It is extremely important that we get as many people as possible to show up in a WHITE SHIRT AND SIT TOGETHER AS ONE GROUP to show we are against reopening feeder alignments and boundaries. Therefore, please inform others by passing along this email.

 

WHAT IS HAPPENING?

In case you are not aware, it appears that a majority of the current PISD Board of Trustees wants to reopen the school feeder alignments/boundaries issue that was last voted on and finalized by previous Board members in December 2009. This issue of reopening the school feeder alignments/boundaries was brought up for a vote at the last board meeting on August 2^nd, at which time it was tabled for further discussion at the Board’s next Work Session; which is scheduled to occur this coming Tuesday, August 16^th, at 6:00 PM.

 

HOW WILL THIS IMPACT ME AND/OR MY CHILDREN?

If the Board votes to reopen this issue at their next scheduled Board Meeting on September 6^th, then everything could be on the table. School boundaries could be redrawn, feeder patterns could change, and school closures could be discussed. The negative consequences of such changes would be felt across the entire district - from our senior high schools all the way down to and throughout our elementary schools.

 

WHAT CAN WE DO?

We are forming “SAVE ALL OF PISD”, a coalition of concerned parents, students and citizens throughout the entire district that share the common fundamental principal of not wanting to see this issue needlessly readdressed by the Board. We prefer to have the Board focus the Administration’s energies and resources on other, more important issues, such as addressing the budget deficit, declining student test scores and lower school rankings. We want to see the Board focusing on moving the district forward in order to continue to improve and evolve PISD so that it will always be recognized as a first class educational system - not looking back and changing things in order to satisfy a small group of constituents at the sacrifice of all others in PISD.

 

To maximize effectiveness, we need to form a very large base of people that collectively communicates to the Board our desire to leave all our schools, feeder alignments and boundaries alone. Our current goal is to convince the Board members to vote “NO” to reopening this issue at their September 6^th Board Meeting.

 

WHAT CAN YOU DO?

Join our SAVE ALL OF PISD coalition and take an active role by informing others you know by passing along this email and participating in our courses of action.

 

1^st Action – Attend the upcoming board work session on Tuesday, August 16^th at 6:00PM at the Sockwell Center and wearing a WHITE SHIRT in order to illustrate that you are against reopening this issue. It is important to have many people show up as possible and all sit together in order make the Board clearly understand that the majority of the PISD community does not want this issue reopened.

 

IMPORTANT NOTE: The Work Session is not open for public speaking. Everyone needs to be quiet during the meeting and conduct themselves in a respectable fashion. This means that there cannot be clapping, shouting, moaning or other verbal and non-verbal communication from the audience. We want our group to be taken very seriously, and any misconduct would be damaging to our cause.

 

After the meeting, anyone can speak to a Board member. Therefore, it is encouraged that you stay for the entire meeting and speak to a Board member informing him/her of your concerns and encourage them to vote “NO” to reopening this issue at their September 6^th Board Meeting.

 

2^nd Action – Mark your calendars now to plan on attending the Board Meeting on September the 6^th at 7:00 PM in your white shirts. We need to have as large a group as possible show up to attend this meeting as well. So make plans to attend now.

 

WHAT’S NEXT?

Stay tuned…more will be forthcoming from SAVE ALL OF PISD. We are in the process of launching the WWW.SAVEALLOFPISD.ORG website, along with a Facebook page and Twitter account where we will be providing you with more information, as well as announcing future actions that we will need your assistance and support. It is important that the entire community works together in order to achieve our common goal.