Bring everybody. We must stop the treasonous school board from voting for more budget cuts
Pete Farruggio, PhD Associate Professor, Bilingual Education (retired) University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
No business as usual.
Today at 3pm the community will be joined by OEA
in picketing the school board meeting. This is our chance to
demand no business as usual. Our school board and
superintendent must settle a fair contract with our teachers
and answer serious questions about the budget before they hold
any more meetings. At this meeting the school board is
planning on voting to cut $3M directly from our school and
layoff nearly 150 central staff. We need an all out effort to
shut it down.
We will start the picket lines at 3pm. Our goal
is to not have the school board cross our picket lines. A
prayer vigil is scheduled for 5pm and a community/OEA press
briefing at 5:30.
If the school board decides to cross our picket,
many of us are prepared to shut the meeting down and hold the
space as long as we can.
We are expecting a big turnout but we need your
help inviting your networks to join us. It’s time to send the
school board a clear message.
Join the community picket line 3-6pm at
Wednesday’s school board meeting. No business as usual. The
school board can not be allowed to convene and vote on budget
issues while the teachers are on strike. Join us.
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