Leadership Matters March 2014

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Additional Items

 Blurring the lines: Connecting with your community P. 4  Weathering the storm: Sometimes blogging can help P. 5  Community outreach recipe: Salt the food P. 6  Mutual respect fuels informative legislative roundtable P. 8  Simple secret for communicating with legislators: They are people, too P. 9  Public education forecast: Time to think about retooling P. 10  City sales tax for schools might be option worth exploring P. 14  City sales tax helped DuQuoin fund new high school P. 15  Getting to know your IASA Region Presidents P. 17  IASA News in Brief P. 18  IASA Calendar of Events P. 24

Simple secret for communicating with legislators: They are people, too P. 9

Community Outreach Articles P. 4-9

City sales tax for schools might be option worth exploring P. 14

Public education forecast: Time to think about retooling P. 10

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