Mr. Thom Duncan, of Huntington North High School, was fired by the Huntington County School Board on March 12, 2012. He was accused of "bullying" a student. This act of "bullying" involved throwing a cut tennis ball at a student because they were sleeping in class. This was Mr. Duncan's first offense and instead of an incident report being filed he was suspended in the month of December 2011 and then had his contract terminated in March. This petition is for those who are in favor of restoring Mr. Thom Duncan's reputation so that he may either continue his employment at HNHS or seek it elsewhere without false allegations of "bullying".

The decision to close either Tower Rock or Black Hawk school at the end of the 2012-2013 school year will negatively impact all Sauk Prairie children for generations to come.

Student loans are continuing to drown our economy. It is said that the next recession will be due to the student loan debt. Current student loan debt is higher than credit card debt. If student loans are allowed to be included in bankruptcies, money now being spent on monthly payments would be freed up to help grow our economy, which would then get our country out of the current recession.

This petition is against switching to the 7-period schedule and keeping the block schedule for Sam Barlow and Gresham High School. Please do not put a fake name or joke around or put any rude comments, otherwise your signature will become void.

The petition is about keeping block schedules because it would greatly affect our learning if it was a seven period day NO BAD COMMENTS

Today I learned that a valuable faculty member is being laid off due to a declining student population, which is increasing the faculty:student ratio. This loss will greatly affect the quality of work produced by all students in the Graphic and Web Design programs at The Art Institute of Seattle. Help send a message to the school administration that we can't lose Aaron Shurts as a faculty member at our school.

Bristol will be sending their K-5th Grade students to school with middle school age children next school year. Our young children will be subject to young teenage pranks and offensive language. We don't want our young innocent children to be subject to potential harm and offensive language. We are calling on the Bristol Board of Education to reconsider protect our children instead of worrying about cost.

The Homer-Center School District is threatening to fire the district's school cafeteria workers and to subcontract their work to a private for-profit corporation. This will mean local tax dollars will leave our district and local residents will lose their jobs. Even if they are hired by the company, their salaries and benefits will be slashed. Please contact the Homer-Center School Board and Administration and tell them that our public schools are not for sale to the higest bidder!

A college education is a service, not a right. No one should pay for it except those who chose to borrow the money in the first place.

Since 1980, average tuition for a 4-year college education has increased an astounding 800%. Since 1999, average student loan debt has shamefully increased by over 500%! In 2010, total outstanding student loan debt exceeded total outstanding credit card debt in America for the first time ever. In 2012, total outstanding student loan debt exceeded $1 Trillion. Today, we have over 1.3 TRILLION dollars in overall student loan debt and the number is climbing out-of-control. In short, student loan debt has become the fastest growing financial crisis in America. If we do absolutely nothing, the entire economy will eventually come crashing down again- just as it did when the housing bubble popped. This ever-growing crisis has put our country on an unsustainable course towards financial oblivion. As a result of more than 30 years of treating higher education as an individual commodity, rather than a public good and an investment in our collective future, those buried under the weight of their student loan debt are not buying homes or cars, not starting businesses or families, and they're not investing, inventing, innovating or otherwise engaged in any of the economically stimulative activities that we need all Americans to be engaged in. Student loan debt has an undeniable and significant effect on economic growth. Forgiving student loan debt directly addresses this enormous boot on the neck of the middle class. represents a glimmer of hope for millions of Americans who, with each passing day, find that the American Dream is more and more out of reach. Therefore, we, the undersigned, respectfully request that Congress bring forward serious legislation to forgive student loan debt and commit to solving the student debt crisis this year.

There's no magic bullet that will help poor children realize their full intellectual potential. Too often suggested solutions come from those whose knowledge of what should go on in an inner city classroom is grossly inadequate. Sign this petition if you believe that many of Bridgeport's finest teachers should be involved in any and all planning for the best ways of improving and enriching Bridgeport's school children's learning skills.

Reinstate funding to our schools! Reform costly mandates that keep us rooted to an antiquated educational system! Reinvent the tax system into an equitable formula that does not place funding schools on the backs of property owners.