<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">Thank you,<div>Martin Becerra-Miranda</div></div><div dir="ltr"><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> "Jamie L. Lugo" <jlugo@csdb.org><br><b>Date:</b> December 21, 2023 at 7:07:47 PM MST<br><b>Subject:</b> <b>Superintendent Search</b><br><br></div><div dir="ltr">
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<p class="MsoNormal">Happy winter break! The students and staff are ready for some R&R. Enjoy your family time during the holiday season.
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<p class="MsoNormal">I wanted to bring the superintendent search to everyone’s attention before officially taking some time away from my computer
<span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif">😊</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Board of Trustees has narrowed the search down to three candidates. You can click on this link to learn more about each of the candidates:
<a href="https://csdb.colorado.gov/about-csdb/superintendent-search/csdb-superintendent-finalists">
https://csdb.colorado.gov/about-csdb/superintendent-search/csdb-superintendent-finalists</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I encourage you to stay informed. . Look at information about the candidates that is available to us online to learn more about them.
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<p class="MsoNormal">We are a campus for deaf and blind students. It is crucial that our leader knows and understands both populations. If you feel compelled, you can write to the board of trustees to advocate for our students who are blind/low vision and the
staff who work with them! All emails are read aloud and shared with the board. <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please send your letters to : <a href="mailto:jweatherup@CSDB.ORG">
jweatherup@CSDB.ORG</a> , <a href="mailto:niketa.patel@state.co.us">niketa.patel@state.co.us</a> ,
<a href="mailto:jennifer.ferrall@state.co.us">jennifer.ferrall@state.co.us</a> , and
<a href="mailto:savannah.martel-valdez@state.co.us">savannah.martel-valdez@state.co.us</a> . In the title please indicate it is a letter to the CSDB Board of Trustees regarding the Superintendent Search.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you SO much for your consideration and Happy Holidays!!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Jamie Lugo (she, her)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">K-12 Principal, School for the Blind<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Teacher of the Visually Impaired/Special Education Teacher<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">33 N. Institute Street<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Colorado Springs, CO 80903<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">(719)494-7669 <a href="mailto:jlugo@csdb.org">
jlugo@csdb.org</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-ligatures:none">From:</span></b><span style="mso-ligatures:none"> Cara Johnson <cjohnson@CSDB.ORG>
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, December 21, 2023 1:57 PM<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Letter to the Board<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello to everyone!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">As you all know, information about the 3 final candidates was shared with us in the past few days about the superintendent’s search. To be honest, I am frustrated and disheartened by this process and, I am tired of feeling like our needs
come second on this campus. Our voices need to be heard and need to be heard loudly
<b>now</b>. We have a lot to lose with this process and, our students do not deserve what is happening, nor do our staff. Looking into legal guidelines, we can’t get into trouble for voicing our opinions and concerns to the board.
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<p class="MsoNormal">I ask of every one of you, if you are willing, to write a letter to the board with the concerns you have about the needs of the BVI population we serve. Some ideas to share with them are:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">Concerns or experiences of discrimination and/or inequity to the BVI population.
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">The impacts of hiring someone who knows about the BVI population versus the impacts of hiring someone who doesn’t know about this population.
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">Concerns regarding the actions of our board and processes in this search.
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<p class="MsoNormal">In short, write to the board and help advocate for our students and staff. Look at information about the candidates that is available to us online to learn more about them and share your thoughts.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If you choose to, you can include information about what has changed under Tera and the impacts of that. The more letters the board receives, the stronger our voice will be. Please send this to any other person (inside or outside of CSDB)
who would be willing to voice their opinion. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please send your letters to : <a href="mailto:jweatherup@CSDB.ORG">
jweatherup@CSDB.ORG</a> , <a href="mailto:niketa.patel@state.co.us">niketa.patel@state.co.us</a> ,
<a href="mailto:jennifer.ferrall@state.co.us">jennifer.ferrall@state.co.us</a> , and
<a href="mailto:savannah.martel-valdez@state.co.us">savannah.martel-valdez@state.co.us</a> . In the title please indicate it is a letter to the CSDB Board of Trustees regarding the Superintendent Search.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you all,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Cara Johnson (she,her, hers)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">School Psychologist, School for the Blind<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">33 N. Institute Street<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Colorado Springs, CO 80903<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">(719)327-4071 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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