PSAT for 2-21-12: Do something!
Anger and action are cranked up to 11 on the volume control in preparation for tomorrow’s Chicago Board of Education vote on school closures and turnarounds.
Overnight camp outs.
School occupation.
Marches. Press conferences. Releasing new reports. Noble critiques. Call-ins.
You name it, folks in Chicago have done it – and mostly in the last week!
Enough already?
Nah.
Let’s crank it up a little more. So, for Public Schools Action Tuesday today, please DO SOMETHING!
-> Set your alarm for tomorrow’s Board meeting.
Come to CPS, 125 South Clark at 4 am–we need 40 people there—URGENT
6 am–Picket line begins. Teachers, plan to come before school. Other folks, come before work. Spread the word. Urge your colleagues and coworkers
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Parents 4 Teachers wants you to call CEO Brizard one more time.
Keep the pressure on today! Call CPS at 1-773-553-1500 and ask the board to halt the closings and turnarounds.
And please get TWO more friends, co-workers, family members to call today. Say which school your children attend when you call so we can show there is city-wide opposition to these school “actions.”
Please forward this to everyone you know who’s committed to working for quality schools for ALL Chicago children.
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Call or e-mail the members of the Illinois House Education Committee regarding HB 3239, the moratorium on CPS closures and turnarounds bill that will come before the committee on Friday. Details here.
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Spread the news on your networks about today’s Designs for Change report showing that LSC-led schools elementary outperform turnarounds: 33 LSC-led elementary schools serving 95% or more low-income students scored above the city wide average on state tests, while NO turnaround schools achieved that level. More here.
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From the SOS March:
Thank you to all who joined us for a very successful #SOSchat on Twitter last Tuesday! We’re committed to weekly #SOSchat’s and hope that you will join us today at 6 pm PDST – 9 pm EST to discuss the upcoming National Save Our Schools Convention and the national dialogue!
Please share on Facebook and Twitter! Invite your friends in all other listserves, etc. Follow me @GetUpStandUp2 and @SOSFlashMob on Twitter! Also follow @SOSMarch on Twitter! Find each other and tweet using #SOSchat hashtag ALL WEEK long to be able to easily connect on edreform topics and RT easily!
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Finally, because the fish rots from the top, please sign the “Dump Duncan” petition if you have not already done so!