of practice.

Disclaimer: that this is an TBR consensus but “does not necessarily reflect the rights embodied in state and federal law”.
Alex // January 15, 2009 at 1:30 pm

Hi Rachel. Congratulations and welcome to the Board. I sincerely hope you make a difference. All the best to you!
rpnorton // January 14, 2009 at 10:43 pm

Thank you. I am genuinely sorry about the problems your family is having. I think it is always important to be friendly when people take the time to come before the Board to tell us about issues and problems that they are having in the schools.

Best,
Rachel
David L // January 14, 2009 at 2:03 pm

Rachel.

Last night’s board meeting, I was impressed about your friendly smile, yet was not able to give you any response.

Now, with this website, hopefully, we can communicate more effectively.
Atul Varma // November 4, 2008 at 11:46 am

I’d like to echo rob sturm’s sentiments. Only 7 out of the 15 candidates had websites, and 6 of them merely felt like web-based versions of campaign flyers. This is the only one that actually has a blog with comments enabled; not only does this show your passion for your field, but it’s also a great way to promote transparency in the system. To that end, I hope that once you’re elected you’ll continue to blog about the issues that you care about so that those of us outside the system have a low-barrier way to learn more about them and participate.
Karen Weinstein // October 30, 2008 at 10:50 pm

Hi Rachel,

Good Luck, from an Emerge sister, Karen Weinstein
Jennifer Feeley // October 26, 2008 at 9:53 am

Hi Rachel:

I received your flyer with Andrea Peterson’s endorsement Friday. It’s dynamite. So is your website. You go girl!
rob sturm // October 10, 2008 at 9:03 pm

Well, I got my absentee ballot in the mail and went to do some online research regarding the board of education candidates. There’s not much out there. But I did run into your homepage and it looks like a lot of time and thought went into its preparation. If you care enough to devote that kind of energy toward the election cause, which the other candidates don’t appear to have done, then you’ve got my vote. If nothing else, at least you’ve got good energy and our schools need plenty of that, that’s for sure. Good luck!