JeffLindsay.com
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JeffLindsay.com - The Cracked Planet: Humor, Education, Mormons and Mormon Studies, Science, and Eclectic Items
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That's Jeff in London at the Kings Cross Train Station, Sept. 2003. The "Platform 9 3/4" sign is really there. But there was no sign of Harry Potter.
Currently alive in Appleton, Wisconsin, Jeff Lindsay has a wife, Kendra Larson Lindsay, and four children, all girls except four, ages 12-21. According to a recent independent survey, Kendra Lindsay happens to be the most awesome female on the planet (confidence level: 99.4%). Pleasantly liberated but wildly domestic, keenly intelligent and warmly maternal, intimidating but disarmingly gracious, immensely competent but human enough to occasionally drop, spill, and shatter things if only to put me at ease - she's really the ultimate wife and mother. And did I mention that she's gorgeous and cooks insanely delicious international cuisine? You can see I've got a rough life. Her only dark secret is that she's a statistician, having a master's degree in statistics from BYU - but her recovery is nearly complete.
Kendra has worked tirelessly to establish Appleton's very own Classical Charter School, which began with over 200 kids as of Aug. 30, 1999 after being approved by the Appleton School Board in the previous February. This new charter school is a public school teaching kids in grades K-8. It offers what many parents have long wanted: an education based on academic achievement with intensive phonics, a solid Core Knowledge curriculum, and direct instruction, the most successful classroom teaching method ever studied. Kids also learn a foreign language (Spanish) in every grade level - and kids start learning to read in kindergarten. Many kudos to Kendra and to Dr. Tom Scullen, Superintendent of the Appleton School District, and the School Board, for sharing the vision that gave life to this charter school. I'm extremely proud of Kendra's untiring efforts to advance the educational opportunities for children in this area. (In fact, her charter school has become so popular that some people were suing to get in!) She's been surprised by the attention this has generated. For example, on Jan. 21, 2003, she was featured on a nation-wide broadcast by the US Dept. of Education. You can see the Web version of the broadcast at http://www.connectlive.com/events/ednews (look under Jan. 21, 2003), or just click here for a modem-compatible view (you need Real Player to watch it). She is interviewed about midway in the hour-long program, and then fields another question toward the end. I though she did a great job in the broadcast (and looks great, as always)! I could go on and on praising Kendra, but since I'm male, it's my solemn duty to talk about me.
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- APPLETON WI
- US 54915-7204
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- (920) 749-0072
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- Jeffrey Lindsay
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- Appleton WI
- US 54915
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