Call for SEAstar Nominations - Two Deadlines

This year there are two forms for submitting SEAstar Nominations due to a scheduling change for the D200 Board meeting. Please submit nominations for SEAstars using one of the two forms below:

Nominations for D200--Deadline May 6, 2007 Deadline has passed

Nominations for D97
--Deadline May 13, 2007


For more information about SEAstars and to see a list of previous winners, please click here.

April SEA Meeting

April Meeting
April 19, 2007
7:00-8:30pm
OPRF High School Faculty Café (2nd Floor of OPRF High School)

Measuring Outcomes

Believe it or not, all that effort that goes into planning for and
surviving your child's IEP meeting is not so that your child can get
services. It is so that your child can achieve. In order to
determine if your child's plan is working, you need to be able to
understand how his or her learning is being measured.

The last in our "Year of the IEP" series will address tests and test
results. At this program you will learn:

• about different types of tests
• the importance of subtest scores
• about the different types of scores that are used by various tests
• how to compare your child's learning from one year to the next.

SEA Birthday Celebration!

On Sunday, April 29, 2007 we celebrate children with special needs!
Join us for cake, candles and fun at
Wonderworks Children's Museum.
6445 North Avenue, Oak Park 708-383-4815

The party will start at 6:00pm
and last until 8:00pm.

Bring your family and friends to enjoy this special occasion.


For a downloadable version of this invite please click here

Executive Committee Endorses D200 Candidates

The Supported Education Association (SEA) wishes to thank all the D200 Board of Education candidates for their participation in the SEA candidate forum held in conjunction with the Buzz on March 15th.

Having deliberated on the perspectives offered by the various candidates, SEA is pleased to announce its endorsement of Sharon Patchak-Layman, Ralph Lee and John Allen. Patchak-Layman’s prior experience on the D97 Board of Education has provided a solid foundation of knowledge and skills that will enable her to address the educational, financial, and community collaboration issues facing the high school. Lee’s prior experience in development of successful minority achievement initiatives reflects a “can-do” mentality that is sorely needed at the high school. And we believe that John Allen’s analytical skills and career experience in evaluating performance against a standard has the potential to bring a heightened expectation for objective assessment to the board table. Importantly, we believe that Patchak-Layman, Lee and Allen are all prepared to represent and be accountable to all members of the Oak Park – River Forest Community. On behalf of SEA, we encourage everyone to vote for these candidates on April 17th.

- The SEA Executive Committee