Question #2: What have you done to reach out to your students and families in the margins? How have you included their voices? #MEMSPAChat

A2: I have brought marginalized families in to listen to their experience and then based changed off of what I heard. #MEMSPAChat

#MEMSPAChat Question #3 - Advocating for ALL students is Up in 1 Minute

Question #3: What would success look like if those marginalized voices were heard? #MEMSPAChat

A3: The lived school experience with curriculum, access, and connections would represent all members of the community. We are working on those links with our strategic plan. #MEMSPAChat

#MEMSPAChat #3 There's really no such thing as the 'voiceless'. There are only the deliberately silenced, or the preferably unheard. -Arundhati Roy We can start here.

#MEMSPAChat Question #4 - Advocating for ALL students is Up in 1 Minute

Question #4: Advocacy is about the next step. What is the next thing you can do to show a marginalized group they are valued and included in your school? #MEMSPAChat

A4: We will be setting up listening sessions, district wide, with families to give them opportunities to share their lived experience in our schools. #MEMSPAChat

Yes, a great place to start. A quote we should all reflect on. Thank you for sharing. #MEMSPAChat

Those positive phones calls mean so much to the students and families and build that trust! #MEMSPAChat

Love it! #MEMSPAChat

Brining the community into our schools and taking the students into the community is a win for all! #MEMSPAChat

Thank you all for joining #MEMSPAChat Our students are counting on you to be their advocates!

Well said Jonathan! Building leaders have influence. Contact you local legislators and advocate for ALL your students and families. You CAN make a difference! #MEMSPAChat

Well said Mike! Keep providing the learning to your staff! #MEMSPAChat

Yes, Angie, All Means ALL!! #MEMSPAChat

So true Robin. We need to change how we listen to our families and intentionally bring them in for the conversation. #MEMSPAChat

Congratulations to the Dexter Boys Cross Country team for qualifying for the Division 1 state meet at MIS!! Brandon Anderson was regional champ! Let’s Go Dreads! Dexter Athletics

The Dreads go by sea AND by air! 🌊 x ✈️ Congrats to pole vaulter Clark Sheldon on his runner-up finish at the 2024 MHSAA D-1 Track & Field finals! Raiden Kipfmiller and Debbie McCoy also earned All-State honors. Shoutout to Coach Tessmer for her awesome coaching on this event!