I think Brian states very well why many of us from St. Paul will be at the rally. I think the reason why ed. finance is getting a lot of attention in and around St. Paul is that parents are tired of seeing the impacts of the drastic cuts on the schools and classrooms. And I also think it's the result of hard work by people like Brian, Jennifer Armstrong of NEAT, and the Parents United Network headed up by Mary Cecconi. A lot of really intelligent strategic work has been taking place, and let's hope that the $750 million education bill that Steve Kelley is co-sponsoring in the senate has some legs this session.
Tom Goldstein now in Hamline-Midway ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Joyce" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "St. Paul Issues Forum" <[email protected]>; "Tim Erickson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 5:21 PM Subject: Re: [StPaul] Rally for Public Education > > My name is Brian Joyce and I will be at the rally. I have volunteered in > St.Paul public schools and have seen first hand the damage to programs the > poorly thought out state funding has caused in our schools. Schools have > been scaling back staff and offerings for the past 4 years. > In the last 10 years real dollar increases to education K-12 have averaged > 1% at the same time inflation has been at a 3% average. Do the math (old or > new) and the schools come up short from one year to the next. > Our children are being cheated of the best education possible by a system > that says they can only have what we are willing to say we can afford. This > is a farce! The state constitution requires the funding of education and > transportation nothing else.Yet these are the two largest underfunded areas > in the state.It is time to put the money where it belongs! We do not have a > spending problem we have a cash flow problem we must raise taxes or at least > end the tax breaks recently enacted to ensure kids have a chance to succeed. > > Brian Joyce > West Side > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tim Erickson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "St. Paul Issues Forum" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 12:27 PM > Subject: Re: [StPaul] Rally for Public Education > > > > > > Is anyone else going to this Rally? > > > > If so why? > > > > I'm looking for some sense of what is happening on the ground in St. Paul, > > that has got people so interested in education finance! > > > > Tim Erickson > > Hamline Midway > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ------------------------------------------------- > > > > http://www.spps.org/Educational_Action_Network.html > > > > STATEWIDE RALLY > > For PUBLIC EDUCATION > > > > 5 p.m. Monday, February 28, 2005 > > State Capitol Building > > 75 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd > > Saint Paul, MN > > > > Entertainment begins at 4:00 p.m. > > Speakers and rally begin at 5:00 p.m. > > Dress for the weather > > > > ------------------------------------------------- > > JOIN the St. Paul Issues Forum TODAY: > > http://www.e-democracy.org/stpaul/ > > ------------------------------------------------- > > POST MESSAGES HERE: [email protected] > > > > To subscribe, modify subscription, or get your password - visit: > > http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/stpaul > > > > Archive Address: > > http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/private/stpaul/ > > > ------------------------------------------------- > JOIN the St. Paul Issues Forum TODAY: > http://www.e-democracy.org/stpaul/ > ------------------------------------------------- > POST MESSAGES HERE: [email protected] > > To subscribe, modify subscription, or get your password - visit: > http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/stpaul > > Archive Address: > http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/private/stpaul/ > ------------------------------------------------- JOIN the St. Paul Issues Forum TODAY: http://www.e-democracy.org/stpaul/ ------------------------------------------------- POST MESSAGES HERE: [email protected] To subscribe, modify subscription, or get your password - visit: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/stpaul Archive Address: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/private/stpaul/
