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Sarah Mason, Senator Simitian’s Office at (916) 651-4011
Naomi Hunter, Redwood City School District at (650) 423-2282
WHAT:
Students, parents, teachers and officials of the Redwood City School District will present Senator Joe Simitian (D-Palo Alto) with ten boxes full of their letters and artwork expressing concern about proposed budget cuts to education. Simitian plans to personally deliver the letters to Governor Schwarzenegger when he is in Sacramento on Monday.
The Governor proposed over $4 billion in cuts to education that will directly affect programs in the district. Simitian has deep concerns about the impact cuts will have on the quality of education. “The current generation of students can’t afford further cuts. We need to do right by our kids and we need to do it now,” Simitian said.
The pleas to preserve education funding were collected from students at Adelante, Clifford, Roy Cloud, Fair Oaks, John Gill, Hawes, Henry Ford, Hoover, Kennedy, McKinley, North Star, Orion, Roosevelt, Selby Lane, and Taft Schools in the district.
WHEN:
Friday, May 9, 2008 – 11:00 am
WHERE:
Hoover School
701 Charter Street
Redwood City, CA 94063
PARTICIPANTS:
State Senator Joe Simitian
Jan Christensen, Superintendent, Redwood City School District
Jo-Ann Sockolov, Clifford School Parents Club President
School Board Members, Redwood City School District
Hoover school students
For more information, please visit http://www.senatorsimitian.com .