My daughter, Zyanne, is a Fifth grader who attends Townsends Schools and is in Band. To my dismay, I was informed that our new Superintendent and Principal are moving towards not renewing our Music Program teacher's contract for the next school year. Our music teacher is also new to the school and her name is Mrs. Bruce. Our Music Program in Townsend was revitalized this past school year, thanks to Mrs. Bruce's energy and passion as the new Music teacher. Our band has not sounded this great in a long, LONG time. Furthermore, our music students look great behind their instruments, and school spirit is coming back. You see our school spirit at every game; and the band sounds and looks better than ever! Our children deserve a strong music program, and a passionate teacher who instills discipline and inspires our children to shoot for the moon. Mrs. Bruce should be retained. If you feel the same way, I strongly encourage you all to write our Superintendent and Principal and let them know your thoughts. I am also starting a petition of support for Mrs Bruce. Please sign this document if you appreciate the great strides our band program has made this past year and would like to see improvement continue in a much needed art for our community. Thank you.

HI! I AM A HIGHLY CONCERNED PARENT OF THE CHESTER A. ARTHUR SCHOOL. THIS SCHOOL HAS MORE THAN 100 NEW STUDENTS COMING FROM A TROUBLED SCHOOL. WITH LESS STAFF AND BAD BEHAVIOR WILL CAUSE THE GOOD CHILDREN TO FEAR COMING TO THE SAFE SCHOOL THE ONCE HAD. SAFETY PROVIDES A BETTER LEARNING ENVIRONMENT. ALOT OF CHILDREN HAVE ILLNESS' AND THE NURSES ARE NEEDED EVERYDAY. IF THERES NO SECRETARY HOW WILL OUR CHILDREN GET THE PROPER EARLY DISMISSALS WITH THE RIGHT PERSON ON THE LIST.( DON'T NEED ANOTHER SCHOOL ABDUCTION) NOW DO WE? CAN THE DISTRICT AFFORD THAT? WE NEED FUNDING AND WE NEED THE STAFF A.S.A.P. HOW CAN CHILDREN LEARN IF NO ONE IS THERE FEELING SAFE. OVERCROWDING IS NOT A SIGN OF GOOD LEARNING. MONEY AND BEEN MISMANAGED. STUDENTS WILL DROP OUT CRIMES WWILL BE MORE ON THE RISE BECAUSE OF LACK OF EDUCATION. PLEEEEEASE HEEEEELP US!

DC has given everything to the Perham Volleyball Program. He intended on retiring from coaching after the 2013 season but that is being taken away from him. The varsity players want him as their coach. Isn't it suppose to be our team? Why doesn't the athletic director and superintendant listen to the students? How can they say they are at their jobs for students when they don't even consider what the students want and need? He has done nothing wrong other than care too much for the well being of the players. It is clear to the students/varsity players that the superintendant, athletic director and school board have given up on us. DC has never given up on us!

Today, more than 30,000 income eligible children, age birth to five, sit on a waitlist for childcare in Massachusetts. These children are deprived of the very pre-school preparation that is instrumental to lifting them out of poverty. And their parents struggle to make alternative arrangements so that they can work and put food on the table. Recently the Massachusetts legislature slashed more than $17 million from this program making the growth of the waitlist all but a certainty. At the same time, millionaires are benefiting from an overly generous film tax credit that in 2011 cost the State of Massachusetts more than $44 million while generating only $7 million in revenue and virtually no permanent positions.

This petition is about student loan waivers in Michigan. Students who graduate successfully should not have to repay government borrowed money with interest for college education. Please help by signing this petition, and passing it on today!

Reinstate Military Tuition Assistance (TA) and block the Armed Service Branches from any further suspension of TA.

I have no idea why Congress would be considering a devastating $6.9 billion cut to education funding — but we need your help need your help to stop it. These kind of cuts don't paint a pretty picture: Teacher layoffs, bigger class sizes, fewer aides for kids with special needs. Everyone deserves a fair shot in life, and that starts with a quality education. Yet, the House recently passed a budget which cuts billions in education funding, slashing the programs that education millions of kids here in the Bay State and across the country. The last thing we need to be doing now is cutting eduction. These cuts come on top of huge cuts that just went into effect when the Sequester cut education funding by $1.7 billion. These cuts will soon impact 1.2 million kids and take 30,000 teachers and staff out of schools. We need champions in Congress to fight back against Rep. Paul Ryan, Sen. Rand Paul and others who think we should slash education funding to the bone. I think that champion should be Sen. Elizabeth Warren, as a teacher and professor and someone who knows how to take a stand. Join us in calling on Sen. Warren to lead the charge against education cuts in Congress.

The future of America, be it economically, socially, culturally, is linked to education. Our biggest threat does not come from external sources, but from within. I would not be where I am today without the education I received from my parents and from mentoring teachers at critical milestones in my life.

Our children deserve better than what the state and city are providing. Schools need to be funded adequately to provide students with the best supports.

This budget amendment is a direct attack on the voting rights of students, and a threat to democracy in Ohio. We must act immediately and put pressure on Senate President Keith Faber to remove this amendment from the budget.

In the most vulnerable and low income communities in Los Angeles, California we are about to lose an important early child development program, Head Start. Kedren serves over 2,300 children every year by providing vital education, nutrition, and by empowering families to help change communities thanks to over 350 staff people.

We should stop the rush to fracking and focus on education. Our children's education should be our top priority and schools should not be closing more resources should be made available and it should be mandatory for parents to make sure their children are behaving in school