As part of the HSE school redistricting initiative our neighborhood has been proposed as the only one that will be split into 3 different schools. In addition, the schools proposed for our children are a wholesale difference from current state and involve much longer bus times and 2-3x greater distance from our home. Especially at the intermediate/junior high level, it is so important that kids can stay together as a group that feed to HSE. Right now, all the options have our kids going to schools that funnel to FHS (in some cases a 65/35 split which is entirely unacceptable) when our children will be sent to HSE HS.

The Boston City Council has begun a series of hearings to address diversity in Boston's institutions of higher education. While some institutions claim these hearings are not necessary, we believe that the hearings are necessary and we expect full participation from the Presidents and leadership of Boston's institutions of higher learning.

My children attend public schools and we are about to lose 8 teachers in our district due to state education budget cuts. Our children's education should be our top priority, and this plan needs to be stopped.

As a school community, Galway CSD has already made significant reductions to critical components of our annual school budget as rising costs outpaced revenue. Staff positions, class sections, and services have been reduced for students at the elementary, middle, and high school levels. We are working together as a district to make difficult decisions and reduce spending. Now we need your continued support to ensure the adopted state budget upholds the funding promises made to school districts across the state, by eliminating the GEA. This year alone (in the 2014-15 state aid calculations), Galway lost $920,128 in funding that was promised to our district, but taken back to balance the state budget. Every year since 2010, Galway has lost approximately one million dollars to the GEA, and this disturbing trend must be addressed. We ask you to take immediate action to prevent long-term negative effects on the quality of public education for Galway children. Abolish the Gap Elimination Adjustment in this year’s state budget.

The landlord won't renew the bookstore's lease. He wants to rent to someone else, but Wellsboro needs a bookstore. The store has always paid rent, and never been late. It's a small town and there's just not anywhere else for the store to go.

We are starting this petition to revise the current HSE redistricting plan as of 12/1/2014. We would like to keep the students of Tanglewood at Fall Creek Elementary where they are currently attending. Revising the current draft keeping the section of Hamilton Proper, Brookstone, Anchorage and Breakwater neighborhoods at Brooke School Elementary, where some of these neighbors currently attend. We the undersigned residents of Tanglewood subdivision have called for a revised draft of the HSE districts proposal, Please consider signing. This needs to be signed no later than 12/8/14 at 12 noon.

Dear Mrs. Toomey, We the parents of students at P.S. 195 Manhattan Beach Elementary in Brooklyn NY petition that the school's playground be re-opened to student after school hours. The benefits of re-opening the playground to students after school are enormous: an important step to combat obesity and promote fitness in children would be for our school to leave outdoor playground open. Playground also promotes social skills and friendships in children. Our children look forward every day to playing in the school's playground. We ask that you kindly re-open it.

We are a group of teen leaders from Beyond Differences, an organization dedicated to ending social isolation among students in middle school. Social isolation is a growing epidemic that affects young people both in school and online. Due to the often hateful and derogatory anonymous comments, Ask.fm poses a serious threat to the safety of teens around the world. Ask.fm was recently purchased by Ask.com -- and we believe that Ask.com has an opportunity to display leadership in the effort to make social media safe and inclusive for everyone. We request that Ask.com change Ask.fm in the following ways: * Remove the option to post questions or comments anonymously. * Provide a help-line pop-up when keywords such as “suicide,” “want to die”, “depressed”, or other phrases that may indicate self-harm are entered. * Provide a positive redirection pop-up whenever bullying, hostile, prejudiced, or harassing comments are about to be submitted. * Allow users to flag comments as bullying, hostile, prejudiced or harassing and then immediately alert the poster of those comments that someone has flagged their comments and ask the poster to delete them. * We also ask that a board of teens be appointed and empowered to advise Ask.fm on its privacy and safety policies and monitor the implementation of these changes. Please sign our petition and make your voice heard. Jasmine K, Gabi F, Lily M, Brooke C, Jake H, Sophia R, Kaya L, Leela L, Sonali L, Sydney W, Genevieve C, Julia K, Kendra L, Maggie S, Annie A, Emma W, Audrey S, Adam K, Carl H.S., Edyn J, Bailey C, Nina B, Aislinn C, Maggie D, Rose L, Maya R, Abigail S, Sophia S, Sinead S

Teachers are the only professionals who are not respected enough to be allowed to assess their "clients," in this case, students and their learning gains. Teachers are the ONLY professionals trained to do this, yet we take the power out of their hands with endless hours of standardized testing that serves only to line the pockets of the major corporations that produce these tests. Enough is enough!

OUR CHILDREN'S EDUCATIONS ARE AT STAKE. ALL OWNERS AND RESIDENTS OF WHITEHALL AND DARIEN PARK WHO WOULD LIKE FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOODS TO BE REDISTRICTED TO SWEET APPLE ELEMENTARY (RATED 10/10 BY GREATSCHOOLS.ORG) UNDER THE NEW NORTH FULTON REDISTRICTING PROCESS PLEASE SIGN THIS PETITION! Fulton County Schools is in the process of evaluating redistricting options for North Fulton County. In November, 3 potential maps were released and only one of these options is acceptable to most residents in the Houze Way / Houze Rd corridor. Plan B places our children at Hembree Springs Elementary. Most of the neighborhoods around Whitehall and Darien Park are being redistricted for Sweet Apple Elementary, an excellent school. We strongly support Plan B (and oppose Plans A and C) but would like to be included in the Sweet Apple Elementary district along with our neighboring subdivisions. If you agree, please sign this petition and spread the word!

We started this petition to inform the public that public school funding has been reduced over the past 5 years. Schools across NYS have cut thousands of teachers and hundreds of courses. Many students are forced to sit in study halls instead of having electives that encourage diversity and college preparation. Reading programs have been cut, sports programs have been dissolved and the class of 2015 will have far less than the class of 2009. Please join us to restore the lost funds for our students.

We and the people we deeply care about have suffered (and continue to suffer) the negative effects of sleep deprivation caused largely by the early high school start times, resulting in persisting deep stress and decreased academic performance.