Post by Arch on Apr 9, 2010 13:49:18 GMT -6
From: Jody at Career Support Services Corp [jodymail@sbcglobal.net]
Sent: Friday, April 09, 2010 1:25 PM
To: Caron, Barbara
Subject: Caravan to the Capital and be heard about school funding!!
District 204 IPPC representatives are organizing a trip to Springfield to meet with legislators regarding the current state of education funding in the State of Illinois. This day is not advocating for any particular legislation, rather it is just an opportunity to have your voice heard with others who share concerns about the state of education funding in IL. They are asking for an RSVP TODAY so if you are interested in participating, you must respond quickly.
Caravan to the Capitol Details:
April 14th: We will depart from the Fox Valley Mall at 7:45 am.
We can park in the upper level parking near Sears. (across from Denny's and
Kohl's) They would prefer we park closer to the traffic lane as opposed to
the mall. We have arranged bus transportation and there is no cost to ride the bus.
We anticipate being back in the area around 6
pm. Some people are planning on pulling their students from school to
attend.
If you are interested, you MUST email caravan2thecapitol@yahoo.com by
Friday morning before noon. We have to give an accurate head count to the bus
company early Friday afternoon. Please include how many adults will attend. If you are bringing school aged children, please indicate how many you are bringing as well.
Once at the Capitol, we will meet at 11:30 am in the Stratton Building in the
Cafeteria. This is an area large enough to hold big groups of people. We
are hoping to draw people in from other areas of the state and this is where
we will gather to discuss our plans.
We are working on getting a meeting set up with key players on the education
appropriations committee and have one meeting set up for 1:00 pm with House Minority Leader Tom Cross. I am not sure that everyone who attends will be
able to be at this meeting. We will also be able to call upon legislators to leave the session floor to meet with representatives from our group briefly throughout the afternoon. There will
be a need for people to help distribute some flyers with our message on them
R.E.F. (Restore Education Funding).
The "dress code" is black or white or black and white - going along with a
REF theme to coordinate with the acronym for our cause.
The photo shoots that have been taking place for the video to Springfield
have been GREAT!! There will be another one tomorrow afternoon in the
Still middle school library at 3:05. If you wish to allow your child to be
photographed holding a sign that will be a part of that video - please have
them there. If your student is still in grade school - let me know if you
can make it there after pick-up and our photographer will wait for you until 4:30 if
she knows you are coming. Once the video is put together, it will be sent
to all the legislators. It will also be posted to YouTube. THIS IS
IMPORTANT!!! If you have friends in any other part of the state - please
email them the YouTube link once we have it created! We want the
legislators to be able to see the comments that come from across the ENTIRE
state so they know the citizens are upset with the proposed cuts to
education. We are learning that what gets their attention in Springfield is not the
volume of people - rather the volume of potential future votes! So check
out the link, add your comments and forward the link to everyone you know
with children!
As a comparison: In a prison downstate, which holds only 250 of our worst felons, our state is spending $92,000 per inmate, per year. Yes, $92K! Yet, the state spends on average $10,000 per student per year. This is an apples to apples comparison in operating costs for a prison which holds 250 felons vs. operating costs for ALL Illinois students, K-12.
This is only one example of how IL needs to reprioritize their spending.
If you agree, send this on to everyone you know in IL and encourage them to join parents on April 14th who care about our kids’ education and their future.
Thanks for your time - I hope you can join the Caravan to the Capitol!
Sent: Friday, April 09, 2010 1:25 PM
To: Caron, Barbara
Subject: Caravan to the Capital and be heard about school funding!!
District 204 IPPC representatives are organizing a trip to Springfield to meet with legislators regarding the current state of education funding in the State of Illinois. This day is not advocating for any particular legislation, rather it is just an opportunity to have your voice heard with others who share concerns about the state of education funding in IL. They are asking for an RSVP TODAY so if you are interested in participating, you must respond quickly.
Caravan to the Capitol Details:
April 14th: We will depart from the Fox Valley Mall at 7:45 am.
We can park in the upper level parking near Sears. (across from Denny's and
Kohl's) They would prefer we park closer to the traffic lane as opposed to
the mall. We have arranged bus transportation and there is no cost to ride the bus.
We anticipate being back in the area around 6
pm. Some people are planning on pulling their students from school to
attend.
If you are interested, you MUST email caravan2thecapitol@yahoo.com by
Friday morning before noon. We have to give an accurate head count to the bus
company early Friday afternoon. Please include how many adults will attend. If you are bringing school aged children, please indicate how many you are bringing as well.
Once at the Capitol, we will meet at 11:30 am in the Stratton Building in the
Cafeteria. This is an area large enough to hold big groups of people. We
are hoping to draw people in from other areas of the state and this is where
we will gather to discuss our plans.
We are working on getting a meeting set up with key players on the education
appropriations committee and have one meeting set up for 1:00 pm with House Minority Leader Tom Cross. I am not sure that everyone who attends will be
able to be at this meeting. We will also be able to call upon legislators to leave the session floor to meet with representatives from our group briefly throughout the afternoon. There will
be a need for people to help distribute some flyers with our message on them
R.E.F. (Restore Education Funding).
The "dress code" is black or white or black and white - going along with a
REF theme to coordinate with the acronym for our cause.
The photo shoots that have been taking place for the video to Springfield
have been GREAT!! There will be another one tomorrow afternoon in the
Still middle school library at 3:05. If you wish to allow your child to be
photographed holding a sign that will be a part of that video - please have
them there. If your student is still in grade school - let me know if you
can make it there after pick-up and our photographer will wait for you until 4:30 if
she knows you are coming. Once the video is put together, it will be sent
to all the legislators. It will also be posted to YouTube. THIS IS
IMPORTANT!!! If you have friends in any other part of the state - please
email them the YouTube link once we have it created! We want the
legislators to be able to see the comments that come from across the ENTIRE
state so they know the citizens are upset with the proposed cuts to
education. We are learning that what gets their attention in Springfield is not the
volume of people - rather the volume of potential future votes! So check
out the link, add your comments and forward the link to everyone you know
with children!
As a comparison: In a prison downstate, which holds only 250 of our worst felons, our state is spending $92,000 per inmate, per year. Yes, $92K! Yet, the state spends on average $10,000 per student per year. This is an apples to apples comparison in operating costs for a prison which holds 250 felons vs. operating costs for ALL Illinois students, K-12.
This is only one example of how IL needs to reprioritize their spending.
If you agree, send this on to everyone you know in IL and encourage them to join parents on April 14th who care about our kids’ education and their future.
Thanks for your time - I hope you can join the Caravan to the Capitol!
