What to Apply to Be On the Charter Commission?
Here's how via the three possibilities - Governor, Lt. Governor and Speaker of the House. Each office gets to pick three Charter Commission members.
Governor
Governor Gregoire's office is taking the applications via their regular commissions form. They are then going to pass them along to Governor-elect Inslee's office and he will make the decisions. I was told both offices have received calls of interest about applying.
Lt. Governor Brad Owen
His office is taking nominations via e-mail and snail mail. You do not have to fill out an application and you can self-nominate OR any other person or group may nominate you. (Apparently Stand for Children has been sending in their nominations.) If you are nominated in any way, their office will give that due consideration.
ltgov@leg.wa.gov
Lt. Gov. Brad Owen
Office of the Lt. Governor
PO Box 40400
Olympia, WA 98504-0400
Speaker Frank Chopp
I've Said It, Now Stats Prove It
Governor
Governor Gregoire's office is taking the applications via their regular commissions form. They are then going to pass them along to Governor-elect Inslee's office and he will make the decisions. I was told both offices have received calls of interest about applying.
Lt. Governor Brad Owen
His office is taking nominations via e-mail and snail mail. You do not have to fill out an application and you can self-nominate OR any other person or group may nominate you. (Apparently Stand for Children has been sending in their nominations.) If you are nominated in any way, their office will give that due consideration.
ltgov@leg.wa.gov
Lt. Gov. Brad Owen
Office of the Lt. Governor
PO Box 40400
Olympia, WA 98504-0400
Speaker Frank Chopp
I've Said It, Now Stats Prove It
Parents, you REALLY are giving to your schools.
From Education Week (bold mine):
It turns out that schools are hotbeds of civic volunteerism, and parents are the lifeblood of that activity. So says a study released recently by the Corporation for National and Community Service, in partnership with the National Conference on Citizenship.
The study showed that volunteerism in America is at a five-year high, and parents of school-aged children volunteer at a higher rate than the overall population. These parents contributed more than 2.5 billion hours of their time to volunteer efforts in 2011, most of it to school-based projects.
The rate of parents volunteering in 2011 was 33.7 percent. While this was a nearly negligible increase (0.1
From Education Week (bold mine):
It turns out that schools are hotbeds of civic volunteerism, and parents are the lifeblood of that activity. So says a study released recently by the Corporation for National and Community Service, in partnership with the National Conference on Citizenship.
The study showed that volunteerism in America is at a five-year high, and parents of school-aged children volunteer at a higher rate than the overall population. These parents contributed more than 2.5 billion hours of their time to volunteer efforts in 2011, most of it to school-based projects.
The rate of parents volunteering in 2011 was 33.7 percent. While this was a nearly negligible increase (0.1