Meeting at Marilyn Hawkins agency 9/2/99 11:30-1:00
In attendance:
Karen Kodama
Marilyn Hawkins
Andrea Leary
Michele Anciaux

We covered a variety of topics that Marilyn had identified.
Here is a summary of my notes (not necessarily too coherent).

Web site
~~~~~~~
Landor has provided the "look and feel" and Karen has a 
contract with a UW student (Pierson Lee), recommended by the 
Alliance for Education, who is working on the content.
Marilyn suggested that Karen get a digital camera, so they can get
images of the Latona construction in progress, and teachers and
kids at work at Latona (at Lincoln site).

The proposed URL is www.johnstanfordintlschool.org or edu.

The open page (where you first arrive on the web site) features
the Landor brand globe exploding with the little star
characters. 

Possible pages (not in order):
- Overview
- International Education
- World Language emphasis
- Key people profiles 
   John Stanford, Karen Kodama, UW Committee, S.D., etc.
- Technology (UW connection)
- John Stanford Intl School in the community
- Newsroom (for press releases, etc.) 
- Contact us...

Please send your suggestions to Karen.

Brochure
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Under final review now.  Landor completed the graphic
design.  Marilyn wrote the copy based on input from
Karen and members of the Outreach committee.
Plan to have it published in September.

Fund Raising Meeting
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Willair, Jeff, and Karen met with Susan Howlett
(our fundraising consultant) on August 26.  They identified
3 emphases:

1.  Technology
(Karen contacted Les Foltos at the Seattle S.D. He says
a state-of-the-art tech classroom is about $20,000 per
room (offering a ratio of 1 computer:3 students, plus
computer for the teacher).)

2.  International Library
(Karen is in touch with Bryce Nelson at Seattle S.D. Need
to do a survey of Latona Library - see what's already there.
Then talk to companies re cost of books (maybe get Amazon
to donate some??).  Thought it would be great to involve UW
Library School as a project to research what an international
elementary library should include.  Also, King County Library
System Foundation and Seattle Public Library Center for the
Book and Stanford Book Fund (through the Alliance) might 
be sources of donations.)

3.  Staffing (add certificated teacher for world language)
(District calculates that we'd need about $53,000 to add a 
FTE.  This is above the regular school staffing.)

We talked about what funders get in return.  Karen noted
that the district doesn't really have a policy in place for this.
The assumption is that donors of books, for example, might
get a book plate in the books.  What about links on the website?

Michele proposed a future meeting with Dr. Brita Butler-Wall,
assistant professor of Education at Seattle University and 
founder of Citizens for Commercial-Free Public Schools, to
meet with us.  Brita's background is ESL and world language
(she's a fabulous Swedish teacher), so she would be interested
in the concept of a school promoting 2nd language learning.
Brita has put a lot of thought into how to create mutually
beneficial partnerships between schools and business that
don't end up needlessly exposing children to commercialism.
Marilyn said she had some corporate clients who would like
to attend that meeting, too.

Publicity
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Karen recently found out that Fred Bassetti, the architects
for Latona, didn't even know about the John Stanford Intl School.
(They now do.)

Landor will be submitting a press release about their work
on the brand (graphic representation) to Marketing media.

Database
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Chris at the office is beginning to collect contact names.  
Deborah Ashworth is helping her set up the database.

Speaker's Bureau
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Marilyn's office is going to generate a list of possible
locations (Rotaries, etc.) where Karen might go to speak
about the school.

Port of Seattle
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Marilyn has been in contact with them about their 
education initiatives, K12 outreach. She's wondering
if they might be willing to fund an outreach piece
(newsletter?) through their contract with Cedar River.
Karen and Marilyn have a meeting with them Sept. 22.

PR Partners
~~~~~~~~~~
As mentioned before, Seattle S.D. is trying to partner
each school with a PR firm in the city to help them work
on marketing their schools.  Right now about 40 schools
have partners.  Marilyn and Karen will be attending the
next meeting on September 15 and will help facilitate
the process.  [ed. note: Marilyn has gone above and
beyond on her agency's work with John Stanford Intl
School!  Thanks!]

World Trade Organization - Nov. 30-Dec. 2
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Karen continues to be involved.  There will be a workshop
at UW on the "Digital Divide" (i.e. the haves & have-nots
in technology).  There will be 4 middle and 2 high schools
connecting with Japan, China, and South Africa.  Sites
will be linked to universities in all 4 countries.

Students will be working on the curriculum in advance,
then presenting their projects during the conference.

Split Outreach Committee
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Some time back the Outreach committee and Fundraising
committee melded into one.  Karen and I would like to 
make them distinct again.  She and I and Wende Barrett,
Latona PTSA president, are planning to meet to talk about
the parent and community involvement activities that the
Latona school community and PTSA are already involved
with to see how these will evolve when the John Stanford
Intl School opens (also see how we can support Latona
this year!).

Since we are a Partnership School (member of the Natl
Network of Partnership Schools at the Johns Hopkins
Center for School, Family, Community Partnerships),
we would envision creating one committee as the 
"Action Team for School-Family-Community
Partnerships" that would work on the six types of
involvement (Communication, Parenting, Student
Learning, Volunteering, School Decision Making and
Advocacy, and Collaborating with Community) in
support of strategic goals of the school (both Latona
as it exists and John Stanford Intl School in the future).
The other committee might focus more specifically
on fundraising.

Let Karen know which committee you are most 
interested in working on.

Respectfully submitted,
Michele Anciaux, recorder
9/6/99