Before Lacey Elementary opened, Watson was one of the district’s larger elementary schools. The community deserves transparency about how the district expected Lacey’s opening and its attendance boundaries to affect Watson. 1. When the district established Lacey Elementary’s attendance zone, what enrollment impact did it project for Watson Elementary? 2. Watson has reportedly lost more than 100 students since Lacey opened. Did the district anticipate a decline of this magnitude? 3. How many students were reassigned from Watson to Lacey—or to another school—because of attendance-zone changes? 4. How much of Watson’s enrollment decline resulted from district decisions regarding school boundaries, rather than families independently choosing to leave Watson? 5. If the district’s own boundary decisions contributed substantially to Watson’s enrollment decline, how is it fair to use that decline as a justification for closing the school? Watson should not be penalized for an enrollment decline created or accelerated by district decisions. Before any closure recommendation moves forward, the district must release the enrollment projections, attendance-zone maps, student reassignment data, and impact analyses used when Lacey Elementary was opened. Our families deserve the full story. Keep Watson Elementary open and invest in the students, programs, educators, and multilingual families who make this school an essential part of our community. Watson is a community school and the first dual language school in the district. 

Public schools are a cornerstone of our democracy. When decisions are made by politicians and technocrats rather than by communities, education ceases to serve the public good and erodes public trust. Recent communication from the Delaware Department of Education on social media indicates that it is heading down the same road as in the past, trying to manage and fix education without engaging in  meaningful, substantive conversations with educators, students, parents and community members. We cannot afford to waste more time on efficiency, management and deficit ideology. That top-down management-driven approach did not produce the transformation that Delaware was promised during the Race to the Top Initiative of the past sixteen years, and it will not work now. Instead, we need the DDOE to make a strong commitment to democratic processes, shared decision-making and relationship building.  Please read and sign this petition from Public School Strong Delaware. 

Disability rights are civil rights. Students with disabilities should not have to wait another generation for Congress to fulfill a promise that was made decades ago. Fully funding IDEA would improve outcomes for students with disabilities, strengthen public schools for all students, and honor the federal commitment made to millions of children and families.

America 433+  is a national public education campaign and civic call to action responding to the growing attack, erasure, and distortion of our shared American story. Our national parks are more than landscapes. They are places where people learn who we are, where we have been, and what we owe future generations. At the core of the mission of our nation’s 433 parks (and growing)  is the preservation of the histories, cultures, knowledge, and natural resources that belong to all of us. Tell Congress: stop the censorship in our 433+ national parks and defend the public servants who protect them.  The National Park Service was created by law in 1916 with a mission to steward and protect our nation's scenery, wildlife, natural resources, and historic treasures while ensuring they remain unimpaired for future generations. That mission remains as urgent today as ever. Across the country, we are witnessing efforts to remove, suppress, alter, or diminish access to public history, scientific knowledge, Indigenous perspectives, and cultural interpretation. At the same time, chronic understaffing, resource shortages, and attacks on public institutions threaten the ability of our parks to fulfill their public mission. America 433+ believes that public lands and institutions should tell the fullest story of this country. Protecting our parks means protecting public memory, scientific integrity, democratic access to knowledge, and the fullness of the American experience.

As you well know, Colorado does not fund its pubilc schools adequately.  In fact, the Adams 12 School District has faced tough budgets year after year -- including a loss of $493 million in funding from 2009-2024 because of the Budget Stabilization Factor. Without a major change in Colorado's fiscal situation, it will be even worse next year. But in the midst of this urgency there is great opportunity.  If Colorado voters pass two ballot measures – Cut the Ropes (SB26-135) and Protect Colorado's Future (Initiative 195) – today's elementary students could actually graduate from fully funded high schools. • "Cut the Ropes" will raise the current state spending limit, allowing our state to use the money it already collects for K-12 schools without raising taxes for anyone. • Protect Colorado's Future will increase funding for public schools by at least $700 million annually, including $27 million for Adams 12, by creating a graduated income tax that lowers taxes for 99.7% of Adams County taxpayers. As our elected officials, you have the opportunity to take a critcal leadership role in making sure these measures are both on the ballot and that they will both pass. We ask you to endorse both measures as soon as possible to send a message to the Adams 12 and Colorado community: fully funded public schools that meet the needs of every student are within Colorado's reach, even giving tax cuts to over 97% of Colorado taxpayers.  We just need the courage to choose that path.

As our elected officials, you have the opportunity to take a critcal leadership role in making sure Initiative 195 qualifies for the ballot and passes in November. The undersigned community members ask you to endorse Initiative 195 as soon as possible to send a message to the Greeley/Evans and Colorado community: a more fair tax system and fully funded public schools that meet the needs of every student are within Colorado's reach.  We just need the courage to choose that path.

The undersigned respectfully urge the Adams 12 Five-Star District School Board to pass a resolution endorsing these two measures.

It is more important than ever to call on the federal government to fulfill promises made long ago to fully fund Title I and IDEA. It is equally important to call on our state legislators to provide adequate and equitable state funding. By having Senators, Members of Congress, and school boards across the country pass resolutions supporting these efforts, we can galvanize this moment to shed light on the critical funding needs in our public schools. To take further action, i.e. call or email your legislation please use this link from Alliance to Reclaim our Schools: https://reclaimourschools.org/take-action

95% of children in Arkansas attend public schools. The siphoning of funds towards private and home schools for a small percentage of students will cause irreparable harm to public schools. Public taxpayer money belongs in public schools.  The primary stated goal was to help low income students, regardless of zip code, to attend private schools. This has not happened.  Public schools provide a wide array of activities and services for all students. When funding is reduced, public schools are forced to cut programs and staff. Small rural schools are especially vulnerable. Art, music, foreign languages, and other important elective classes are usually the first to be cut. These are some of the very programs that students need to build self esteem and to stimulate interest and brain growth. 

We need to let Arkansas leaders know that this is unacceptable.  Sign this petition, or email or call your local and state representatives.   

This federal private school voucher tax credit is just the latest attempt to splinter our community and erode the democratic foundation of public schooling. Este crédito fiscal federal para cupones escolares privados es solo el último intento de dividir a nuestra comunidad y erosionar la base democrática de la educación pública.

While nominally honoring diversity, the district is alienating families with LGBTQ+ children or family members.    These books are not required reading, but can be selected.  Those who do not approve do not have to read them.   Banning books violates first amendment rights.