Crisis in the PCSSD

5 Apr

A song, by the Violent Femmes, about people who have a severe credibility gap.

A credibility gap can be created by many things. A “fiscal distress” claim about a school district that projects an ending fund balance of over $26 million dollars, for the current year, is DEFINITELY one such thing!

It’s time to tell the truth.

5 Apr

18 Mar

#HB1770 is now before the #Arkansas #Senate #Education Committee. Please help defeat this bad bill!

If you’ve already e-mailed members of the Senate Education Committee to ask them to vote against HB1770, thank you! If you’ve signed the petition about it, thank you! Can more be done? YES — you can call them! Here are their phone numbers.

Sen. Jason Rapert, 501-336-0918

Sen. Joyce Elliott, 501-603-9546

Sen. Alan Clark, 501-262-3360

Sen. Johnny Key, 870-425-5200

Sen. Uvalde Lindsey, 479-444-6752

Sen. Jim Hendren, 479-787-6222

Sen. Eddie Cheatham, 870-364-5659

Sen. Bruce Holland, 479-996-0977

General number for the Arkansas Senate: 501-682-2902

Link to petition (for those who haven’t already signed): http://www.change.org/petitions/the-arkansas-state-senate-vote-no-on-hb-1770

Arkansas schools need local control, NOT more years of state control!

16 Mar

PETITION to the ARKANSAS SENATE re: HB1770

Urgent short-term petition. HB 1770 threatens to lengthen state control of school districts from two years to five, and could become law this week. Please sign this now, and share it with everyone you know.

9 Mar

You may contact your lawmakers at www.aeaonline.org — look for “quick links we like” on the right side, enter address, find state rep. and state senator, and tell both to vote NO on HB 1770.