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Jun 5Liked by Jeanne Casteen

First, I'm very sorry about Moxie. Second, thank you for the work you do here. Third, I'm backing the sane candidates for sure. For a non-partisan position, there is way too much focus on partisan issues between Rooks and those she riles up to come speak.

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Jun 4Liked by Jeanne Casteen, SecularAZ

xoxo Jeanne xoxo. June 28th, 2019, my favorite human to have ever walked this earth died. I was incensed people went on like normal as my world had been knocked off its axis. Our hearts hurt because you hurt. I'm really sorry about Moxie. The meat of your article; such a shame the ego-driven care more for media coverage/likes than the actual mental health of our most vulnerable children. Have you ever seen the nay-sayers step in and actually help/volunteer/dress/feed our Title 1 kids? Or any children for that matter? When it wasn't a PR stunt for the cameras or election? I can't speak for PUSD. 3 of our board members at DVUSD do on the regular and BEHIND the scenes: Stephanie Simacek, Paul Carver and Ann O. They set the bar. If SEL and mental health grants had been more prevalent back in the day, perhaps these adult naysayers would have acquired healthy and positive techniques to develop into loving public-servants. Our children deserve understanding and coping mechanisms to deal with the insanity of the moment. Hang in there lady.

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Look who’s back from the dead…we’ve missed you on Facebook.

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Jun 4Liked by Jeanne Casteen, SecularAZ

Wow. A lot of good work in this post. However—I know, always one of those damned howevers—I couldn’t finish it because it exceeded the limits of my attention span.

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It was definitely a meaty meeting.

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Jun 5Liked by SecularAZ

I'm so sorry about the loss of your beloved companion, Moxie.

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