DEAR SBSD: Confirm or Deny
November 16, 2009 6:29pm
DEAR SBSD BOARD OF EDUCATION:
THIS IS A LETTER OF CORRESPONDENCE THAT I REQUEST YOU DISCUSS AT THE NEXT REGULAR SBSD BOARD OF EDUCATION …
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longstory
2:21am, August 10, 2009
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About Me
longstory
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About Me
I'm an educator, advocate, and activist. I am working against school and government corruption on sbschooltalk.com and joincac.org (Consumer Advocacy Coalition was formed after Mental Health cut our supports and services rather than their administrative salaries.) I urge all DS Beepers to visit these websites and find bliss in pursuing your passions and a purposeful life. I walked across the United States (on the Great Peace March for Global Nuclear Disarmament), and live in the mountains above Santa Barbara, California. I married my husband in a ritual marriage of opposites---I was The Princess and he was The Stranger---on the Great Peace March; we have two wonderful children. My son is a student at Prescott College; my daughter is mentally retarded, but she has taught me a great deal about patience and understanding. I have a long story to tell.
I'm an educator, advocate, and activist. I am working against school and government corruption on sbschooltalk.com and joincac.org (Consumer Advocacy Coalition was formed after Mental Health cut our supports and services rather than their administrative salaries.) I urge all DS Beepers to visit these websites and find bliss in pursuing your passions and a purposeful life. I walked across the United States (on the Great Peace March for Global Nuclear Disarmament), and live in the mountains above Santa
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Education reform, Tai Chi, Qi Gong, theatre, special needs children, educational rights, restorative justice, hot tubs and saunas, seasonal celebrations and holiday rituals, good books, new theories on how the mind works and what makes the world go 'round. "Travel light in life, take only what you need: a loving family, good friends, simple pleasures, someone to love and someone to love you, enough to wear, enough to eat, and a little more than enough to drink, for thirst is a dangerous thing."
Education reform, Tai Chi, Qi Gong, theatre, special needs children, educational rights, restorative
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longstory wrote a journal entry: DEAR SBSD: Confirm or Deny 6:29pm
DEAR SBSD BOARD OF EDUCATION: THIS IS A LETTER OF CORRESPONDENCE THAT I REQUEST YOU DISCUSS AT THE NEXT…
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longstory wrote a journal entry: Dear Eric Schenker, CPA 5:58pm
Dear Eric, What is the possibilty that you could find the Maureen Graves ten-page letter to the IRS and…
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longstory changed their mood to Horrible 12:07am
November 8
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longstory wrote a journal entry: My Year of Living Dangerously...It's a Long Story 3:29pm
Dear Randy,I was just in the midst of my STYLEFLEXING LESSON #33 and got your email reinforcement:"Nothing…
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Dear Eric Schenker, CPA
November 16, 2009 5:58pm
Dear Eric,
What is the possibilty that you could find the Maureen Graves ten-page letter to the IRS and that you could add your two-cents worth …
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Little Love
Hi Kate,
Hope you feel better soon!
Love and Hugs,
Ellie x-
Flower
Hi Kate,
I sent you an email, but it got sent back to me. I have sent it again. Let me know if you get it. I'd love to hear how you got on in Washington! I'm looking for a school for Alex, at the moment....
Hope you are well and Happy!
Hugs,
Ellie x 
Moment of Peace
hugs to you and i wish u happiness
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Moment of Peace
have a great day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Hi Kate,
I really liked the Dr Seuss quote you sent me. I hope you are having a great weekend.
I am feeling a little fragmented at the moment. I am supposed to be packing for our move, but I am absolutely aching all over. If the painkillers kick in, I'll get on with things. Hope you will have a lovely week. What are your birthday plans....and did you manage to live your year 'out loud' (I love that). Do you know your birthday is 2 days before we move...so just in case things get any more hectic, I want to wish you a Very Happy Birthday in advance. What is your theme for this coming year? Hugs, Ellie x
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Support Groups
Close TMJ
I developed TMJ after having dental work. I went to several dentists and finally found specialists and a great TMJ physical therapist in my own back yard. I'm okay, but I have a great deal of tension in my jaw.
Treatments
- Mouthguard Working / Worked
Close Bipolar Disorder
I was re-diagnosed with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Makes so much sense---I have ADD with occasional mild depression and hypo-mania. PTSD resulted from an epic and landmark legal battle over my special needs daughter's educational rights. I won, but lost much more than I bargained for. Off medication, I practice Tai Chi and Qi Gong for physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being. I value my DS friends and online support. Check out www.sbschooltalk.ning.com!
Treatments
- Abilify Working / Worked
- Abilify was great, but it affected my libido, I developed tardive dyskinesia, and I flat-lined, so I went off it.
- Depakote Not Working
- I was a zombie on this stuff.
- Wellbutrin Working / Worked
- I was on Wellbutin XL for three years but am off all medication now. It was "school-district-induced" depression!
Open Scoliosis
The school nurse found 45 degree curves when I was thirteen years old. Dr. McMaster took my case to the 1963 AMA convention and they decided against surgery, opting for a body cast for two years. Now, I have 69 degree lumbar and dorsal curves, so it's pretty balanced, and I manage the pain with Tai Chi and Qi Gong.
Treatments
- Brace Working / Worked
- In 1963, they had body casts. I was wrapped in plaster from the top of my head down to the middle of my butt. It was changed every two months. I don't know if the braces of today have a different effect, but I was recently told that body casts were not effective.
Open Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
I suffer from Post-Trumatic Stress Disorder from a 1975 rape at knife and gun point and from seven years of school district retaliation in a landmark and epic battle for educational rights, IDEA and ADA issues. Complicating matters is rare genetic anomoly---a missing protein---so I have angio-neurotic edema. Stress can trigger "fight or flight" but I can't stop the bio-chemical release and my throat swells so that I can suffocate in twenty minutes. Interesting.
Treatments
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Working / Worked
- Rape Counseling Working / Worked
- Talking Working / Worked
