Though the Julian Charter School that June works for is mostly virtual, it does have a bricks-and-mortar home. That home is in danger of burning down if the Pines Wildfire remains out of control. J’s been getting e-mail updates from Jennifer since yesterday. They’ve evacuated the main office and took as many of the school records with them as they could. It’s unconfirmed, but it appears that one of the five homes already burned belonged to one of the office people. If the wind shifts, the town center could go. Another reason to hold firemen up as heroes.
July 30, 2002
Fire in Julian
The Other Land Down Under
Just finished a chat organized by my friend Jarbas Barato at the School of the Future at the University of Sao Paulo. They have created their own Brazilian WebQuest site which is quite impressive. The chat took place in English and Portuguese and so was a little chaotic. Lots of enthusiasm there and even in text mode the wonderful Brazilian character came through. I wish I could return there more often without enduring the 14 hour plane ride.