On September 12, a group of MAP teachers and parents submitted a charter school petition for the Ross Valley Charter School to the Ross Valley School District. The Charter Petition was unanimously denied by RVSD Trustees upon consideration of the 27 page RVSD staff report. Although the charter petition will “partially convert Manor School,” potentially bumping K5 teachers and families to other RVSD schools, petitioners did not involve either group in the process, nor did they obtain the requisite signatures of 50% of the Manor teachers. Keep MAP a RVSD program!

AP Biology is required to be a three semester course. Therefore, AP Biology is broken into two courses: AP Biology and AP Bio Lab. Since both of these courses have AP level work and prepare students for the AP exam, they should both have AP GPA credits. It is wrong for an AP class such as AP Bio Lab to not have the same AP level credits as AP Bio. Teachers have tried to fix this, but nothing has changed . The only way to fix this is for the students to demand AP credits.

Voice your support for eliminating the Senior Project effective with the graduation class of 2015. The State Legislature and State School Board administration have dropped this requirement. The Highline School District Superintendent recommended this project be dropped effective with the 2015 graduating class and the written recommendation was never put before the school board for a vote as scheduled on 11/5. It mysteriously disappeared and there is no leadership or clear communication on this matter. If you believe our seniors have enough work to do to meet district graduation requirements, hold up their GPA's, and do college applications and interviews, support this petition and email [email protected].

KPHS is growing rapidly and we have outgrown our current setting. We have purchased land for our new school for the upcoming 2015-16 and are petitioning the county for approval for special use (Private School).

Do you want an entire generation of children using textbooks that call into question the existence of climate change? Well, we’ve got two weeks to make sure that doesn’t happen. Two of the biggest textbook publishers in the country — Pearson and McGraw-Hill Education — have proposed new social studies textbooks in Texas that include inaccurate and misleading information about climate change. Instead of learning the truth, a generation of students could be reading propaganda like this in their textbook: • McGraw-Hill Education (World Cultures & Geography) – includes information pulled directly from the Heartland Institute, a polluter-funded advocacy group infamous for its anti-climate change propaganda. • Pearson (Social Studies K-5) – Tells students, “Scientists disagree about what is causing climate change.” If those books are approved in Texas on November 21, climate-change denial could find its way into textbooks around the nation. Help convince publishers to correct these problems.

We ask that you move quickly to eliminate the continued yearly tuition increases and use the language of the law in an already deregulated state to speed up the process and avoid potential problems of a weakly written bill.

The School Board aims to finalize a secondary school site by November 18. A choice school at the Wilson site would relieve over-crowding at Swanson and Williamsburg middle schools, while fulfilling community interest in a STEM school feeder to the Thomas Jefferson Science and Technology High School (currently only about 15 of the hundreds of APS students that apply each year are admitted) and/or a language immersion program. APS enrollment has grown by 19 percent in the last five years and is expected to grow at 2.7 percent every year for the next ten years. The Wilson site is just one piece of the puzzle, but preliminary APS analysis found it was likely to be the fastest place to add new seats with best construction value and least disruption to students during construction. Regardless of the first site chosen, APS will continue to plan for renovations and additions at other sites to meet the growing student population.

The children that live in the neighborhood need a safe place to play, climb and explore nature.

We are starting this petition to retain a tenured and recognized member of the faculty who has led a number of projects to encourage women into STEM programs, is a revenue generating professor in a deficit laden school, has an asteroid named after her, and teaches twice as many classes per year as the Physics professors at Orono. Due to the retrenchments put forth by the interim President Flanagan and Provost McDonnell, in December she will be unceremoniously ripped from the Physics program against her tenure and union contract. This decision will not only affect students currently enrolled in the program but will negatively impact the overall quality of education at the university and drive income earners from Southern Maine.

Harding High School has a long history, tradition and legacy that have grown over almost 90 years. We the alumni hold these things close to our hearts since we have worked hard to build that history, legacy and uphold the traditions. We are petitioning those in authority to prevent the renaming of our dear Alma Mater, Warren Harding High.

One day soon, you might be stopped on the street and asked to sign a petition in support of "great new public school option coming into the neighborhood." At the top of the petition, you will also see the words "Success Academy Charter Schools." Here in District 1, we want our schools to reflect our values, cultures, and diversity. Given rising class sizes, rampant overcrowding and inadequate funding, who wouldn't want another great public school? But the Success Academy claim is very deceptive. Success Academy Charter Schools take resources and space from our public schools. What’s more, Success Academy Charter schools do not serve the same number of high-needs students as do our district schools. Our schools, which will lose resources to Success Academy, will enroll even more at-risk students that Eva's schools will not take. Standing up to say no to Success Academy can help protect and support the community schools we already have in District 1. By signing this petition you are telling Eva Moskowitz and Success Academy that we are a strong, united community dedicated to supporting schools that truly serve our needs. Dear Success Academy, THANKS, BUT NO THANKS!

We do not have enough spending in our honors school system. There is about $1 for every honors student a year!