[Durham INC] Fw: DPS budget meeting TONIGHT -- email/call this afternoon...

Thu May 12 11:23:35 EDT 2011

Please see below. I am told that the school board and budget advisory committee 
found some short-term bandaids at their meeting last night, but that even if 
these are implemented 74 positions are still on the chopping block.

For the sake of all of DPS, from every angle, any positions cut must include 
central admin positions (not just locations) or the rift b/w parents/teachers 
and central admin will only grow larger. Everyone must share the burden ... we 
are all in this together -- or are we?

Please write the school board and Dr. Becoats and insist that every level of DPS 
share in what is sure to be a recurring burden for many years to come.

Melissa (Rooney)

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Subject: Activist Alert - Take Action Today for Durham's Children, CAN Update & 
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   Activist Alert- May 11, 2011

Vote Tonight - Call or Email School Board TODAY! 
PA is a member of Stand Up Durham. We are urging everyone to call or email a 
member of the school board prior to their vote on the budget this Thursday, May 
12th.  The budget proposed by Superintendent Becoatswould cut 117 positions from 
DPS. Join PA and the Stand Up Durham coalition at the school board meeting 
TONIGHT at 6 PM at 511 Cleveland St. (Meeting starts at 6:30).
———————————————————————————————————————————————. As we’re sure you know already, 
stakes are high for public schools in North Carolina. The state government is 
proposing drastic cuts to our schools, and many are worried that we’ll never be 
able to recover. We cannot continue to stand by and let our children’s futures 
be jeopardized. We cannot continue to stand by and let our dedicated school 
workers take the hit for policies that take money from the things we need and 
give it to the wealthy.

Stand Up Durham is asking you to take action now. In order to get what our 
schools need, we need to tell the state, the county, and the Durham school board 
what we want. We told the state loudly at last week’s One Voice Rally in 
Raleigh, and we will continue to let them know what we need. But we also must 
ask our local leaders to Stand Up, Be Brave, and support public education.

The Durham school board meets Thursday at 6:30 at 511 Cleveland St. to vote on a 
budget proposal laid out by Superintendent Eric Becoats. This budget would cut 
117 positions from DPS, and we cannot afford a single cut to our people or our 
programs. We appreciate that the school board is planning to ask the county to 
raise property taxes in order to avoid bigger cuts, but we need them to Stand 
Up, Be Brave, and ask the county to fund a budget withNO CUTS TO POSITIONS AND 
NO CUTS TO PROGRAMS.

We are asking you to immediately send an email or make a phone call to a member 
of the school board listed below. Tell them why public schools are important to 
you. Tell them your story. They want to hear from you. In addition to your 
story, we are asking that you ask them to:

1. Stand up and be brave
2. Pass a budget that calls for no cuts to positions or programs
3. Ask the county to help fund it
4. Let them know that you are planning to contact and speak with county 
commissioners and state representatives. If they act with BRAVERY, we’ll have 
their backs.
After you send the email, mark your calendar and join us on TONIGHT at 6:00 at 
511 Cleveland St. in downtown Durham for the DPS school board vote on next 
year’s budget. Please contact Stand up Durham at standupdurham at gmail.com or 
919.210.9256 if you have any questions.

School Board Contacts
Minnie Forte-Brown (919) 530-7106minnie.forte-brown at dpsnc.net 
Heidi Carter (919) 490-0513 heidi.carter at dpsnc.net
Natalie Beyer (919) 382-2823 natalie.beyer at dpsnc.net 
Leigh Bordley (919) 536-4230 leigh.bordley at dpsnc.net 
Nancy Cox (919) 419-6369 nancy.cox at dpsnc.net 
Frederick Davis (919) 544-4999 frederick.davis at dpsnc.net 
Omega Curtis Parker (919) 544-3455 omega.curtis-parker at dpsnc.net

Stand Up Durham is a coalition made up of the Committee for Democratic 
Education, Durham Allies for a Responsive Education, Durham People’s Alliance, 
The Dream Act Fellowship at Southern High School, and parents, students, school 
workers and community members.    

Durham CAN Internal Assembly
People's Alliance, as a member organization of Durham CAN, will be allocated up 
to seven votes at the assembly coming up onMay 22nd, from 3:00-4:30 at El Centro 
Hispano, 201 W. Main St (they always start and finish on time). This delegates 
at this assembly will ultimately decide what issues CAN will take action on this 
year. We surveyed our members earlier this year to find the issues you are most 
concerned about. The two stand-out issues were very low-income housing and 
education. Please let us know if you are able to attend as a PA delegate to 
ensure our voice is heard at this assembly. Please emailPA at Durhampa.org if you 
are able to attend.

Other upcoming CAN Dates: 
June 5th: Delegates Assembly (where the issues decided upon at the Internal 
Assembly will be announced to media and government leaders). Location TBD

Board Vacancies In Durham 
There are several vacancies on City Boards, Committees and Commissions, 
including the Capital Program Advisory Committee, Citizen's Advisory Committee, 
Environmental Affairs Bard, Cultural Advisory Board, Open Space & Trails 
Commission, Equal Business Opportunity Program Advisory Committee, Human 
Relations Commission and More!
For the full listing and application details, click here. 

Mixed-Use Zoning Visioning Workshop - May 24th

The Durham City-County Planning Department is seeking resident and stakeholder 
input on proposed changes to the Mixed-Use Zoning District in the Durham Unified 
Development Ordinance (UDO). The department is in the process of crafting zoning 
rule changes that developers will use to create new, mixed-use developments that 
Durham residents want in their neighborhoods.

As a part of the process, the department is hosting a visioning workshop where 
staff will ask for input on identifying the key elements of a mixed-use project. 
Staff will then use the results of this session as a basis for policy guideline 
revisions and formulating ordinance revisions to the current standards of 
regulating mixed-use development.

Mixed Use Zoning Visioning Workshop
Tuesday, May 24th, 6 p.m.
Durham County Main Library Auditorium
300 N. Roxboro St. 

For more information, visit the City-County Planning Department web page.     

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