<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><br><br>--- On <b>Thu, 8/11/11, Miller, Regina <i><Regina.Miller@dese.mo.gov></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: Miller, Regina <Regina.Miller@dese.mo.gov><br>Subject: Nominations Needed for Current Vacancies<br>To: "Borgmeyer, Donna" <donnak1250@aol.com>, "'julie_brown@indep.k12.mo.us'" <julie_brown@indep.k12.mo.us>, "'davide@slsbvi.org'" <davide@slsbvi.org>, "'patriciaschonlau@sbcglobal.net'" <patriciaschonlau@sbcglobal.net>, "'ella.wolfe@raytownschools.org'" <ella.wolfe@raytownschools.org>, "Yocum, Patty" <Patty.Yocum@msb.dese.mo.gov>, "'charlandm@branson.k12.mo.us'" <charlandm@branson.k12.mo.us>, "'Kelly.helmick@fhsdschools.org'" <Kelly.helmick@fhsdschools.org>, "Roderick, Keith A"
<Keith.A.Roderick@dss.mo.gov>, "'GKBORAH@ATT.NET'" <GKBORAH@ATT.NET>, "'LBORAH@ATT.NET'" <LBORAH@ATT.NET>, "'dawilson@columbia.k12.mo.us'" <dawilson@columbia.k12.mo.us>, "'Taknoblauch@yahoo.com'" <Taknoblauch@yahoo.com>, "Backer-Thompson, Roselie" <roselieb@swbell.net>, "'ablades@truman.edu'" <ablades@truman.edu>, "'dehartj@missouri.edu'" <dehartj@missouri.edu>, "'ehoutman@swbell.net'" <ehoutman@swbell.net>, "Mascheck, Jennie" <Jennie.Mascheck@msb.dese.mo.gov>, "'tbcmom54@hotmail.com'" <tbcmom54@hotmail.com><br>Date: Thursday, August 11, 2011, 11:32 AM<br><br><div id="yiv1850619065"><style><!--
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--></style><div class="yiv1850619065WordSection1"><p class="yiv1850619065MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;"> </span></p><p class="yiv1850619065MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;">A Joint Message from Doreen Frappier, Blind Task Force Chairperson and Dr. Stephen Barr, DESE Representative</span></p><p class="yiv1850619065MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;"> </span></p><p class="yiv1850619065MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;">Dear Blind Task Force Committee Members:</span></p><p class="yiv1850619065MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;">At our August 2 meeting we discussed the critical need to fill the vacancies on Blind Task Force. The agency notified districts of the vacancies using the SELS process but that notification resulted in only one application. All members present agreed that more needs to be done. The best strategy we could arrive at was for members of the Task Force to assist in getting more
nominations. Some of you have statewide contacts that would also be useful in helping ensure statewide representation. Please review the vacancies below and try to identify one or more qualified people who could responsibly fill a vacancy. For your convenience, we are providing the list of vacancies, the web-address for the nomination form and the web-address for the information about the Blind Task Force. Thanks for any help you might be able to provide, and let us know how we might assist you.</span></p><p class="yiv1850619065MsoNormal"> </p><p class="yiv1850619065MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"serif";"> </span></p><p class="yiv1850619065MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"serif";">Blind Task Force Nomination Form:</span></b></p><p class="yiv1850619065MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"serif";"><a rel="nofollow"
target="_blank" href="http://dese.mo.gov/divspeced/Blind/documents/se-ep-btfnomform2011_july.pdf">http://dese.mo.gov/divspeced/Blind/documents/se-ep-btfnomform2011_july.pdf</a> </span></p><p class="yiv1850619065MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"serif";"> </span></p><p class="yiv1850619065MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"serif";">Vacancies:</span></b></p><p class="yiv1850619065MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"serif";">* National Federation of the Blind (1)</span></p><p class="yiv1850619065MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"serif";">* Parents of blind or visually impaired students attending public school in Missouri (2) </span></p><p class="yiv1850619065MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"serif";">* School Building Principals (1)</span></p><p class="yiv1850619065MsoPlainText"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"serif";">* Employers (1)</span></p><p class="yiv1850619065MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"serif";">* Institutions of Higher Education (1)</span></p><p class="yiv1850619065MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"serif";">* Current students (1)</span></p><p class="yiv1850619065MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"serif";"> </span></p><p class="yiv1850619065MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"serif";">More information about the Blind Task Force can be found at:</span></b></p><p class="yiv1850619065MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"serif";"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://dese.mo.gov/divspeced/Blind/literacy.html">http://dese.mo.gov/divspeced/Blind/literacy.html</a> </span></p><p class="yiv1850619065MsoNormal"> </p><p
class="yiv1850619065MsoNormal"> </p><p class="yiv1850619065MsoNormal">Regina Miller | Administrative Assistant| Office of Special Education | 573-751-0187 | dese.mo.gov</p><p class="yiv1850619065MsoNormal"> </p></div></div></blockquote></td></tr></table>