Friday, March 11, 2011

Legislative Update: Town Hall meetings Saturday, a look ahead to the coming week

Just a friendly reminder that many legislators are holding town hall meetings tomorrow in their communities and they want to hear from you. These events offer a prime opportunity to let legislators know about the good things going on in your school districts and what the consequences of funding cuts will be to students, staff, and operations.

Some legislators have already held “tele-town hall meetings,” which are open to all voters in the legislative district and take place only over the phone, and others have held their meetings. So if you don’t see your legislator listed in our summary, please check his or her web site – it’s possible the event has passed.

Since many school boards are making decisions about how to weather the cuts to this current school year, that’s a good place to start the conversation.

Read the full update.