Waltham Family School Tomorrow; Shabecoffs

Dear EJ Crew,

Good work in helping to establish common ground with Worcester Roots today, and accomplishing so many sites for testing and assessment despite the outrageous weather. The piles of post-remediation soil samples and visual assessments are rapidly growing!

Reminder: We meet AT THE VAN (#26) tomorrow 10:20am to pile in to head over to the Waltham Family School. For a "picture" of the program and sense of the context beyond what I described today, take a brief look at the Waltham Family School's website beforehand:
http://www.walthampartnershipforyouth.org/walthamfamilyschool.htm
Note that the WFS is one of only a tiny handful of Early Start programs(out of a much larger number) that have survived successfully in recent, municipal and state budget-crunching, years.

The plan with the WFS women is as we discussed in the van. I'm trying to reach Britta to make sure she is comfortable with the chair set-up we envision for the ice-breaker and discussions after Ted's talk.

At noon, we'll return to campus for our class discussion with Philip and Alice Shabecoffs via Skype. If you go off to get something to eat, please make sure to be back in the classroom by 12:55.

On another topic: in relation to the discussion with Ted earlier today about air pollution caused by the Tennessee Valley Authority's powerplants and the ensuing lawsuit, I thought you'd be interested in this recent development in EPA rule-making:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/07/science/earth/07epa.html?emc=tnt&tntemail1=y

As you may be able to glean from the NYTimes article, these new rules have been long in coming, and go in a different direction from those proposed by the prior administration.

See you tomorrow, and may it be a little bit cooler.
Prof G