Jonathan Narcisse has a lot to prove on School Board
I understand Marc Hansen’s balancing act over Jonathan Narcisse today. I’m conflicted over Narcisse’s election to the school board - I’m all for something different, but I’m not sure Narcisse is the guy.
I don’t have a lot of specifics, but it seems that whenever I hear about him in the news it’s often something divisive. [...]
School Board Election Results 2007
Patty Link and Jonathan Narcisse won seats on the Des Moines School Board in Tuesday’s election, ousting incumbent Marc Ward. Link received 29.25 percent of the vote in light turn-out, and Narcisse received 22.03 percent with all precincts reporting, according to unofficial results posted on the Polk County Auditors website around 10 p.m.
Andrew Martin and Trent Murphy [...]
Vote in School Board Elections Sept. 11
Des Moines School Board elections are coming up Tuesday, September 11. Below are links to profiles of each candidate running for the Des Moines board, written by Jason Pulliam of the Des Moines Register.
Marc Ward, Incumbent
Jonathan Narcisse
Patty Link
Matthew Harvey
A few other items from the Register’s website:
Other stories about area school board elections
Articles about West Des [...]
First day of school in Des Moines: new year, new habits… for parents!
School started today in the Des Moines district and my daughter went off to her first day of 8th grade looking very girly - quite a departure from last year’s t-shirt-and-jeans uniform - and very grown-up.
She’s enrolled in a half-day program at Central Academy, where she will be taking 12th grade civics (government), beginning Chemistry/Physics, [...]
The Popular Group rules at school
Leigha’s son is only in first grade and he’s already had one run-in with that multi-headed school-year monster, “the popular group.” And, Jodie also this week notes the early onslaught of popularity pressure among girls.
My daughter’s going into 8th grade and we have several conversations every school year about the social structure at her junior high [...]
Speaking of back to school…
Have you noticed that back-to-school supplies are on the shelves already? I am a lifelong school supply addict - pristine pencils and unrumpled notebook paper have always spoken loudly to me of the promise of yet-to-be-written essays, poems, and novels. In the 20 years since I’ve graduated from college, I’ve also discovered that one need [...]
‘Biotechnology’ class to focus on crime scene investigation
Area high schoolers can take a class through Heartland Area Education Agency on the biotech sciences of crime scene investigation, according to a brief item in the Register today. It’s a shame this isn’t offered as an opportunity to middle school students - my 8th grader would be fascinated, as “crime scene investigator” is on [...]
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