Speak Up for Our Future

Can you imagine being a child in our public schools today, what about tomorrow?  Texas Public Schools and especially our S-T ISD, operate on a very low budget and now our government would like to cut that small budget drastically.  How are our educators supposed to teach their students, our children, without the proper tools?  How are the school administrators supposed to hire and keep qualified teachers with no money?  These children are our future and they deserve the best!  You may think this is not your problem because you don't have school age children, or maybe your children are in private schools or home schooled.  But it is your problem because these children will be the leaders of tomorrow and they need our help.

It may be difficult to figure out what to do or say, so below are some ideas, downloadable sample letters, and where to respond.  Please take some time today to stand up for our future!

Ideas on what to ask your elected officials:

• Make education a priority.
• Use the $9.3 Billion Texas "Rainy Day" Fund to support our schools.
• Approve $830 Million in federal aid for our teachers.
• Make school funding laws fair to all districts and to our growing student population.

Download a sample letter:

• Letter in a Word document - download.
• Letter in a PDF format - download.

Who to contact:

• Find elected Representatives here.
• Contact Governor Rick Perry here.
• Governor's Citizen Opinion Hotline for Texas - 800-252-9600.
• Governor's Opinion Hotline for Austin - 512-463-1782.
• Contact Lt. Governor David Dewhurst here.

Information found at Save Texas Schools, visit this site for more information.

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