A Crime

It now comes in 14 oz packages. What happened to my pint? I don't want to save calories this way!

ICE/TJC Announce Presidential Candidate for UFT Elections in 2010

The Independent Community of Educators (ICE) and Teachers for a Just Contract (TJC) have chosen James Eterno, chapter leader of Jamaica HS in Queens, as their candidate for president of the UFT in the elections to take place in 2010. He will oppose the Unity Caucus candidate, expected to be Michael Mulgrew, who will be taking over for Randi Weingarten.

Eterno has been a Social Studies Teacher Jamaica High School for 23 years. For the past 13 years he has been the Chapter Leader at Jamaica High School.

He spent 10 years on the UFT Executive Board as one of the few members of the opposition caucuses.

He was one of the leaders in the fight against the draconian givebacks in the 2005 Contract.

James organized a successful rally in 2008 at the Panel for Educational Policy where 89 people from the Jamaica High School family went to the PEP to advocate for Jamaica High School, pointing out that the school was suffering from academic apartheid due to the unequal tre atment Jamaica was getting in comparison to the small schools being installed. His blog piece on the subject (Stop Academic Apartheid) received wide notice.

He authored a resolution to the State Education Commissioner calling for the empowerment of teachers, parents and students on School Leadership Teams and wrote many other resolutions, including one calling for more protections for teachers accused of corporal punishment.

He led the Jamaica High School Chapter in a 50-person grievance at the Region 3 office to have the time schedule changed in 2003 and was a winner of the UFT’s Trachtenberg Award in 2000.

James, along with ICE’s Jeff Kaufman, has co-authored the influential ICE blog, which analyzes on the activities of the UFT leadership. James has become one of the leading experts on the UFT contract and has assisted numerous teachers throughout the city who have not been ably assisted by the UFT.

He is married to Camille Eterno, a former chapter leader currently a teacher at Humanities and the Arts High School in Queens. The Eternos first child, Kara, was born July 17th.
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Cause For Celebration

Upon our return from Canada my husband proudly announced that he had lost one pound. This was a vacation first.

I suggested we go for ice cream to celebrate.

He immediately gained the pound back! The sad thing is that he doesn't even really like ice cream but my argument was just too good to resist.

Scary Night

I was frantic. It wasn't where I thought I left it. I searched. I cried. It was raining too hard to go out and get another one. I knew my husband didn't touch it. He knows better. I almost stopped dating him when he tried to take some of it. I blamed my son. He would be vicious enough to do it. I started to hyperventilate. I screamed. I didn't think I could make it through the night without it. And then, I moved some stuff around and found it hiding in the back of the freezer.

Relief.

My Favorite Dinner

No, not my favorite part of dinner, my favorite dinner (except for the cherry--I let my husband eat that.)

Heaven

I discovered a little bit of heaven last weekend. They are the best way to end a rough day.
The only problem is that they don't last too long.

Some Things Are Worth Waiting For

My favorite ice cream store is an old fashioned free standing building. You have to wait on long lines outside, but the stuff is so good it is worth the wait. Unfortunately for me, the store is closed in the winter. It reopens in April, usually during Passover, so I have to wait until the week is up before I get to indulge again. This year, with everything going on, I didn't get there until tonight. It was just as good as I remembered it to be!