The Mamaroneck Board of Education is proposing to cut school bus services to children 6-12th at the French American School, German School, Holy Child, Iona Prep, Rye Country Day and Ursuline School.

We believe Senate Bill 24 in its current form will harm more than help education in Connecticut. Because we all share the same goals for the children of Connecticut, we sign this petition to propose some changes to SB 24 in order to provide Connecticut's students with opportunities for success. What does Senate Bill 24 (S.B. 24) mean for parents and teachers of students in our district? This bill affects every Connecticut public school teacher: • Certification: The bill requires that teachers be ‘rated’ using standards that are not yet defined, and that these ratings be used to determine certification and a teacher’s ability to teach in any district in the state. • Evaluation procedures: The bill establishes four designators for the purposes of teacher evaluation. Because 22.5% of these teacher evaluations must be based on standardized test scores, “effective practice” will be determined by teachers’ ability to get students to improve on standardized tests (some of which have yet to be created). The Mathematics Policy Research study found that even after three years of data, the error rate is 26% (meaning that 1 in 4 teachers would be misidentified). • Salary: Requires new salary schedules aligned with new certification standards to be negotiated effective July 2014. School districts may be able to reduce costs by affecting evaluations to reduce teachers’ salaries. It threatens local control: • Section 11 of S.B. 24 threatens the existence of at least 41 small town school districts (including Bethany and Woodbridge. Starting in July 2015, the State Department of Education would begin reducing a small town’s Education Cost Sharing (ECS) formula if the school district has fewer than 1,000 students and their per-student cost is at least 10% above the statewide average. Because the cost of maintaining the small comprehensive district means a slightly higher per-student cost, the state MUST reduce the amount of education aid going to that town. • The bill also removes the requirement of Superintendents to hold certification, which would allow people from outside education (such as the business community) to become school superintendents without any educational background or experience. (Section 13 allows the commissioner of education to waive the certification requirement for superintendent ANY PERSON whom he or she deems to be “exceptionally qualified,” without regard for educational experience).

We have been demanding reform on student loans, and on March 8, Rep Hansen Clarke (D-MI) introduced The Student Loan Forgiveness Act of 2012 (H.R. 4170). This is the government's chance to prove they care about financial fairness in higher education. We are calling on our U.S. Representatives to show their support and push the bill beyond committee.

Governor Bentley and the Alabama State Legislature are gambling with the future of Alabama’s school children. We need to send a loud and clear message that tells them to leave the Education Trust Fund alone.

Join the 2012 Luna Recall (recallluna.com). The deadline is April 15, 2012.

School shootings are a growing problem in the United States. It is time to make a difference. The safety of our children should be a top priority.

To help forgive part or at least half of student loans due to people struggling in their professions. If you are in a career that you make less than what you owe on your student loans, the government should help out people who are struggling.

Idaho cannot afford to wait another year to reverse the severe deterioration of its educational and human services infrastructure. This initiative may provide our legislators with the incentive to address this crisis in the 2012 session! The petition needs 47,432 signatures before April 30, 2012. Once we permit the mass termination of personnel and other degradation of our institutions, we impose a loss of educational opportunity upon a generation of our children and we plunge our institutions into an abyss from which they will not emerge for many years. Stop Unequal Taxation in Idaho, LLC, now announces the launching of a drive to form an Idaho Citizens Coalition to promote a Ballot Initiative for the November 2012 election. This Ballot Initiative will: -Eliminate inappropriate and unjustifiable exemptions from the Sales Tax -Reduce the Sales Tax rate from 6% to 5% -Produce a net revenue increase of approximately $371 Million Get Informed and Take Action! 47,432 signatures are needed by April 30, 2012 Go to http://www.sutinidaho.org/ for more information!

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.