[Durham INC] Fwd: Durham Year Round Schools At Risk for 2016

[Melissa Rooney]

See below. From my neighborhood listserv.
So sad what is happening to our state, particularly the state of NC public education.
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Melissa (Rooney)


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> To: "FairfieldNC at yahoogroups.com" <fairfieldnc at yahoogroups.com>
> Date: June 11, 2016 at 10:51:41 AM EDT
> Subject: [FairfieldNC] FW: Durham Year Round Schools At Risk for 2016
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> Hello Fairfield Families,
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> Forgive the forward of a mass email here, but I have seen this news on multiple online groups as of late last night and want to make sure I get the word out, as it affects many families in our neighborhood. The legislature has a proposal which would eliminate single track year-round schools, which would directly impact Pearsontown, Rogers Herr, a few others in Durham, and many other schools around the state. Listed below are ways you can communicate the impact such a change would make to these schools and the families who attend them. If you are not a PTown or RH family but are sympathetic, please feel free to do this as well. These schools are among the top performing schools in Durham, not to mention that any changes mere weeks before classes were meant to resume would create significant logistical challenges to everyone from the administrators and teachers to thousands of parents across the state having to rearrange work schedules and childcare arrangements on short notice.
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> Please make your voice heard if you feel this affects you and spread the word so that everyone has the change to make their voice heard on the matter.
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> Thanks!
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> From: jeffmaciver at gmail.com <mailto:jeffmaciver at gmail.com>
> Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2016 09:57:15 -0400
> Subject: Durham Year Round Schools At Risk for 2016
> To: 
> Hello fellow Pearsontown Pandas and R-H Rams,
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> Please forgive the mass emailing.  I've gone back through dozens of old emails, and rounded up all of the addresses I could find to get the word out on this issue.  Subtlety is not my strongest suit.
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> I'm writing to ask you to contact the five people below directly to ask them to oppose, and vote against, any measure or bill that would *eliminate* the year-round track for schools like Pearsontown and Rogers-Herr.  Get in touch with Chad, Jerry, Mike, Floyd, and Bill...and let them know that you do not want the year-round track eliminated.  
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> The Pearsontown PTA suggests (respectfully) contacting the following representatives: 
> Chad.Barefoot at ncleg.net <mailto:Chad.Barefoot at ncleg.net>, Jerry.Tillman at ncleg.net <mailto:Jerry.Tillman at ncleg.net>, Mike.Woodard at ncleg.net <mailto:Mike.Woodard at ncleg.net>,Floyd.McKissick at ncleg.net <mailto:Floyd.McKissick at ncleg.net> 
> Phil.Berger at ncleg.net <mailto:Phil.Berger at ncleg.net>
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> I've included more thorough information from one of my neighbors below as well. 
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> Thanks for your time,
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> Jeff MacIver
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> "The state's budget bill currently being negotiated includes a provision that would eliminate "single track" year round schools like Pearsontown, Easley and Rogers-Herr (as well as others throughout the state). 
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> DPS announced their opposition to this change in part because it would be logistically impossible to effectively implement before the July start of the new school year (not to mention the burden imposed on parents): 
> "A provision in the state Senate’s budget would have a huge impact on DPS’s year-round schools if the state House agrees to it. Only “multi-track” year-round schools such as those in Wake County, which serve additional students on a rotating schedule, would be allowed to continue to operate on a year-round calendar according to the Senate budget. This would affect Pearsontown Elementary, Easley Elementary, Rogers-Herr Middle, and The School for Creative Studies for the upcoming school year. 
> DPS and our school board oppose this change and the serious inconveniences it would place on our families, to say nothing of the upheaval it would cause our schools. Please share your concerns with your legislators in the House and Senate; you can find their contact information at the link below." 
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> The Pearsontown PTA suggests (respectfully) contacting the following representatives: 
> Chad.Barefoot at ncleg.net <mailto:Chad.Barefoot at ncleg.net>, Jerry.Tillman at ncleg.net <mailto:Jerry.Tillman at ncleg.net>, Mike.Woodard at ncleg.net <mailto:Mike.Woodard at ncleg.net>,Floyd.McKissick at ncleg.net <mailto:Floyd.McKissick at ncleg.net> 
> Phil.Berger at ncleg.net <mailto:Phil.Berger at ncleg.net>  "
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