From: "Stonehouse, Jean" JSTONEHOUSE@bridgew.edu
To: "FACULTY"
Subject: Ways and Means Highlights
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003

Dear Colleagues,

The (Bridgewater) College web site contains a video link to the recent Joint House and Senate Ways and Means Committee session on Education held here at Bridgewater State College on March 10, 2002. You might find the following testimony particularly interesting:

* President Mohler-Faria's Address of Welcome:
17 minutes and 25 seconds into Part 1.

*Testimony of University of Massachusetts President William Bulger:
1 hour and 19 minutes into Part 2.

*Testimony of Mr. David Morwick, President of the Association of Professional Administrators (APA):
15 minutes and 21 seconds into Part 4.

*Testimony of Dr. Patricia Markunas, President of MSCA:
23 minutes into Part 4.

*Testimony of Ms. Cathy Boudreau, President of MTA,
35 minutes into Part5.

*Testimony of Ms. Kathy Kelly, President of the Massachusetts Federation of Teachers, the union that represents Boston's K-12 teachers:
42 minutes into Part 5.

*Senator Marc Pacheco's comments in response to Cathy Boudreau and Kathy Kelly:
59 minutes into Part 5.

*Testimony of Ms. Karen Hathaway, ASCME Treasurer - listen through the Marc Pacheco's questions to Karen: 1 hour and 8 minutes into Part 5.

The testimonies of Holyoke Community College President Dr. David Bartley and Bristol Community College student, Ms. Jessie Calderon were also compelling.

If you tried the earliest links to this video presentation and were disappointed to find poor quality in some segments, try again. The video in place now is of much higher quality.

Please join me in thanking our colleagues who spoke up for us on March 10th. They did a great job. We have lots of work ahead of us!

Jean