$95 million shortfall. Does this figure grab your attention yet? It is time for YOU to get involved and be an advocate for our area
youth. They are our future and the start
we provide for them will dictate the potential level of success we will have in
our future.
The Miami-Dade County School Board invites you to a School Budget Town
Hall Meeting, seeking input for the 2012-12 budget. This meeting will be held this coming Monday,
June 11, 2012, beginning at 6:00 PM. Click the photo to view the photo
invitation. Information concerning parking
is contained in the invite.
It is time for all parents and those concerned about the quality of
education to get involved. The invitation
warns that our local public schools face a $95 million shortfall, due to still
depressed property values. Even with the
so-called increase in funding from Tallahassee.
Tough choices need to be made.
If you go:
Date: Monday,
June 11, 2012
Time: 6 PM
Where: MDCSB Administration Building, first Floor Auditorium
1450 N.E. Second Avenue
Miami,
FL 33132
Please note that seating is limited.
The meeting will be televised live on WLRN Channel 17 and webcast at
www.dadeschools.net
Parents of public school students should consider the importance of
this issue to their future, the future of the children they are raising, before
they vote. Cut through the sound bites and
political party rhetoric at election time.
Expect a direct answer to the question: “what specifically have you done
to improve our public education for our children. How have YOU voted on funding
for our public schools?”
An anonymous commenting on a prior post (Saturday, July 30, 2011, Thegovernor and his gang have Florida's public schools in their sights |jacksonville.com) rephrased the question as follows:
The US used to value public education. Education is what helps move people up in economic class and community prosperity. I would guess that we are the only civilized society with a functioning public school system where parents and teachers actually have to reach into their own pockets in order to have basic supplies in the classroom.
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