Dear USD 259 Resident: The boundary proposals for the new northeast schools do not provide for a K-8 school or a comprehensive high school as promised in the 2008 bond election. Residents understand the significant cuts in funding from the State of Kansas, but are encouraging USD259 with the following recommendations to work together to fulfill the commitment of the 2008 bond election. 1. Support Supposal 4 for the K-5 boundary and develop a plan to expand the elementary to a K-8 school as promised; 2. Reserve spots for students residing near the new high school to attend the magnet program being relocated to the new school that would address overcrowding at Heights and develop a plan to expand to a comprehensive high school to serve students in this area as promised. If you agree with these recommendations, please complete this VERY simple on-line support petition. Thank you for your support!

Ms. Eberhard will not agree to renew Ms. Germer's and Mr. Sobolewski's contracts. They are one of the best teachers that MLKAMS has ever had, so why not renew their contract out of all the teachers? We're calling for everyone that wants to keep these 2 amazing teachers at our school. Thank you.

the school of Desert Mirage needs to get together to stop losing 2 to 3 weeks of school time because of the schedule problems

Georgia's HOPE Scholarship has not been fully funded since 2008. Over the past year alone, the state has cut $305 million from student awards, leading many students to take on expensive student debt and increasing the number of students who leave school without finishing their degree. The reform efforts of 2011 have failed. The HOPE Scholarship program is hemorrhaging. We need to return the program to its original intent that ensures access and opportunity to higher education for Georgia's high-achieving students.

Vanderbilt's non-discrimination policies have come under much attack recently as several organizations have partnered for a smear campaign that has even made its way onto national television, defaming our institution. However, those students on the opposite side of t

We object to the Seattle School Board’s proposal to place portable classrooms on the grounds at Maple Elementary for the 2012-2013 school year and beyond. We are currently the only Level 5, Title I school in the Seattle School District, and that is in no small part due to our cohesive scheduling that gives our teachers ample time to plan together and collaboratively. Further placing portables on our campus very much goes against the very open-concept classroom principles under which we plan, we operate, and thus, we succeed; portables on our campus would undoubtedly undermine the progress we have made and the potential success that our future holds. We call on the School Board to stand with Maple and help it continue its success, not hinder it.

The HOPE scholarship is based on academic excellence, not financial need. Scholarships are meant for scholars. If the state is running out of money they should make the scholarship more difficult to receive, not penalize students for having parents that earn over $140,000. Georgia needs a educated work force for the future!

In less than two weeks our NC State Board of Education will decide whether or not to make final approval for a new charter school named The Howard & Lillian Lee Scholars School in our district. This new charter will siphon away over $4.5 million dollars from our local public education budget that has already seen major reductions in the past few years. The profit will not go back into the community but into the coffers of a private for profit company, National Heritage Academies.

The amount of interest owed on student loans is unconscionable.

Canopy Oaks Elementary School and our other surrounding elementary schools are poised to graduate our 5th graders this year and a they are zoned to continue their middle school education at RAA Middle School. We also have families in our area who have sent their child out of the designated school zone, due to the lack of before and after school care on our area. Since middle school does not start accepting our children until 8:45am and most of us are working parents I have approached the Lake Jackson YMCA and asked that they provider before and after school care for our children. I choose the YMCA because their doors open at 5:30am and remain open to well after the work day is over. They are also a family oriented facility who already have an established child care room for parents who work out there.

Canopy Oaks Elementary School and our other surrounding elementary schools are poised to graduate our 5th graders this year and a they are zoned to continue their middle school eduation at RAA Middle School. We also have families in our area who have sent their child out of the designated school zone, due to the lack of before and after school care on our area. Since middle school does not start accepting our children until 8:45am and most of us are working parents I have approached the Lake Jackson YMCA and asked that they provider before and after school care for our children. I choose the YMCA because their doors open at 5:30am and remain open to well after the work day is over. They are also a family oriented facility who already have an established child care room for parents who work out there.

INDIANA PROFESSIONAL LICENSING AGENCY COSMETOLOGY & BARBERING BOARD CURRENTLY HAS 26 LICENSED REQUIRED OCCUPATIONS (MORE THAN EVERY INDIANA LICENSED PROFESSION IN THE ENTIRE AGENCY). MANY OF THESE 26 LICENSES ARE REDUNDENT, WHICH REQUIRES ACTIVE (VALID) AND CURRENT LICENSE HOLDERS TO REPEAT ENTIRE CURRICULIUM, INSTEAD OF TESTING, AND COMPLETING SPECIFIC OCCUPATION CURRICULIUM WHICH IS ACTUALLY NEEDED. HINDERED OCCUPATIONS WITH SIIMILIAR TRADE CURRICULIUMS: • COSMETOLOGY / BARBERING • INSTRUCTORS COSMO. / BARB. • PROVISIONAL / TEMPORARY (ALL OCCUPATIONS WITH PROVISIONAL AND TEMPORARY TERMS) • BARBER / COSM. SCHOOLS, SALON / SHOPS CAUSING LICENSED HOLDERS TO DELAY ADVANCEMENT, PASS OPPORTUNITIES, AVOID RETIREMENT, AND AVOID SHARING TRADE SECRETS WITH NEW INSPIRED STUDENTS AND MORE. LICENSE HOLDERS ARE FORCED TO SEEK UN-NECESSARY OPTIONS, WHILE REMAINING IN THEIR CURRENT OCCUPATIONS; ACHIEVING LIFETIME VISIONS GO UNATTENDED, TRUE EARNING POTENTIALS, AND WORST! UNABLE TO PROVIDE TRAINING FOR OTHERS OR CREATE NEW JOBS.