Back-to-school means back to blogging for our regular contributors. As students settle into classroom routines, we want to re-introduce you to the writers who bring their voices to the InsideSCOOP.
- Claiborne Williams Milde, a parent of two, came on board this summer as she prepared her five-year-old daughter "Night Owl" to step up to kindergarten at Brooklyn's PS 29. We look forward to hearing more about Night Owl and her preschool sister in Claiborne's "Kindergarten Corner."
- We got to know Donya Rhett, our "Bronx Mom," through her frequent comments on our blog posts. Donya is a mother of two and will give us a peek inside schools from her unique perspective as a clinical psychologist at a school-based health center in Harlem.
- Jennifer Freeman began blogging in 2007 as our "Money Mom" to let readers know about fundraising opportunities for schools. Last year, she kept us in the loop as a member of the District 3 Community Education Council, and now she'll be keeping us "Clean and Green" as a member of a District 3 Green Schools Committee.
- Liz Willen, the assistant director of the Hechinger Institute on Education and the Media at Columbia University, gave us a parent's perspective of the daunting high school admissions process last year. With her older son now settled at LaGuardia High School and her younger son in his second year of middle school, Liz will continue to cover the trials and tribulations of parenting a 'tween and a teen in her columns Middle School Muddle and High School Hustle.
- Our web developer Marni Goltsman begins her second year as a public school parent and Insideschools columnist. We eagerly await her insights as her son transitions from a small, self-contained classroom into a larger, integrated kindergarten class in PS 178's ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) Nest program.
- Toni Bruno, a member of the NYC Student Union, is back for her senior year at LaGuardia High School. We're glad to have her "Student Voice" again this year.
Staffers (Cristin, Dan, and Pamela) will continue to anchor our regular news coverage on the city's public schools, and please keep your questions coming to our experts Judy ("Ask Judy") and Jane ("Ask the College Counselor").
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