Not With Our Kids You Don't! Ten Strategies to Save Our Schools

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Summary: A must have for anyone involved with children!
Review: In this delightful, easy to read book, Juanita Doyon tells why she has made it her personal agenda to make sure no child is really left behind. With passion, focus, and humor she gives us lessons on how to become actively involved in education by relating her own experiences as a parent in schools. Doyon's book should be used as a manual for PTA's and PTO's nationwide, both for her cookie recipes and her wisdom.

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Summary: They don't call her the Room Mother for nothing!
Review: It seems as though 'Not With Our Kids You Don't' was written just for me. I laughed out loud and my husband rolled his eyes and nodded in agreement when I read him this home-hitting excerpt ... "When I say I'm a 'full-time activist,' I actually mean I'm obsessed. My family is extremely understanding; my husband hardly ever throws a fit about the cluttered house or the lack of a decent meal." (Pg. 48) I am one of the lucky ones -early on in my foray into activism, I received an email of welcome from Juanita Doyon (a.k.a. the Button Lady; the Room Mother of the Resistance Movement). She's the one that broke the news to me -- "Oh you've got it bad" she wrote with a "giggle, giggle" thrown in for good humor. Now I use Juanita's book as a special gift to break the news to new activists I meet along the resistance trail - on the inside cover I write "Welcome to the obsession." Behind every successful education activist there is a lot of friendship, great advice, and good natured ribbing -- this indispensable book is a great way to spead it around.