Friends at Becker have put together a site to facilitate submitting ideas for alternatives to the proposals being offered by the task force. You can visit the site and vote on all of the ideas so far, or submit your own!
http://www.saveaisdschools.org/
WHEN: April 22 , 11:00am – 12:30pm WHERE: All Along Congress Avenue WHAT: Help create a strong visual show of support for public education on the “Main Street of Texas.” Wear red, bring a sign, and join Save Texas Schools as they line both sides of Congress Avenue all the way from the Colorado River [...]
WHEN: April 27; 6pm – 8:10pm WHERE: Space 12, 3121 E. 12th Street WHAT: The Coalition to Save Austin Urban Schools is hosting an education forum with city council candidates for the upcoming election. It’s a chance to hear their views on educational issues, the relationship between community & school, and the current funding situation. [...]
Congressman Lloyd Doggett has written a letter urging the public to pressure Governor Perry and demand that federal education dollars be used to fund schools. This disappointing, but not surprising, repeal of the “Save Our Schools” provision should serve as another call to action for Texas families fighting for the best public education for our [...]
Catherine Dadey’s testimony to the House Public Education Committee on April 5 has been posted online. Austin’s school board and the voting community have made choices regarding our tax effort and funding education. We chose to tax higher than other districts to keep class sizes low. We chose not to offer optional homestead exemptions. Like districts [...]
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Karen
861 days ago
This may be a long shot, but here goes! What if the District had a fundraiser? They could hold a Marathon/Half Marathon, once a year, showcasing different neighborhoods in the community. This is a city that LOVES to run, including me. I would do it!
Daniel
861 days ago
I think that’s a agreat idea.
Yvonne Darrah Steckel
851 days ago
1. Austin ISD should reduce all salaries above $80,000 by 10%. This would save $4.5 – 5 million and keep more teacher positions off the chopping block. This is the kind of strategy high quality private employers used when the economy went down.
2. Magnets should receive the same amount of cuts as everyone else. In the budget proposed last night, magnets get to add back 30% of all teachers eliminated from their campuses.
3. Transportation to magnet schools should by eliminated or provided only for low socio-economic magnet students. Somehow that isn’t in the budget cuts anymore.