Re: American School Directory

[Carol Simpson <csimpson@tenet.edu>]

MarjorieP@AOL.COM wrote:
>
>      I have been following this discussion about the American School
> Directory and I am wondering if anyone has approached a secondary principal
> who is an active member of NASSP.  I am surprised this association has been
> willing to be a sponsor to a company that operates in this manner.  I suspect
> the leadership of NASSP does not know about the practices we have been
> uncovering on this listserv.
>      Apple and IBM are also being tainted by this discussion.  Those of you
> who are in schools that make big purchases of either Apple or IBM products
> need to be conveying a synopsis of this conversation to executives in both of
> these companies to let them know their advertising money is backfiring on
> them.  Money is the bottom line here.  Obviously this company has a
> significant promotion budget and it must be coming from their sponsors.
> Marjorie Pappas

I sent a long letter to Tom Koerner, Assoc. Director of NASSP recently.
I haven't had a reply yet.

Carol Simpson
Mesquite (TX) ISD
csimpson@tenet.edu

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