<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:bookman old style, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px"><div><span>Sorry, Kathleen, I should have left a snippet of the post I was responding to. I was merely passing along an idea for the person who asked to know which school board candidate is supportive of gifted students.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: bookman old style,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br><span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: bookman old style,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>Luckily, your vote is free, and it sounds like it could matter for this school board election.<br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: bookman old style,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style:
normal;"><br><span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: bookman old style,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>Anne Flick<br></span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: bookman old style, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div class="y_msg_container"> <hr size="1"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b><span style="font-weight:bold;"></span></b></font><br><div id="yiv1332331767"><div><div dir="ltr"><div class="yiv1332331767gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000066;">Anne-- </div><div class="yiv1332331767gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000066;"><br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv1332331767gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,
sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000066;">I really want to support other gifted children beside my own, but am finding this difficult as I am out of work and displaced.</div><div class="yiv1332331767gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000066;"><br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv1332331767gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000066;">Duress is putting it mildly.</div><div class="yiv1332331767gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000066;"><br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv1332331767gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000066;">I have written letters to groups, representatives, etc. with regard to the plight of the gifted. Our system is broken ... nothing seems to matter unless you have a name (money) and respect (also based on money).</div><div class="yiv1332331767gmail_default"
style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000066;"><br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv1332331767gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana, sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000066;">Kathleen Thurston</div></div><div class="yiv1332331767gmail_extra"><br clear="none"><div class="yiv1332331767gmail_quote">On Sat, Oct 25, 2014 at 4:54 PM, Gifted and Talented in Ohio Discussion List <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:ohiogift@lists.osu.edu" target="_blank" href="mailto:ohiogift@lists.osu.edu">ohiogift@lists.osu.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote class="yiv1332331767gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yiv1332331767yqt5735532418" id="yiv1332331767yqt73817"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:bookman old style, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;">Another thing
you can try in any district is to Google "gifted" and the person's name to see if the person has any history of support for gifted children.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Anne Flick<br></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></div> </div> </div> </div></body></html>