My son Silas has been physically assaulted by the same student twice this year. The school is aware of the issue and is not providing adequate action to make me feel like my children are safe on the bus. Upon sharing this with other parents I was made aware of many other situations that have occurred on the HES Buses that should not happen. Our kids deserve to be safe at school and on the buses.

This is to petition changes to the busing system in Orchard Park School District. Current policy is that the district will provide busing to and from a daycare facility within the boundaries of your child's elementary school. South Davis and Ellicott Elementary schools do not have a daycare facility within their busing boundaries. Thus we would like OP to provide busing for children from OP daycare centers to South Davis and Ellicott Elementary schools.

I am personally affected by this issue, given that I am a future educator and will surely be working with kids who have disabilities. This issue affects everyone because if we are not inclusive as a society we are missing out on different perspectives and experiences that people with disabilities bring to the table. I hope that by creating this petition the state of Texas will begin designing and redesigning play-spaces with all children in mind.

My son is a special education student at Niwot Elementary. The Special Education Facilitator helped him, and many other students, through the long and arduous process of getting an IEP (Individualized Education Plan). The Special Education Facilitator supports the school and special education team by working directly with children who are having behavioral and/or emotional struggles. The work of the Special Education Facilitator position is not going away, it is being pushed on to the remaining special education team who have their own responsibilities to attend to. This cut will have a huge impact on all students and staff at all SVVSD schools.

Since 2008, Arizona has cut almost $1 billion in education funding. Shortchanging Arizona’s children by nearly $1 billion has consequences: textbooks that are 25 years old, leaking roofs, class sizes as large as 40 students, outdated technology, and inadequate support staff to keep students safe and systems working. On April 26, tens of thousands of educators and other staff rallied at the state Capitol in Phoenix to demand that elected officials provide adequate funding for Arizona’s public schools. To restore those massive cuts and create a continuous revenue stream for funding public schools and educators’ salary hikes, the Arizona American Federation of Teachers recommends: • Support for the proposed ballot initiative that would allow voters to decide on increased revenue from high-income taxpayers. • Legislative rebalancing of the “three-legged stool” of state revenue—the income tax, property tax, and sales tax. • Closing tax loopholes and reviewing all tax giveaways to make sure the state is getting an adequate return on tax breaks and tax cuts. The additional revenue raised could be used to fix older school buildings and build new ones—and pay off the lawsuit that contends the state hasn’t provided the required money for school site maintenance; create curriculum that is aligned to the state standards, and provide classroom necessities ranging from modern technology to basic classroom supplies; provide 100 percent funding for all-day kindergarten and for pre-K programs; restore arts programs, alternative education programs for special education students and classes for gifted students; or, provide a salary increase for all school staff—teachers, paraprofessionals, custodians, secretaries and others.

This petition is to raise awareness for lunch shaming. We want to educate people on this topic so they can fully understand this issue and protect their children from this excruciating embarrassment. Lunch shaming is a process performed by nearly 50% of school districts in the US. It occurs when children with past-due or unpaid lunch bills are denied food, stamped with a note on their body, or are even publicly humiliated by having their lunch dumped in the trash in front of other students to send the message home to pay their lunch bill. Unfortunately, many children cannot afford to pay for lunch and often school lunch is the only meal these children will receive. Several states have enacted laws to protect children from lunch shaming and we want to do the same here in Colorado. Please help end lunch shaming by signing this petition today.

We, the band students at Rush City High School, believe that Mr. Boneske is a qualified and skilled teacher who has greatly improved our band program. Over the last year, we have grown to enjoy and appreciate his knowledge If he is terminated, the band program may suffer from lack of participants.

Having done research into area school districts, we find that Copley is the only school that requires the journaling aspect as part of the PE option.

We're interested in starting this petition because we felt that this would bring another opportunity to express yourself and add something to the culture, here, at Shadow Ridge. If we are allowed this opportunity, it will open doors and be something new, unique, and fun.

Many passionate teachers are losing their jobs over the cut of state funding. We need these electives and teachers to educate the future generations. These electives are needed because they educate students about future careers and lifetime skills.

Our Corvallis School District has adopted a sustainability policy, its own Sustainability Task Force has recommended establishing the Sustainability Coordinator position to implement the policy, and the Board has created a salary position for putting it in the upcoming 2018 budget. Now they can make great progress for sustainability in the district, putting legs on its policy, by funding the position. Testimony to the Budget Committee can be made on May 3rd.

Our Teachers and Support Staff deserve better pay. Our schools deserve better funding. The Community wants our District to support the Teacher Walkout. The Community insists that you not impose any disciplinary or punitive actions against our Teachers. We also know that you can and should maintain critical community services including food services to low-income families during the walkout. Don't make hostages out of those who can least afford to be punished.