We are West Roxbury Student Government leaders and are asking that the School Committee, Mayor, and City Councilors amend the budget so that NO SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED! Here is why: -There is no public plan in place for how the buildings and schools will be used in the future -There was was no community process to identify the schools -Parents and students were not notified in a timely way -Parents who don’t speak English were given even less notice -Seats for selective application schools may already be filled or unavailable -Many of the students have already been displaced more than once -Students are not being given options that are equal or better than their current schools -The schools identified are not the poorest performing schools in the district -Perkins Pathways Program students will have no way to complete their programs -There is an ongoing investigation at the Office of Civil Rights regarding the discriminatory impact of school closings in 2010 -The savings is only $2.2 million in a $50 million deficit--the harm greatly outweighs the savings -This does not just impact the schools being closed, it will have a ripple effect of instability across the district Until there is a thoughtful, community-driven plan for all of the schools and buildings in the district, including a comprehensive facilities master plan, no schools should be closed.

We request that the decision made on March 5 to end the decades long tradition of graduation at Gordon be overturned. We ask the H-W school committee to adhere to its own stated core belief: engaged citizens of the 21st Century demonstrate respect for themselves, other people and their cultures…by exercising common sense as a good neighbor. For decades Gordon College has lent their venue to the neighboring school district to host Hamilton-Wenham High School graduation ceremonies. Some background: Since 1994, Gordon has provided use of AJ Chapel and our campus "at cost"-so that the school district has only paid for their police traffic detail and any out of pocket expenses (costs they'd incur even if they held the graduation at HW high school). They only use the facility-it's their ceremony, it's never been intended to imply some endorsement of Gordon and our mission, and our only intention as an institution has been to reflect Christ's teaching that we should love our neighbors as ourselves. As such, it has much symbolic value for our good relations with the communities with which we have co-existed for more than 50 years. On March 5th the School Committee held a meeting to decide the graduating venue for the 2015 ceremonies. In attendance were High School Seniors and Parents, and other members of the Hamilton Wenham community who presented overwhelming reasons why the relationship with Gordon should be maintained. Despite an overwhelming majority, the committee voted to move the graduation against the community's wishes. Please listen to the people. More info, video and written statements from the meeting at westandwithgordon.com

It should be the citizens decisions to change the make up of the local governing body. North Carolina senator Trudy Wade introduced a bill that would redrstrict the city council and take away the at large seats. This would reduce the individuals say in how the city works. We are a very diverse city and everyone deserves representation. If this happens to Greensboro, who is next? Chapel Hill? Asheville?

Public health officials have tied the rise in pertussis and measles to the lowering of the vaccination rate. If this trend continues, the immunity of the entire population is threatened (known as ‘herd immunity’). Dangerous communicable diseases will spread further, and will also affect people who have been vaccinated—those with weakened immune systems, the very young, the very old, and the like. This petition seeks to address falling vaccination rates by requiring all children to be vaccinated in order to attend Maryland schools unless they have a medical condition that precludes it. "The right to practice religion freely does not include liberty to expose the community or the child to communicable disease or the latter to ill health or death. Parents may be free to become martyrs themselves, but it does not follow that they are free, in identical circumstances, to make martyrs of their children." Justice Wiley B. Rutledge Prince v. Massachusetts

It is about a lack of due process that cruelly and unusually punishes children and families who have committed no crime. My own perfect son, Wayne Robert Wagatsuma was one of the 1,000 children killed in CPS service plans in 1988. I was forced to take my four year old son to a babysitter, by CPS, and he drowned on the first day of the forced activity.

This is just a short list of some of the reasons why Nevada county should take a step to better our community, like other CA counties have done: steep areas along the road are constantly eroding due lack of vegetation and root systems; mud washes into the roads and clogs drains, creating flooding in the road; mud and herbicides wash into our waterways polluting streams and rivers, hurting our fish population; areas are being sprayed that are mowed by locals, which is a waste of tax dollars and an unnecessary eye-sore; herbicides have known cancer-causing ingredients that can be inhaled by pregnant women and children passing by, and have been known to leach into well water.

The high rate of homelessness of families and others amidst the vast wealth in Silicon Valley, and caused by the influx of high-tech workers into Silicon Valley, needs to be addressed.

The City of Berkeley is now considering a proposal for a HUGE five story development between San Pablo Ave and 10th St and Cedar St and Jones St. The developer wants to build 170 units and has asked for numerous exemptions to the Berkeley zoning code. As proposed, the project would significantly alter and degrade the character of our neighborhood. Please make your voice heard on this important issue!

My son was ambush and murdered excecutioner style, by a Caucasian fourteen year old male. The case is being presented to the Grand Jury, on the " Stand Your Ground Law," which is biased against the life and protection of Minorities.

Boston Public Schools Interim SuperIntendent proposed to closed West Roxbury Academy without due process and proper justification for closure. This negatively impacts students in many ways. Many of the students have already been displaced more than once. Additionally, students were told that they would have free choice of any Boston Public School, yet are not being given options that are equal or better than their current schools. The proposed savings is only $2.2 million in a $1 billion budget--the harm greatly outweighs the savings. Lastly, this does not just impact the schools being closed, it will have a ripple effect of instability across the district and the city of Boston. Help us speak out about this injustice. At least present us with a plan of action, instead of taking actions without a plan or a Boston School Committee vote.

The President of the United States has the sole authority to negotiate agreements and treaties with foreign nations. In UNITED STATES v. CURTISS-WRIGHT EXPORT CORPORATION, 299 U.S. 304 (1936), Justice Sutherland, writing for the Court, observed, "[T]he President alone has the power to speak or listen as a representative of the nation. He makes treaties with the advice and consent of the Senate; but he alone negotiates. Into the field of negotiation the Senate cannot intrude; and Congress itself is powerless to invade it. If the Monica Lewinsky scandal falls under the umbrella of "high crimes and misdemeanors" the actions of these 47 members of Congress certainly do.

Senator Rubio should stop playing political games and confirm Loretta Lynch's nomination.