Hi Matthew,

Welcome to Location19.  What is "School's Out" about?  As you may be aware one of the big uses for this site is to promote projects that try to improve our public schools.  You will probably find a lot of other folks who are interested in schools on this site.

I don't know how much you have navigated around in Location19, but be sure to sign-in when you do.  When you are signed in you see all the options you have now that you are a member. Also when signed-in, you can see other members who are currently signed in and they can see you which makes it easy to chat if you want.

Not only are there many discussions in the main Forum but most of the 69 groups have Discussion Forums of their own.  Fore instance the SW Education Forum group is very active and I urge you to Join the group by clicking on the group SW Education Forum to get to it's page then clicking on the + Join SW Education Forum button next to your name under the header image.  We use this group to document the activities we are involved in while fighting to improve our schools.  In the Pages box under the Members box you will find some important links.  The SWCC Education Committee Minutes Index  will help you easily find Minutes from any of the SWCC Education Committee meetings.  All these minutes are in the group's Discussion Forum but they are interspersed with other discussion posts.  The index presents links to them in reverse chronological order.  When you join a group, other people with similar interests may request to Friend you which makes it easier to share information or interest.  Also being a member of the group makes it easy for you to share information with everyone in the group by using the Send Message to Group button above the Members box.

To help you navigate and know what you can do, here is a link to information on how to use this site: Introduction to Location19

I look forward to your participation. If you have any questions don't hesitate to call Marian or me at 328-4271.

John