
{"id":6921,"date":"2009-09-03T11:47:05","date_gmt":"2009-09-03T19:47:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/?p=6921"},"modified":"2009-09-03T11:47:05","modified_gmt":"2009-09-03T19:47:05","slug":"letter-in-support-of-brownstein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/2009\/09\/03\/letter-in-support-of-brownstein\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter: In support of Brownstein"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My family moved to Chapel Hill six and a half years ago from Florida. My husband and I have two children who attend the Chapel Hill-Carrboro school district.<\/p>\n<p>After a recent article (8\/13) on the candidates running for the district school board, I felt the need to make known and clarify the qualifications of Michelle Brownstein.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Shell and I have known each other since what we call \u00e2\u20ac\u0153our Binkley days.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d I was new to the public school system, which one of my children was entering that year. I noticed that she was very knowledgeable and understanding of my questions and concerns. Since then, I have had the pleasure to work with Shell in many ways.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>When I joined the Parent Advocacy Committee at Mary Scroggs Elementary, I came to understand her deep involvement in the community\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s education system. Shell always pushed for the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153betterment for all the children,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d from spearheading an expansion of the playground to making sure all the kids got enough P.E. time. Her ability to stay on task and focus was, and still is, her strongest trademark.<\/p>\n<p>Although Shell has the experience and knowledge to advocate for children with special needs (whether academically gifted or with learning disabilities), her top focus and concern is to facilitate ALL children achieving their potential.<\/p>\n<p>Just like Shell, I have volunteered on many committees and have been a room parent in my children\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s classes. If there is one person I would trust to do the right thing, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Shell. I am confident that when Shell sits on the school board, she will be working and looking out for all the children, not just one segment.<\/p>\n<p>I only hope that our district\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s voters take the time to make an educated decision.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Marla Miller<br \/>\nChapel Hill<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My family moved to Chapel Hill six and a half years ago from Florida. My husband and I have two children who attend the Chapel Hill-Carrboro school district. After a recent article (8\/13) on the candidates running for the district school board, I felt the need to make known and clarify the qualifications of Michelle&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[117,355,277],"class_list":["post-6921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-opinion","tag-chapel-hill-carrboro-city-schools","tag-michelle-brownstein","tag-school-board"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6921"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6921\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6923,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6921\/revisions\/6923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}