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.

California has a proud history of state-funded public education. It's all about access -- affordable public education has allowed men and women from low-income and working class backgrounds to secure a quality education. Affordable public education is not only a right but an opportunity for greater social change. Raising tuition rates 5% each year puts unfair strain on students from lower socio-economic backgrounds. These hikes will transform our public university system from a public good for everyone into a privilege for only those who can afford it. Our students deserve better than to shoulder the burden of poor public policy and state divestment from higher education. Our state schools need state support, not tuition hikes. Join me in demanding an ending to the 5% tuition hikes every year for the University of California system.

OUR CHILDREN'S SAFETY IS AT RISK! IT IS CRITICAL FOR NEIGHBORHOODS BELOW TO SIGN THIS PETITION! (Chatham, Darien Park, Hawkins Cove, Grand Veridian, New Haven Walk, Whitehall, Windsor, and Windsor Forest/Bent Grass) Fulton County Schools has started the process of evaluating redistricting options for North Fulton County. In November, they released 3 potential maps and only one of these options is acceptable to most residents in the Houze Way / Houze Rd corridor. Plan B places our children at either Hembree Springs or Sweet Apple Elementary (depending on neighborhood), both excellent and the closest schools safely nestled AWAY FROM the dangerous, high traffic boundaries of Crossville Rd, Alpharetta Highway, and Mansell Rd. Plan A would place our children at Roswell North Elementary and Plan C would place them at Mimosa Elementary. We believe that Plan B provides our children the best education at their closest and safest school, providing the least issues in terms of instructional capacity. We urge our neighbors to sign the petition to ensure that our voices are heard when the final draft proposal for redistricting is made public on December 10.

Public schools are part of the foundation of our nation and its society. While profiteers have filled our airwaves, store shelves, bellies, and medicine cabinets with useless to evil trinkets and crap like the Kardashians (and Honey Boo-Boo), public schools prepared young people to become smart citizens and capable workers. Unfortunately, the market has advanced the evils, sent jobs and opportunities overseas, and the very wealthy few have laughed all the way to the bank and turned upon schools--hoping to repurpose them into cost efficient factories for future cheap labor. It's time to take back democracy.

Our children's well-being and education is our top priority and forcing them to change school districts based on perceived tax savings is not acceptable. We are more than satisfied with our children's educational opportunities and positive relationships with teachers, coaches, classmates, and support staff. We live in Dover School District because we chose to live here; we want to raise our children in their HOME community of Dover, PA.

Many years ago, tuition for universities of California was extremely low, costing only $4,500 a year. Now tuition has risen all the way through the roof. By the year of 2019, UC students will have to pay $15-$20,000 a year. If we do not help the rise of tuition now, future students AND parents will be suffering from the high costs. California's education should be open to everyone, not just those who can afford it. SIGN FOR UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, NOT UNIVERSITY OF THE WEALTHY OF CALIFORNIA.

Moving our Coats-Erwin kids to Dunn Middle to settle overcrowding. This is a short term solution and will not help the problem. We need more schools or other solutions. Please sign my petition if you live in Coats, Erwin, Buies Creek or Dunn and if you are 18 and older.

To garner support for an elected school board

Our children are at risk for being targets from predators on the internet. We need to be sure they are getting educated in every way possible to prevent harm coming to them. Our children are our future and they need to be given the tools to navigate the quickly changing internet safely.