November 17, 2000




Mr. Clem Mejia
Regional Office of Education
210 S. 6th Street
Geneva, IL 60134

Dear Mr. Mejia,

Enclosed please find copies of correspondence, which has been
received by Dr. Ed Cave, Superintendent of Batavia Schools, as well
as members of his administration and the Batavia School Board.  It
has been seven months since our first correspondence was delivered
to him and no response has been received to date regarding any of
the correspondence.

After waiting for what I feel is more than sufficient time to
respond to the correspondence, I sent a letter to Rosalie Jones,
president of the Batavia School Board, asking for a written response
within ten days.  No response has been received from her to date.

Within the last week or so, the administration and board have begun
sending surveys out to Batavia families requesting a response on
very short notice; yet our request for information continues to be
denied.

How do we compel Dr. Cave and the Batavia School Board to give us
answers to our questions so we may plan for our children's future?
Time is growing short for any families who may wish to pursue
alternative schooling outside the Batavia Public Schools, based on
the answers that are received.  A written response from you regarding
this situation would be appreciated within ten days.  Thank you
for your time to address this matter.

				Sincerely,



				Donna Todd
				1S445 Wenmoth Road
				Batavia, IL  60510

P.S.  More information regarding our attempts to contact the
administration and board regarding this issue may be found at:
www.tltodd.com/equal_choice

Letters to the Batavia Board of Education