LET YOUR VOICES BE HEARD! JOIN THE MARCH AT CITY HALL ON THURS., FEB. 14

Your voices must be heard – it’s the only way to make a change! The school budget cuts are unfair and harmful to our children. They must be stopped, especially in light of recent news articles highlighting the waste at the Department of Education (DOE) with its practice of no-bid contracts, including $80 million spent on practice tests; its recent increase in the number of central employees; and its inflated salaries for many of its top executives (New York Sun, February 8-10, 2008; Daily News, December 18, 2007). PLEASE take a minute to call or email, and, if you can, join parents, students and administrators citywide for a march on the Department of Education to demand a restoration of the cut funds.

The march will take place on Thursday, February 14, at 4:00 PM at DOE headquarters, Tweed Courthouse Building, 52 Chambers Street, New York, NY – just north of City Hall. For more information read Inside Schools, NY Sun and New York Post.

Email public officials to make your views known: Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Schools Chancellor Joel Klein, City Councilman Bill de Blasio, City Council member David Yassky,Council Member Robert Jackson, Chair of the Council’s Education Committee; and City Council Speaker, Christine Quinn.