Why It Matters: 📚 Educational Impact: With over 10,000 students each semester, HCC plays a crucial role in shaping the future of our community. Faculty deserve a seat at the table in decision-making processes affecting student learning. 🤝 Unity for Progress: By standing in solidarity, we can ensure that administrative policies align with the best interests of faculty and students alike. 👩‍🏫 Teaching & Learning Conditions: We need your support to create an environment where both faculty and students can thrive, fostering excellence in education at HCC. Join Us in Fighting for a Brighter Future at Howard Community College!

I just recently learned that a test (dibels) that is given 3 times a year will determine if a child passes or fails the entire school year. This test only determines how fast a child can read in one minute, not at all what they comprehend while reading. Some children need to read slower to comprehend what they are reading. We need to fight for this to not happen because it completely takes away from all the hard work our kids have done all year just because they are not fast readers!

This is important because the new generations need to have the experiences they want. If that means being a committee chair for two organizations or four, then it should be that way. Only being able to hold a position for one organization is hardly a way to grow. As a student leader, it’s disheartening for someone to be limited like this. Especially in HIGH SCHOOL. It would mean a lot to me and the rest of the incoming students at Warren if you were to sign this petition on behalf of the student body and what we stand for. Why limit a student to one position if the reason behind learning is to grow, even as a person and a leader? Thank you so much.  -Gracie Hindmon

Ms. Ziegler's conduct has been a continuous distraction from the business of the Board  — the education of our students, and the Board's stated commitment of "Every student every day."  At the May 7, 2024 School Board meeting she proposed a resolution defying constitutional officer responsibilities by refusing to uphold changes to Title IX. She claims she was protecting "our girls" while openly discriminating against certain students. This makes our students unsafe.  Ms. Ziegler has damaged countless students' lives and is an embarrassment to the Sarasota County School District.  She needs to resign or be removed. Join us in this effort. 

Hundreds of students have recently been arrested for participating in protests against the Israeli government’s war in Gaza at dozens of universities across the country. But blue lights and zip ties aren’t making students on any campus safer, and sending in armed troops will only increase the tensions — and the potential for tragedy. We don’t have to guess what that looks like because we already know: At Kent State on May 4, 1970, 28 National Guard soldiers fired into a crowd of thousands protesting the Vietnam War. They killed four students and wounded nine others. Those protests weren’t so different from the ones we are seeing today. From Columbia to the University of Texas-Austin to the University of California, Berkeley, and back again, young people across the country are exercising their constitutionally protected rights to free speech and assembly to protest horrific violence in Gaza. President Biden has an opportunity to show the kind of leadership necessary to meet this moment of crisis. As the protests spread, Republican governors could act unilaterally to bring more military presence to college campuses across the country. That’s why your voice is urgently needed today: Will you help us send the president a clear and crucial reminder that dissent is not a crime, and protest is patriotic?

90% of us will have a parasitic infection or bout at some point in our lives . These infections can cause life threatening health complications.   Please help us, as we have suffered entirely too long. Help us improve the system for you and your loved ones future's. We do this so no one will ever suffer the health problems, isolation, and possible suicide from feeling helpless.

Trump’s first term was chaotic and incompetent. But this time, MAGA is prepared with a detailed plan to quickly seize power and ruthlessly reshape America. Project 2025 is a 920-page document authored by Christian nationalists that provides a step-by-step blueprint to impose the MAGA agenda on every aspect of Americans’ lives and make Trumpism the rule of law. Their goal is the elimination of our freedoms and protections: eliminating Social Security and Medicare, corporate regulations, environmental protections, rights for LGBTQ+ people and religious minorities, contraception and IVF, resources we need for public education, and more.  Their plan also includes systematically sabotaging our elections for their own benefit. And they want to dismantle our democracy and its checks and balances by centralizing power to the White House, giving the president control of previously independent agencies, such as the Federal Communications Commission and the Federal Trade Commission, and even the Department of Justice. As one expert, Mary Guy, warned in response to Project 2025, "Democracies have crumbled before, and that’s on the verge of happening here." Project 2025 details a concerted plan for how the MAGA movement seeks to control us, decide our futures for us, and take us backward. Instead of representing "We the People", they want to rule over us and for their corporate interests.  We deserve to know where our elected leaders stand on this extreme, dangerous blueprint. It’s time we sound the alarm about this MAGA vision and demand all Republicans in Congress go on record with their position on Project 2025. A banner at a protest against Project 2025 in Washington D.C. on January 27, 2024 (Credit: Elvert Barnes/Flickr.com)

Our south San Diego community need to join us to ensure transparency and accountability, and to advocate for the proper allocation of the Special Education funds to benefit all children who rely on them. And to make sure their is a bright future of our children, every kid is different and they have the right to learn in their own kind of way. ____________________________________________________ Nuestra comunidad del sur de San Diego necesita unirse a nosotros para garantizar la transparencia y la responsabilidad, y abogar por la asignación adecuada de los fondos de Educación Especial para beneficiar a todos los niños que dependen de ellos. Y para asegurarnos de que haya un futuro brillante para nuestros hijos, cada niño es diferente y tiene derecho a aprender a su manera.

This campaign is extremely important in representing full equality for Muslim students and faculty throughout fisd. They are currently treated with injustice though being denied a day off from school on this major Islamic holiday in order to uphold justice toward these students and faculty. This goal is realistic and achievable considering it has been effective and successful in the Houston isd and the entire New York State.

Every student at PMTSD has worked very long and hard to receive their license. By taking away their graduation you are not giving them a chance to be recognized for all their hard work, time, and professionalism that they have given to the school, staff, and guests! Each student has performed numerous hours to prepare for their career. This is a huge life accomplishment and should be celebrated as such! By waiting until the following year, with zero notice to the student body is disappointing and unsatisfactory by the Paul Mitchell standards we have upheld. There are other alternatives to hosting a graduation such as using a smaller location or hosting graduation at the school that could have been much more productive than stopping the process all together. Not many students will be able to return a year after finishing school, let’s make sure the 2024 graduates have a chance to celebrate their accomplishment as they move into the next phase of life!

Rocky Hanna lacks the mindset to know what's right for children .

“My friends who teach in the DC area are appalled that the teachers here give the kids candy. I mean why give them sugar??? One of (son)’s elementary school teachers gave them candy for handing in their purple folder EVERY morning. I had no clue until (daughter) started finding it in his backpack. He only eats a few candies, mostly chocolate so most would just go in his backpack but (daughter) is the exact opposite.” “I hope they stop giving out candy. I hate it so much.” “ First of all, I would LOVE non food rewards. I was shocked when we came here and both boys come home with pockets full of candy.” “I am so sick of the candy rewards and garbage food there! Even (daughter) was uncomfortable with the amount of candy given out during milestones last week.” “I wrote a note to the teacher the first week of school telling her that (son) wasn’t allowed to have candy in school. He came home telling me about all the sweet treats they had had in class (no special occasion). When I asked the teacher about it, she said, “oh yeah, I saw your note.” But she had just chosen to ignore my request.”