Recently, the Tumwater School District decided to change the starting and ending time of Tumwater Hill Elementary School, our local school, with no input from parents of students! The newly imposed times will be changed from 9:05 a.m. to 3:35 p.m. currently, to 9:25 a.m. through 3:55 p.m. in the 2017-2018 school year. Current run-time for the school ensures our children will not be coming home in the dark - with the new start-up time, our children will be “in the dark” for much of the year, creating difficulties for many, safety problems for young students, and justifiable concern for parents. How will this impact students who ride the bus and arrive at the stop at 4:30 when is it completely dark? So far, the only “reason” District officials have provided concern the “efficiency” of the transportation division’s operation! No mention about how this will impact our local school community - indeed, Tumwater Hill Elementary is the only elementary school facing this imposition from the District administration of a late start of 9:25. No surveys of parents; no meetings for public input on the matter; no academic improvement or performance issues were raised. So the question is: just how will this help our children? Parents need to be involved in this kind of decision making! It is important that the families of students have a “hand” on that clock so their needs are being met through reasonable and appropriate hours and that any contemplated changes are related to the well-being of our children - both in their academic performance and their overall health and safety. Let’s work together on this - I’d like to hear what you think and ask that we, as parents, discuss the change before it goes forward. The next school board meeting is June 15.

I am starting this petition because I am enrolled in the program and I know many nonprofit workers who are also enrolled. It will be much harder for us to pursue our financial goals without this program.

My son is one of hundreds of thousands of students who was left unable to read in our public school system. Hours of time were spent working with school districts; advocating for training teachers in structured literacy approaches - without this, my son would not have learned how to read. Ensure all children learn how to read in our state public schools - sign this petition for the first step. Hundreds and thousands of children across NYS and nationally go through school without learning how to read. It is a social injustice and is completely preventable. http://www.dyslexiaonlongislandny.org

Trump’s education budget hurts students, borrowers and their families, here's how: ✖︎ ENDS the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program designed to promote the careers that benefit our communities most. ✖︎ CUTS $200 billion from student aid programs over the next decade. ✖︎ ELIMINATES subsidized loans that keep interest costs down. ✖︎ REPLACES all income-driven repayment programs with a new program, created by Trump, that significantly increases costs for graduate students. The Trump-DeVos budget is the final nail in the coffin for current, former and future students. Since Trump appointed Betsy DeVos to lead the Education Department, the two billionaires have unleashed a destructive student loan agenda that harms families across the country.

As someone enrolled in both income-based loan repayment and the PSLF, my financial sustainability - and that of hundreds of thousands of other former students - is in jeopardy. Please join me in honoring public-service jobs, standing up for students, and bringing attention to this critical program. (To learn more, please visit http://studentdebtcrisis.org/trump-education-budget-eliminates-student-loan-programs/.)

I am an educator who is passionate about education, equity, students and families, and the good of our interconnected country.

An alumnus who supports the separation of church and state and is concerned about the "optics" of having the President or VP be the commencement speaker at a faith- based school. Example: Trump at Liberty University last weekend.

In an effort to avoid dealing with the problem of lunch shaming in Pawtucket schools, Pawtucket School Superintendent has lied, intimidated and ignored the concerns of Pawtucket school parents. Our children's well-being should be the Superintendent's first priority, not protecting herself from being accountable to students and parents.

Because Edison Jackson abused his position by going against the will of the students and Alumni and by ruining what should have been a special day for students and their loved ones for greed and political gain.

I am starting this petition because I am disgusted that there is even a thing called lunch shaming and that it has gone on for so long! This practice must not be allowed to continue in Pawtucket schools.

Kelly Gonez is running for school board and one of Trump’s biggest backers in California along with a host of billionaires are pumping money into his campaign. In fact Hedge Clippers, a group dedicated to tracking Wall Street influence and donations, just release a report about how much Wall Street money is flowing into the school board race As a teacher in this district, I’m horrified that these billionaire special interest groups are influencing this election. These are people who’ve never sent their kids to our schools, but because they have so much money, they get to come in and try to confuse the voters about who supports public education. In addition to one of Trump’s top donors in CA, Gonez' donors include a board member for the right-wing Cato Institute who used to help fund a Betsy DeVos’ linked anti-public education PAC. From the Walmart heirs, to New York finance billionaires, people who’ve never been to our schools are trying to influence the election. These are people who want to bring the DeVos and Trump agenda to California. The Trump/DeVos/Gonez agenda would undermine public education here in LA. These types of extremists don’t belong in LA politics. What’s worse is some of these are direct contributions that Gonez can give back. Others are dark money, funneled through PACS and associations. Kelly Gonez needs to reject this money. Any direct contributions she should publicly return and she should publicly condemn any independent spending by any special interest billionaires. Their money is poisoning Los Angeles and our country. Join me in calling on Gonez to stop the dirty attacks funded by the billionaire and run a clean race. It’s what the voters of LA deserve.

The strength of our country depends on the vitality of our public education system. For many Americans the best and sometimes only path to social mobility is through the local public schools.