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What's your relationship to school?: former student

Your age: 28

Tell us a little about yourself.: I work at the Citizens League as a public policy analyst, focusing mostly on education policy. I grew up in Minneapolis and went to Barton, South High and Washburn.

Why are you interested in Students Speak Out?: I study education, but I think we adults often get it wrong - we're not there every day. We need to hear more from students - and we need to work together to make change.

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Hi all -

I'm a former Minneapolis Public Schools student and the current lead education staffer for the Citizens League. I went to Barton Open from kindergarten through 8th grad and then bounced around some Minneapolis high schools - first at South, then at Washburn. (I was NOT a great student!)

These days, I work on a lot of projects having to do with education policy, and I'm really interested to learn from everyone here about what's going in the schools - what's working, wha… Continue

Posted on April 2, 2007 at 12:05pm —

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At 11:21am on February 22, 2008, Kate Towle said…: Thank you, Victoria! Did you see I have a son at Marcy Open? It's always great to see the good things our Minneapolis open students are up to.

At 11:11am on February 8, 2008, Tyler Armour said…: No I wasn't but my friends Glenn and Shakadamic was apart of the Battleground MN it was there video.

At 5:21pm on January 31, 2008, Alyssea said…: That's neat, I admire Js. =]

A couple of representatives of the Minneapolis school board visited my school and told me about it as they were leaving.
How did you get involved?

At 1:57am on January 30, 2008, MsShirley said…: Yes I am Shanaye's mom. She is agood girl and I'm proud of her.

At 6:00pm on January 10, 2008, Annie Wood said…: Oh, that picture is (was!) this huge tree on my block that all the neighbors called "Big Tree" (creative name, right?!). It was cut down this summer because of dutch elm and it was so sad for all of us, since it was really sort of place to play for lots of the kids in the neighborhood. It was over 100 years old, too, apparently. We were sad to see it go...so I took some pictures.

At 8:01pm on December 13, 2007, Holly said…: Hi! I was told by Brett that I should contact you about a writing group? Can you tell me more about this? I love to write, so maybe it would be a good opportunity. Thanks!

At 4:04pm on December 6, 2007, Kasie Zacho said…: Victoria,
PSEO is going great!! I love it so much. Maybe I'm just glad to be out of my high school but I'm really lucky I got the chance to do this and its helping me a lot by saving some good, hard cash! :)

At 8:46am on August 2, 2007, Kim FB said…: Victoria -- Chris Stewart posted in your discussion today!

At 9:30pm on July 26, 2007, Annie Wood said…: Hey, it's okay! The premiere went really well. I think our pieces will be shown again at the MNHS Greatest Generation Moving Pictures Film Festival in October...I'll find you the details!

At 8:45pm on June 7, 2007, Annie Wood said…: Hey....nice picture!! That was really fun...it was great to meet the other students as well as you and Stacy! Wow, I am so short! haha!