Election Countdown: 11 Days

What can convince a county board that has approved  40 charter schools (including 20 Rocketship schools) in 11 years to uphold the local denial of VOICES and Navigator by the Morgan Hill Unified School District?   It is a simple answer . . . Claudia Rossi being elected to the Santa Clara County School Board and Steve Klem, Donna Foster-Ruebsuch, David Gerard, and Ron Woolf being elected to the Morgan Hill Unified School Board. 

The Maryland Classified Employees Association convened in Ocean City, MD in the middle of October for their annual convention. The purpose of the gathering was expressed in the motto “Reclaiming the Promise of Quality Public Service for Strong Communities.” President Linda Day presided over the conference and saw that the events ran smoothly. Union business was the order of the day for the convention as votes were held, debates were had and officers were elected. Returning members to the board included Brenda Baskin, Anadi Naik, Dale Maddox, and Barbara Thompson. Marion Jones, Raymond Benson and Agnes Valenzia were re-elected while Anna Custer was elected to the board.

Time magazine is about to use its cover to blame teachers for the problems in America’s schools. On Monday, Nov. 3, this cover will be in every supermarket checkout line and newsstand across the country—and it’s already online.

San Jose Mercury News Endorses Hover-Smoot:

Charter schools are one of the hottest controversies in county education circles, especially when it comes to Rocketship schools, which attempted a rapid expansion that has been stopped or at least slowed by a court ruling.

The county board needs knowledgeable members who will work collaboratively with the county's 31 school districts on charter proposals, which parents often support.

Election Countdown: 14 Days

The upcoming election is the most critical election in recent history for MHUSD! We have a clear choice and need to elect candidates who support the innovation that is happening in our neighborhood schools and who will support all of our students.

We must support Donna Foster-Ruebusch, David Gerard, Steven Klem, and Ron Woolf for MHUSD School Board, and Claudia Rossi for Santa Clara County Board of Education!

Hundreds descended on City Hall Tuesday afternoon, 10/21/14, to support a call for expansion of Baltimore's community schools. Principals, parents, elected officials, and students gave remarks calling on the City Council to support a resolution that would increase funding for community schools.

Maria is very active making sure every student in the Middle School has what they need.

Maria runs the coats for kids in the Middle School. She seeks out any student who might not have a warm winter coat. She then finds benefactors , shops for each kid on an individual bases. She stretches the dollars so that each kid gets their own style jacket, hat mittens and a personal gift such as paints or a book, and then assembles a group of elves to wraps.

Gail has worked on the SL Skate Park Committee for about 8 years. This small group of adults has partnered with a generation of skateboarders to raise money and work with the village to site and build an all concrete skatepark in downtown Saranac Lake. Fundraising continues towards a completion date of June 2015.