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Uncharted Territory in Delaware County – Panel Discussion on
Implications of Rising Charter Enrollment in the Southeastern Pennsylvania
Suburbs
Thursday, March 15, 2018; 8:00 – 9:30 a.m. Penn Wood HS
Come out and lend your voice to the discussion!
PA race tighter-than-tight; Dem claims win, GOP hangs in
Inquirer by BILL
BARROW, MARC LEVY & STEVE PEOPLES, The Associated Press
Updated: MARCH 14, 2018 — 9:41 AM EDT
MT. LEBANON, Pa.
(AP) - A razor's edge separated Democrat Conor Lamb and Republican Rick Saccone
early Wednesday in their closely watched special election in Pennsylvania,
where a surprisingly strong bid by first-time candidate Lamb severely
tested Donald Trump's sway in a GOP stronghold. Lamb claimed victory
before exuberant supporters early Wednesday as the number of votes still to be
counted dwindled in a contest that has drawn national attention as a bellwether
for the midterm elections in November when the Republican Party's House and
Senate majorities are at risk.
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/congressional/20180314_ap_cf4d674c8a6943fa8980204ee94d6592.htmlGOP gearing up to challenge District 18 results, impound all voting machines used in special election
CHRIS POTTER Pittsburgh Post-Gazette cpotter@post-gazette.com MAR 14, 2018 11:25 AM
Republican officials are alleging voting irregularities in the District 18 special election, and say they plan to go to court seeking to impound all the voting machines used Tuesday. Democrat Conor Lamb of Mt. Lebanon holds a slim lead over Republican state Rep. Rick Saccone of Elizabeth Township. With a few absentee and provisional ballots still out, his lead is a few hundred votes out of more than 200,000 cast in the congressional district formerly held by Republican Tim Murphy. The seat had been safely Republican for more than a decade and national Republican organization spent millions supporting Mr. Saccone. But Mr. Lamb mounted a strong challenge and remained ahead in the vote count Wednesday morning. A Republican source familiar with the campaign said that the GOP planned to petition for the voting machines used in all four counties to be impounded, pending a recount.
http://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-nation/2018/03/14/GOP-to-challenge-District-13-results-seek-to-impound-all-voting-machines-used-in-special-election-pennsylvania-congress-rick-saccone-conor-lamb/stories/201803140110
5 takeaways on the western Pennsylvania special election results
Morning Call by Laura Olson Contact Reporter Washington Bureau March 14, 2018 5:00 a.m.
Hours after polls closed Tuesday night in western Pennsylvania’s special election, it appeared that Democrats had flipped their first congressional seat of what they hope will be a wild, wave election year. That result was not yet final: Democrat Conor Lamb led Republican Rick Saccone by 579 votes as Tuesday night bled into Wednesday morning. Candidates, supporters, reporters and politicos waited up for county election officials in the 18th Congressional District — which stretches from Pittsburgh’s southern suburbs to the state’s southwestern corner — to tally absentee ballots. Lamb declared victory early Wednesday morning, and Saccone announced he was not yet conceding. But several takeaways already were becoming clear:
http://www.mcall.com/news/nationworld/pennsylvania/capitol-ideas/mc-nws-5-takeaways-pa-18-special-election-20180314-story.html
Pennsylvania House Race, in a District Trump Won by 20 Points, Is Too Close to Call
New York Times By JONATHAN MARTIN and ALEXANDER BURNS MARCH 13, 2018
CANONSBURG, Pa. — The Democrat and Republican in a special House election in the heart of Pennsylvania’s Trump country were divided by a few hundred votes in a race that was too close to call early Wednesday — an ominous sign for Republicans in a district that Donald J. Trump won by nearly 20 percentage points. With 100 percent of votes counted, Conor Lamb, a Democrat, was clinging to a 579-vote lead over Rick Saccone, a Republican. But a few thousand absentee ballots had not yet been counted, suggesting that no winner would be declared until later in the day, at the earliest. And it was possible that a legal battle could ensue. Taking the stage to applause at 12:45 a.m., Mr. Lamb was introduced as “Congressman-elect” and exulted, “It took a little longer than we thought, but we did it!” House Democrats also did not wait for a final count to claim victory, and House Republicans were already talking about a legal challenge. Under Pennsylvania law, there is no automatic recount in such a race, no matter how close.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/13/us/politics/lamb-saccone-pennsylvania-election.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news
Area students walk out in protest of school gun violence
Trib Live by RENATTA SIGNORINI | Wednesday, March 14, 2018, 9:45 a.m.
High school students are protesting gun violence and showing support for improved school safety during walkouts locally and nationwide Wednesday morning. The organized walkouts may look different, but all are meant to honor the victims of the Feb. 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. Students in some school districts plan to leave class at 10 a.m. and stand in silence for 17 minutes, one minute for each victim of the Florida shooting. Tribune-Review reporters and photographers will be visiting the following high schools in Allegheny and Westmoreland counties and reporting on social media: Southmoreland, Greensburg Salem, Hempfield Area, Gateway, Penn Hills, Fox Chapel, Kiski Area, Highlands, Quaker Valley and Woodland Hills.
http://triblive.com/news/education/safety/13419965-74/area-students-walk-out-in-protest-of-school-gun-violence
Chanting 'Never again,' students in Lehigh Valley call for an end to school violence
Jacqueline Palochko, Sarah M. Wojcik, Carol Thompson and Michelle Merlin Contact Reporters Of The Morning Call March 14, 2018 10:00 a.m.
"These are people just like us." That’s what student Rachel Black said this morning at Freedom High School — one month after 17 student and staff were killed at a Florida high school. Freedom students were among hundreds in the Lehigh Valley who walked out today in a collective call to end gun violence on the one-month anniversary of the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. High school students from Catasauqua Area, Easton Area, Parkland, Emmaus, Nazareth Area, Pen Argyl, Quakertown and Liberty in Bethlehem also held events. Most school districts allowed the walkouts if they were done peacefully and did not disrupt education. Others worked with students to arrange indoor events that featured student speakers and moments of silence.
http://www.mcall.com/news/local/mc-nws-lehigh-valley-student-walkouts-20180314-story.html
National school walkout: Live updates from student protests in and around Philadelphia
by Joseph A. Gambardello, Staff Writer @jgambardello | jgambardello@phillynews.com Updated: MARCH 14, 2018 — 10:26 AM EDT
Students around the Philadelphia region are joining counterparts nationwide in a walkout to protest gun violence this morning, a month to the day 17 people were killed in a shooting at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. The #NationalSchoolWalkout officially began at 10 a.m. Organizers had called for the protests to last 17 minutes in honor of the Parkland victims, but some lasted longer than that.
http://www.philly.com/philly/education/national-high-school-walkout-gun-violence-march-14-philadelphia-students-updates-20180314.html
Philadelphia students to lead a march for school safety after national walkout
Students say they feel that 17 minutes isn't enough to explore the issues surrounding persistent urban gun violence.
The notebook March 13, 2018 — 2:31pm
This story has been updated.
The 17-minute national school walkout is about more than the massacre that took place in Parkland, Florida, high school a month ago, according to the walkout’s organizers in Philadelphia. It is also about the systemic forms of gun violence that disproportionately impact teens in black and brown communities, and “police brutality and militarized policing,” including the presence of police in schools. Students throughout the District will participate in the national walkout, but some feel 17 minutes aren’t enough to address gun violence and safety in urban schools. So after the national demonstration, the Philadelphia Student Union and JUNTOS are planning to continue to bring attention to the issue with the Student Vision for School Safety March. Other participants in the march include Tuff Girls, Get HYPE Philly, Vietlead, Asian Americans United, Parents United, the Caucus of Working Educators, Black Lives Matter Philly, the Office of Councilwoman Helen Gym, and State Rep. Vincent Hughes.
http://thenotebook.org/articles/2018/03/13/philadelphia-students-to-lead-a-march-for-school-safety-after-national-walkout
Philly students on school safety walkout: What took you so long?
WHYY By Dana DiFilippo March 14, 2018
In Philadelphia, the kids have been on fire for years. Walkouts are a student staple. Their fury over everything from budget cuts to overcrowded classrooms to teacher layoffs launches them out of their classrooms and into the streets with signs in their hands and chants on their lips. Violence is a constant theme: Students have held die-ins, boycotts, and marchesto demand an end to violence in their communities and at school, whether at the hands of police or others. Then came Parkland. A gunman shot 17 students and teachers to death at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, last month, a tragedy that sent students from the school into activism overdrive. Their contagious rage led students around the country to plan Wednesday’s National School Walkout, in which kids will leave class for 17 minutes — one minute for each Parkland death — to demand lawmakers do more to protect the nation from gun violence. For Philly kids, the activism ignited by the Parkland shooting is welcome — and long overdue. And that leaves many students with conflicted feelings about the walkout and the sudden avalanche of headlines about school safety.
https://whyy.org/articles/philly-students-school-safety-walkout-took-long/
Erie-area students set for walkouts, but not at Prep, Villa
GoErie By Ed Palattella Posted at 2:01 AM
Students at 2 Catholic high schools barred from participating and will attend a mandatory Mass instead. Students at Erie High School plan to walk outside. Students at Northwest Pennsylvania Collegiate Academy will gather in the auditorium, as will students at General McLane High School. And students at Villa Maria Academy and Cathedral Preparatory School will be inside attending a mandatory joint Mass. They will face discipline if they walk out. Schools throughout Erie County, like schools across the United States, are taking different approaches to Wednesday’s National School Walkout, in which students will leave class for 17 minutes, at 10 a.m., in remembrance of 17 people killed in the school shooting on Feb. 14 in Parkland, Florida. The walkout, which the Women’s March, a national group, organized, also has a political element, as some students have said they will use the opportunity to call for safer schools or gun control. The Women’s March reported that more than 2,850 schools had registered for the walkout as of Tuesday afternoon. Nearly all the public school districts in Erie County are allowing students to walk out, but requiring no students to do so. Even in the Corry Area School District, where Superintendent William Nichols said no students asked to participate, Nichols said the district would have allowed students to walk out if they chose to do so.
http://www.goerie.com/news/20180314/erie-area-students-set-for-walkouts-but-not-at-prep-villa
Who’s afraid of NRA now?
Times Tribune BY THE EDITORIAL BOARD / PUBLISHED: MARCH 14, 2018
Following the Feb. 14 mass murder at a Florida high school, President Donald Trumpproclaimed that he would demand “comprehensive” gun law reform from Congress. And he mocked members of Congress, including Republican Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania, as being “afraid” of the politically powerful National Rifle Association. Trump’s position seemed courageous indeed, since the NRA was responsible for about $30 million worth of support for his candidacy. Now, after meeting with an NRA emissary, Trump has backed away from his supposed gun-control agenda for want of political support. Who’s afraid of the NRA now? Not that what Trump originally had proposed was revolutionary. He actually supported, and still does, arming teachers. That’s what the NRA wants because it legitimizes the lobby’s position that only more guns will prevent gun violence. But Trump also advocated distinctly modest proposals such as raising the age for someone to buy a military-style semiautomatic weapon, and to upgrade the background check system.
http://thetimes-tribune.com/opinion/who-s-afraid-of-nra-now-1.2313400
Tell Pennsylvania legislators to seize the chance to enact gun safety laws | Editorial
by The Inquirer Editorial Board Updated: MARCH 13, 2018 — 3:01 AM EDT
As children across the country walk out of school Wednesday in a cry for gun safety, there is a sliver of hope that even Pennsylvania’s gun-controlled legislature sees the Feb. 14 slaughter of 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School as a call to action. Some states have already tuned up their gun laws. Florida raised its firearms purchase age from 18 to 21, banned bump stocks, and allowed some teachers to be armed. Oregon closed a loophole that had allowed convicted domestic abusers to own guns if they did not live with their victims. Pennsylvania House Judiciary Chairman Ron Marsico (R., Dauphin) is holding a series of meetings on gun legislation in April. By Pennsylvania’s low standards for gun control, these meetings are worth noting, because the House and Senate Judiciary Committees have long been burial grounds for gun safety legislation. In the Capitol, even seemingly innocuous bills that could save the lives of the vulnerable, like children and domestic abuse victims, get sent to judiciary committees, never to be heard from again.
http://www.philly.com/philly/opinion/editorials/tell-pennsylvania-legislators-to-seize-the-chance-to-enact-gun-safety-laws-editorial-20180314.html
Editorial: DeVos’ poor school choices affect PA public school success
THE PITT NEWS EDITORIAL BOARD March 14, 2018
Betsy DeVos said it herself — “We should be funding and investing in students.”
A student focus is certainly necessary, and the statement would have been fine on its own had she not followed it up with the ear-twinging modifier, “not in schools, school buildings, not in institutions, not in systems.” DeVos’s willingness to invest in students but not the institutions where they learn is a contradiction that raises serious concern. She plainly displayed her apathy and lack of knowledge on school choice — which is when a state uses tax dollars to fund students’ enrollment in a private school — and the public schools in her home state of Michigan during a “60 Minutes” interview Sunday. It’s not hard to criticize the choice of DeVos for secretary of education, as she never attended public school and sent all her children to private school as well. And her choices don’t help Pennsylvania’s education system, which is grappling with their own push to promote school choice. School boards across the state have voiced their opposition to a proposed senate bill in favor of school choice, which would affect schools in the lowest-performing 15 percent of Pennsylvania districts according to Pennsylvania System of School Assessment test scores. Students in these districts would take part in Education Savings Accounts, a name coined and proposed by Sen. John DiSanto, R-Dauphin. They would receive public funds — the exact amount the state would normally spend per pupil in a public school — to enroll in private school.
https://pittnews.com/article/128871/opinions/editorial-devos-poor-school-choices-affect-pa-public-school-success/
SB2: Waynesboro school board opposes tuition voucher legislation
Jennifer Fitch Mar 13, 2018 Updated 25 min ago
WAYNESBORO, Pa. — The Waynesboro Area School Board on Tuesday night voiced opposition to state legislation that would create education savings accounts that essentially are school tuition vouchers. Senate Bill 2 sponsored, in part, by Pennsylvania state Sen. John H. Eichelberger Jr., would establish a program designed to help students attending "low-achieving schools." Public-school districts would lose state funding when a student's family chooses to enroll him or her in a private school. The family would receive that amount — the district's average per-student cost — in a contribution coming from a state account. "Our state must provide students and parents living within the boundaries of underperforming schools with additional options to meet their educational needs. Please join us in co-sponsoring this very important legislation," according to a memorandum authored, in part, by Eichelberger, R-Blair/Cumberland/Franklin/Fulton /Huntingdon..Waynesboro Area School Board member Wendy Royer said she recently voiced her concerns to Eichelberger. While she believes there wouldn't be a big impact locally, she has concerns about school districts in more urban areas of the state. "Our perspective is we need to worry about public education," she said. The school board joined more than 100 other boards in passing a resolution opposing Senate Bill 2.
https://www.heraldmailmedia.com/news/tri_state/pennsylvania/waynesboro-school-board-opposes-tuition-voucher-legislation/article_7a531660-271e-11e8-a579-8fed19ad9ee3.html
Pa. suburban parents are in a child-care bind. What it says about society is not pretty.| Maria Panaritis
Inquirer by Maria Panaritis, Regional Columnist @panaritism | mpanaritis@phillynews.com Updated: MARCH 13, 2018 — 11:03 PM EDT
It shouldn’t be this hard keeping your kids alive while you and your spouse try to work.
Not in 2018, when two-income households are the necessary norm in even modestly middle-class communities. Not when you consider how today’s parents are steeped in stagnant wages and less economic security than their own parents were a generation ago, when Mom could stay home with the kids without sacrificing the mortgage along the way. And yet, there they were last month, biologist Samantha Soldan and advertising guy Christoper Hatton, mildly panicking on a Haverford Township train platform as the Center City-bound friends compared notes about news that had just been dumped into their respective families’ laps. Their 8-year-old sons, third-grade buddies at Chatham Park Elementary School, would no longer be welcome to spend afternoons there in the fall. The parents had paid thousands of dollars up till now to have their boys stay before or after school. But money would not fix this problem. Next fall, every after-hours child-care slot at nearly all of Haverford Township’s elementary schools had filled up just a few hours after registration began.
http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/maria-panaritis/aftercare-haverford-public-school-working-parents-maria-panaritis-20180314.html
“PENNSYLVANIA: SCOTT WAGNER
Wagner, an early favorite for the Republican nomination for governor, is a most strident critic of public schools. He supports bringing DeVos’s education agenda to Pennsylvania with a statewide voucher plan. In addition, Wagner wants to eliminate benefits that educators earn, including sick days. He plans to end pensions for working educators and wants retired educators to give back 10% of the retirement they earned. Wagner recently raised the ire of educators and parents when he said the state’s 14 state colleges will not be around in four years. “So, for those of you who think your school’s going to be around four years from now, it isn’t going to be around,” Wagner said.”
These 5 gubernatorial candidates mirror DeVos on taking funds from schools for vouchers
NEA Education Votes by Félix Pérez Posted March 4, 2018
Voucher advocates like Education Secretary Betsy DeVos like to dress up their proposal in lofty-sounding words such as “freedom” and “choice.” And just as a salesman whose product is perceived negatively, voucher proponents have sought to repackage their idea, sometimes as education saving accounts, education tax credits, personalized learning accounts or opportunity scholarships.
But whatever form they take or name they use, vouchers have the same results.
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They take scarce funding from public schools and
divert them to programs with little to no accountability, leading to the loss
of millions of dollars to private school operators who fraudulently
misrepresented enrollment data, failed to provide safe and academically
appropriate learning environments, and otherwise gamed the system for personal
profit.
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They do not improve student achievement; evaluations
of voucher programs in Milwaukee, Cleveland, and Washington, D.C., have all
found no statistically signicant differences in the academic achievement of
voucher students compared to public school students, and recent evaluations of
programs in Ohio, Indiana, and Louisiana revealed that voucher students scored
lower than their peers attending public school.
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Vouchers undermine student civil rights, including
the rights of students with disabilities. Private school students forfeit due
process and other rights guaranteed in public schools. Private schools can and
do discriminate by denying admission based on religion, sexual orientation,
citizenship status, English language proficiency and disability. Private
schools that enroll students with disabilities may decline to provide the services
or accommodations guaranteed to such students in public schools (or charge
parents extra for them), and may segregate children with special needs from
other children. Private schools may also suspend or expel students without due
process.
DeVos has pushed and funded campaigns for
vouchers for decades, most notably in her home state of Michigan. Her
missionary zeal and generous donations when she was chairwoman of the American
Federation for Children — a position she held immediately before her confirmation
as education secretary — led her to support voucher campaigns in other states
as well.DeVos’s dogged pursuit of public school funding for voucher schools has like-minded allies at the state level, five of who are running for governor in November. They are:
http://educationvotes.nea.org/2018/03/04/5-gubernatorial-candidates-mirror-devos-taking-funds-schools-vouchers/
Teacher accidentally fires gun and injures student during safety lesson
By Nicole Chavez and Cheri Mossburg, CNN Updated 10:26 AM ET, Wed March 14, 2018
(CNN)A teacher accidentally discharged a firearm while teaching a public safety class, injuring one student at a Northern California school on Tuesday, police said. Dennis Alexander, who is Seaside City's mayor pro tem and a reserve officer with the Sand City Police Department, was teaching a lesson at Seaside High School in Seaside, California when he pointed his gun into the ceiling and accidentally fired it, said Abdul Pridgen, the city's police chief. A 17-year-old student was injured by a bullet fragment or by debris that fell off the ceiling, Pridgen said. The student's injuries appeared superficial and were not life threatening, police said. Alexander has been placed on administrative leave from his teaching job, a spokesperson with the Monterey Peninsula Unified School District said.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/14/us/california-teacher-fires-gun/index.html
Stop this new Federal voucher program before it gets started.
Network for Public Education by Carol Burris March 13, 2018
We need you to stand up for public schools. Right now there are two voucher bills, both referred to as the Military Education Savings Accounts Act (HR 5199 / S. 2517) in the House and the Senate. Both bills would siphon off the Impact Aid public school districts get in order to fund an Education Savings Account (ESA) program that would allow some students to use a voucher to attend a private school. This bill will move quickly so send your email here today. Then please call your Senators and your House Member and let them know you are opposed to HR 5199 and S. 2517.
What is Impact Aid and which schools get it?
Impact Aid helps fund school districts that lose tax revenue because their district includes federally tax-exempt land such as military bases, Native American reservations, national parks or federal housing. As of 2016, Impact Aid provided funding for about 1,300 school districts that in total educate more than 11 million students. Reducing Impact Aid funding for public schools would strain districts with an already low level of local tax revenue–districts where the community already pays higher taxes because of untaxed federal land.
Would this program help most military families?
No.
Most military families are not wealthy enough to use it. The ESA they would get would be $2,500 although the average price of a year of private elementary school is $7,770, and the average annual cost of private high school is $13,030.
http://npeaction.org/2018/03/13/stop-new-federal-voucher-program-gets-started/
Your invitation to explore the new myPSBA
PSBA Website March 7, 2018
The new myPSBA member portal is now live! The new portal will be a one-stop shop for event registrations and will offer many of the same features of your favorite social media platforms, with online discussion groups where members can communicate on topics related to their position in the district. Members also can access PSBA's new online learning program for training anywhere at any time. To get your feet wet, we're offering three courses complimentary to members with access to the training portal (school directors, CSAs, board secretaries, business managers and like positions in CTCs and IUs) including:
Login information was sent to all members via email on March 7 and 8. Please check your spam filters for an email. To access the portal, go directly to www.myPSBA.org or click on the myPSBA icon in the upper right corner of any page of this website. Be sure to watch these two brief videos for a quick overview of myPSBA and the new online learning courses. We hope you enjoy myPSBA and take full advantage of this online resource. Login questions should be directed to myPSBA@psba.org.
https://www.psba.org/2018/03/mypsba-live/
2018 PSBA Advocacy Day April 16, 2018 Harrisburg
Join PSBA and your fellow school directors for the annual Advocacy Day on Monday, April 16, 2018, at the State Capitol in Harrisburg. PSBA is partnering with Pennsylvania Association of Intermediate Units to have a stronger voice for public education. Hear how advocacy makes a difference in the legislative process and the importance of public education advocacy. Government Affairs will take a deeper dive into the legislative priorities and will provide tips on how to be an effective public education advocate. There will be dedicated time for you and your fellow advocates to hit the halls to meet with your legislators on public education. This is your chance to share the importance of policy supporting public education and make your voice heard on the Hill. This event is free for members; registration is required.
Register online here: http://www.mypls.com/Default.aspx?tabid=3753
https://www.psba.org/event/2018-psba-advocacy-day/
Uncharted Territory in Delaware County – Panel Discussion on Implications of Rising Charter Enrollment in the Southeastern Pennsylvania Suburbs – Thursday, March 15, 2018; 8:00 – 9:30 a.m. Penn Wood HS
PCCY Website
Over 15,000 SEPA children attend charter schools ever year and the numbers are growing. On Thursday, March 15, 2018 from 8:00 – 9:30 a.m. @ Penn Wood High School, PCCY will host a panel featuring a Penn Wood student leader, Rep. James R. Santora, Sen. Anthony Williams, local school leadership, and experts from PCCY for a frank discussion on the rising impact of charter schools in Delaware County. The event will coincide with the release of PCCY’s new report on suburban charter schools in Delaware, Montgomery, Bucks, and Chester counties, “Uncharted Territory: The Implication of Rising Charter Enrollment in the Southeastern Pennsylvania Suburbs.” Come out and lend your voice to the discussion!
http://www.pccy.org/event/uncharted-territory-delaware-county-report-release/
NPE: Join us in a Day of Action April 20th to Stop Gun Violence in our Schools
Network for Public Education February 16, 2018 by Darcie Cimarusti
After the slaughter of students and staff in Parkland, Florida, the time for action has never been more urgent. The politicians sit on their hands as our children and their teachers are murdered in their schools. We will be silent no more! The failure to enact rational laws that bar access to guns designed for mass shootings is inexcusable. It is past time to speak out and act. Pledge your support to stop gun violence here. We call for mass action on April 20, the anniversary of the horrific shootings at Columbine High School. We urge teachers, families, students, administrators and every member of the community to engage in acts of protest in and around their schools. Create actions that work best in your community. Organize sit-ins, teach-ins, walkouts, marches–whatever you decide will show your school and community’s determination to keep our students safe. One elementary teacher suggested that teachers and parents link arms around the school to show their determination to protect children.
https://networkforpubliceducation.org/2018/02/join-us-day-action-stop-gun-violence-schools/
Registration is now open for the 2018 PASA Education Congress! State College, PA, March 19-20, 2018
Don't miss this marquee event for Pennsylvania school leaders at the Nittany Lion Inn, State College, PA, March 19-20, 2018.
Learn more by visiting http://www.pasa-net.org/2018edcongress
MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD! Join the PA Principals Association,
the PA Association of School Administrators and the PA Association of Rural and
Small Schools for PA Education Leaders Advocacy Day at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, June
19, 2018, at the Capitol in Harrisburg, PA.
A rally in support of public education and important
education issues will be held on the Main Rotunda Steps from 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.
Visits with legislators will be conducted earlier in the day. More information will be sent via email, shared in our publications and posted on our website closer to the event.
Visits with legislators will be conducted earlier in the day. More information will be sent via email, shared in our publications and posted on our website closer to the event.
To register, send an email to Dr. Joseph Clapper at clapper@paprincipals.org before Friday, June 8,
2018.
Click here to view the PA Education
Leaders Advocacy Day 2018 Save The Date Flyer (INCLUDES EVENT SCHEDULE AND
IMPORTANT ISSUES.)
SAVE THE DATE for the 2018 PA
Educational Leadership Summit - July 29-31 - State College, PA sponsored by the
PA Principals Association, PASA, PAMLE and PASCD.
This year's Summit will be held from July 29-31, 2018 at the Penn Stater
Conference Center Hotel, State College, PA.
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