Current and future students of Cielo Vista Charter School should have the opportunity to continue their education in an environment with proven success. The Cielo Vista Charter School community has created a culture that enhances the social, emotional, and intellectual growth of its students. Cielo Vista Charter School parents have been advocating for expansion to 8th grade for 4 years. It is time for the Palm Springs Unified School District to secure a suitable facility to expand Cielo Vista Charter School, which will support the continued success of students into middle school.

Due to budget cuts, Cabrillo College has decided to decrease the funding of The Dental Hygiene Program. The detrimental effect to students, patients, and staff is significant. This cut will affect many parts of the program. Not only will it cause the tri-county community to lose a high quality, low-income dental hygiene clinic, it will also alter the program so it is only able to accept one dental hygiene class once every two years. Admittance for students on the wait list will be postponed from 2 years to 4 years, and the students will not have the benefit of shadowing upperclassmen that will also serve as their mentors. The Cabrillo College Dental Hygiene Program has one of the highest job placement percentages on campus. On average, Dental Hygiene graduates move onto positions that make an annual take home wage between $83,750 and $100,000 per year. The student population enrolled in the program is approximately 50% belong to a minority and 90% are female. The Cabrillo College Dental Hygiene Program is the only community college program in the tri-county area. Without this program, students would have to travel as far as Los Altos Hills to obtain a comparable education. Additionally, approximately 10 staff members will lose their jobs. Many of those being dedicated faculty and staff who have been working for the program and devoting their lives to it for over 10 to 25 years. As for the community, the limited hours of the clinic will cause patients to wait between 9 and 18 months for an appointment. The decrease in instructional hours will limit the amount of time the students spend with instructors and with the patients. Help us save this vital program by signing the petition and urging Cabrillo to reinstate the funding.

The Alumni of Ysleta High School are outraged by the current administration's lack of respect for traditions that have been in place for decades. It is part of their responsibility to uphold those traditions, not destroy them. We want to know that the administration is willing to teach current students the traditions of the Pride of the Lower Valley. Some of the problems many alums have noticed: 1. No separate Drum Corps; it's part of the band 2. Horse rider either missing or unable to get to the stadium(should be a current student) 3. Moved the Honored Ex Assembly to Wednesday 4. Almost moved the parade to Wednesday 5. Foam costume mascots instead of real people. 6. Considering moving Graduation to the Don Haskins Center 7. Not allowing the football team to touch Kawliga for good luck. We are sure that there are other issues that exist and are currently forming a committee to meet with current administration and the school board representative. We want to know what we can do, but it has been well known that getting answers from the current administration has been difficult. They are not transparent. This petition is more about showing the administration that current YHS alum value those traditions and will do what we can in order to make sure they stay in place. We are not asking for removal of the administration! We want to work with them! Signing this petition means you want to be part of the solution and will be willing to help out with your time or fundraising.

Almost every sport that is part of the CPP sports has a boys and a girls team. Volleyball doesn't. I have asked around and many guys would be interested in being on a volleyball team if we actually had one. Please sign this petition to show your support in starting a volleyball team for BOTH genders.

Richland Center is small community with a huge number of sex offenders living in it. We need to protect our children and prohibit them from being in our public schools. Neighboring cities have already passed such ordinances and we can too! Please sign our petition and come to the city council meeting Tuesday October 21st!

To stop school closings happening in Grand Rapids. Loss of education means loss of jobs and the right to have proper education for our children.

As the Founder of the school and the one who wrote the charter application with Dr. Knowles, I know that the vision of the Eagle Arts Academy is unique and special and needs to move forward. Due to Dr. Nichols resignation due to health issues, we now only have two board members, and are required to have a minimum of three. To protect the vision and the school, I believe that I am the best candidate to be on the board and be Chairman, again. Thank you for your consideration and support. Gregory James Blount
 Founder

Our children's education should be our top priority and we need to be sure our leader is operating with their best interests in mind. For more information, visit http://investigatemartzloff.com

I have been a teacher all my life and I have experienced student evaluations of teachers. These should be seen by administrators but judged in context of the course and the teacher's grading. Local control is important to every school system, and teachers should not be excluded from constructing the evaluation process.

Jeffco Public School Board has just proposed a change of curriculum stating that, "Materials should not encourage or condone civil disorder, social strife or disregard of the law. Instructional materials should present positive aspects of the United States and its heritage." This means that important parts of our history such as the Civil Rights Movement, Native American genocide, and slavery will not be taught in public schools. If we don't learn about genocide and slavery, how will we help stop them from happening again? If we don't understand the tremendous legacy of the Civil Rights Era, how can we work every day to honor and build on the gains made by so many courageous Americans? This is a severe form of censorship intended to keep the youth ignorant and easy to manipulate. I'm hoping to get enough signatures to prove that this is a public issue, so, please, if this is important to you, please sign. Do not let our youth grow up in ignorance; we all deserve the truth!

We do not believe in frequent high-stakes testing for children. We refuse to subject our children to yet another standardized assessment that negatively impacts their curricular and instructional choices. The data that will be stored on our children without a parent's permission is a violation and should be stopped immediately. We, the undersigned, believe that using test scores to evaluate teaching and learning is unjust and inequitable. Rather than pouring time, energy, and money into a new testing program, we demand that the district and the state reevaluate the ways in which they measure school and student achievement. New Jersey students deserve better. No creemos en exámenes estandarizados de riesgos altos. Rechazamos presentar a nuestros hijos con exámenes estandarizados que afectan negativamente sus opciones de enseñanza e instrucción. La información que se collecta de nuestro hijos sin autorización parental es una violación y debe ser parada inmediatamente. Nosotros, los firmadores de esta petición, creemos que el uso de esta examinación para evaluar la enseñanza y el aprender es injusta y inequitable. En vez de invertir tiempo, dinero, energía, y dinero en examinaciones nuevas, exigimos que el distrito y el estado re-evalúen las maneras usadas para evaluar el progreso de las escuelas y los estudiantes. Los estudiantes de New Jersey merecen mejor.

At the Boston School Committee meeting on September 17th, Interim Superintendent McDonough recommended that all students in grades 3-8 and in grade 11 take the PARCC this year in order to better prepare for the potential transition from MCAS to PARCC. Tenth graders will still be required to take and pass the MCAS as a graduation requirement. As teachers, students, family members, and administrators within Boston Public Schools, we do not support this recommendation. We refuse to subject ourselves to yet another high-stakes standardized assessment that negatively impacts our curricular and instructional choices. We have serious concerns about the increase of testing in all of our schools. To be clear, we do not necessarily believe that the MCAS is a better assessment than PARCC. As Lisa Guisbond, the executive director of Citizens for Public Schools, has stated, “With PARCC versus MCAS, districts have been given a false choice. They have to pick which of two flawed punitive systems will do the least harm to their efforts to engage and educate their students.” We, the undersigned, believe that using test scores to evaluate teaching and learning is unjust and inequitable. Rather than pouring time, energy, and money into a new testing program, we demand that the district and the state reevaluate the ways in which it measures school and student achievement. Boston students deserve better. For more information, check out the resources compiled here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vjg5BPfUWjBnttfbv-vqfbaNnT307BJaoDQoIaDjglA/edit?usp=sharing