SoCo Superintendent of Schools
Meeting Feb. 14, 2023
Meeting began with a warm Happy Valentine’s Day greeting from greeter Sandie Krutz and
President Brian.
Thank you to Joan Mora for the beautiful Valentine theme decorations and
wonderful chocolates.
Michael Juric led the Pledge of Allegiance.
Inspiration by Joan Mora: “Love doesn’t make the world go round but it does make it
worthwhile.”
And to quote our local celebrity Charles Schulz “All you need is love. But a little
chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.”
And to add to the heart felt feelings of the day, Heather Cullen lead the club in the song
“Oh what a beautiful morning”.
Guests: Amie Carter, County Superintendent and Eric Wittmershaus, Director of
Communications.
Announcements:
Ed Turner extends a very warm appreciation to the club for participating in
donations when he revisited the old practice “Pass the Hat”. This use to be done
when there was a baby born to a member of the club. Now the grandbabies keep
coming. Ed and Louise just welcomed their 4 th grandchild, David Paul Turner.
The club donated $180 so Ed matched it and his grandson now has an account
of $360. This is a nice start.
Pam: Club Anniversary Celebration- Mark your calendar for March 25 Roaring 20’s
theme celebrating 35 years as a club. Event will be held at Staubli in Windsor. Some of
our wine in storage is very dated so the committee is asking each member to contribute
a nice bottle of wine ($25 range) or $25 for the event.
Monica: Creating a list of the accomplishments of the club over the course of the past
35 years. She is looking for things in the value of greater than $1,000. If you remember
things, please send to Monica.
Carol is hosting a zoom Rotary Community Foundation meeting on Feb. 22 nd from 6-7:00
or 7:30. If interested in having a voice in how money is spent, please contact Carol and
she will provide you a link.
Sandie: SCARC dinner: Rotary Club of Cloverdale is hosting the S.C.A.RC Annual Crab
feed Feb. 23, 2023
Barbara Environment: Reviewed information from district environmental committee
meeting. All interested in learning more about the environmental area of focus are
welcome to attend meetings. Please contact Barbara for more information. The
February environmental challenge is to ‘Develop a Garden Project’. Don’t forget to
submit your name any time you participate in any of the challenges. The club has $500
available to spend on any project related to the environment.
Brian Williams announced Career Connections Event. Looking for people to table this
event. He also announced that Windsor High School is looking for panelists for Senior
Project presentations. You can contact Brian Williams for more information for both of
these things.
Brian Ling announced Board Meeting will be held at the Krutz house on Wednesday Feb.
15 th at 6pm. All are welcome to attend.
Leslie was present for “recognitions”, better known as fines.
John LeCave-Radio announcer on Sunday morning promoting Real Estate business with
a talk on reverse mortgages.
RAGS-Birth of his second grandson to son Zac.
Barbara for travel.
Leslie-new job as Activity Director at Fountain Grove Lodge
Pam, Michael and Sue for their week at Casa Marada.
Guest speaker Amie Carter, County Superintendent of Schools was introduced by Pam Moulton
as the first woman and first LGBTQ superintendent since the position was defined in 1852. Amie
Carter who began in Jan. 2023, is a daughter of a Rotarian. She is a mother of 5 girls and
grandmother to two children. Her goals include insuring all students have their voices heard
and have opportunities to succeed, expanding and diversifying staff, student safety, and that
educational opportunities reflect the current job market.
Amie provided a dynamic and presentation of the realities facing the students and teachers of
today. These include a shortage of educators, declining student enrollment, high suicide rate of
Black, Hispanic, and female students, serious academic challenges, teacher housing etc. She
described the positive steps being taken by SCOE to address the range of issues. There is a
heavy focus on literacy and reading as well as keeping kids engaged with in person learning.
SCOE is building teacher housing.
Amie did remind everyone that SCOE has limited power in unifying districts and establishing
things like schedules across districts.
Amie shared the many volunteer positions available within the schools and of course donations
are always a need. It was a wonderful presentation and we all learned a great deal.
The meeting closed with gratitude from President Brian.