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Human Rights Commission Minutes June 17, 2015 Page 5 of 8 Commissioner Christiansen stated she had been working with Commissioner Bachhuber listening to the feedback. Since Commissioner Bachhuber has resigned from the Commission she has been continuing to put together a proposal that lets the teachers know they have been heard and makes it easier for teachers throughout the State to promote the essay contest. At this time they are not looking at expanding the medium beyond expository writing. One of the concerns teachers had was they were overwhelmed. Ms. Bachhuber had looked at the curriculum for the grades 6-8 and it appears that this would align with a question pertaining to voting and elections. They have developed three (3) documents they would recommend Roseville use and forward to the League of Human Rights Commissions and give these to the teachers to promote the essay contest. One would be a flyer and there would be one that includes the rules, guidelines, and criteria. These can be posted in the classrooms. The League also requires a contest form and they would include this in the materials for the teachers so they can have it readily available. Ms. Collins suggested the Communications Manager design the flyer and Commissioner Christiansen can work with him on the design. Commissioner Christiansen stated they had integrated the rules and criteria for both Roseville and The League of Human Rights Commissions. They also recommended that the essay can be printed or hand written. This will address the concerns the teachers had with available computer lab time. Commissioner Slade asked if the submission had to be in English. Ms. Collins stated grammar and punctuation is included in the scoring of the essays and this would be difficult to judge if they are not in English. Chair Groff stated if a contestant brought up the question then the Commission should discuss this and try to accommodate it. Commissioner Christiansen explained after extensive research by Ms. Bachhuber, they would recommend leaving the required references open by stating "Find out more about voting and find supporting evidence for your paper via newspapers, magazines, books, radio or TV segments, documentaries, personal interviews, and legitimate online sources (not Wikipedia)." Ms. Collins stated in the past she has gone to the schools and collected the completed essays. The students turn them in to their teachers and they are collected in the office for her to pick up. This has been working and she would like to continue doing this in order to make it easier for the teachers to collect and submit them. Commissioner Christiansen asked who would be the best point of contact for teachers and students in Roseville. Ms. Collins stated she has been the point of contact in the past. She would like to encourage students to go to their teachers and have the teachers contact her if they need additional help.