In the news (or mini news clippings..ICYMI)
- Senator Vitter just did a 180 on Common Core.
- Stand for Children urges you to express your disappointment with Senator Vitter.
- BESE renews/extends the charters of one-fourth of schools, although Martin Luther King Jr. Charter School is not happy about their OneApp reprimand.
- In this op-ed, RSD Superintendent Patrick Dobard comments on the sometimes hard decisions required if we are committed to ensuring that the school options for students are the best our city can offer.
- And one perspective on why Franklin’s teachers voted to unionize.
And …
Don’t forget to vote YES this Saturday, December 6!
Help pass the school facility millage to keep New Orleans public school buildings from falling into disrepair.
- This proposition will NOT increase your taxes. It would extend and repurpose the existing 4.97 mill property tax.
- Currently there is no money dedicated to maintain our newly built and renovated school buildings – no money for emergency repairs, like fixing a roof damaged in a tropical storm, and no money for planned capital replacements, like new A/Cs, heaters and restroom facilities.
- It is supported by a broad coalition, including the New Orleans Business Council, Urban League of Greater New Orleans, Bureau of Governmental Research (BGR), Stand for Children, Black Alliance for Educational Options (BAEO), Citizens for 1 Greater New Orleans, Puentes, Vietnamese Initiatives in Economic Training (VIET), as well as the Times-Picayune, The Advocate and Gambit.