{"id":926,"date":"2011-09-20T06:55:44","date_gmt":"2011-09-20T10:55:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/allenbyparents.com\/blog2\/?p=926"},"modified":"2011-10-28T11:36:13","modified_gmt":"2011-10-28T15:36:13","slug":"dont-miss-education-day-september-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.allenbyparents.com\/blog2\/dont-miss-education-day-september-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t Miss Education Day, September 20"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Below is a message from Ward 8 Trustee Howard Goodman encouraging us  all to attend tomorrow&#8217;s Education Day debates on September 20. We strongly urge  you to attend and show that you care about education.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Dear Eglinton-Lawrence  School Council Chairs and Principals,<\/p>\n<p>Your school communities  need your help.<\/p>\n<div>Our ability to influence future provincial education policies and  funding will in part depend on the turnout of voters at tomorrow&#8217;s Education Day  debates.  A large turnout will indicate that voters are interested in education,  and that MPPs, once elected need to pay close attention to parent and community  opinions about our schools.  A low turnout will do just the  opposite.<\/div>\n<p>Some of the issues that the Ministry is currently wrestling with,  that will be of importance to your communities:<\/p>\n<p>The amount of involvement parents have in the placement  of a Principal in their school<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The rules and restrictions on parent  fund-raising and fees for field trips, technology, and  outside programs like &#8220;Roots of Empathy&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>The pressure boards will be put under to sell playing  fields to developers to pay for school repairs<\/li>\n<li>The measures that will be taken to protect the future of  local day-cares in light of shifting markets due to all-day  kindergarten<\/li>\n<li>The amount of support students with special learning  needs will receive<\/li>\n<li>The speed of introduction of learning  technologies into our schools.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I know that the parents in your school will want to help mold these  provincial policies.<\/p>\n<div>The quality of your child&#8217;s education hinges on the next Provincial  government and Minister of Education getting these policies right.<\/div>\n<div>Showing up at tomorrow&#8217;s debate will give us all greater ability to  influence the direction of government education policies over the next four  years.<\/div>\n<p>Please encourage all of your school community to come to Tuesday&#8217;s debate, and show, by their presence, that they care about their schools and  their children&#8217;s future, through phone calls and emails.  Our target is to  have at least 20people from each school  community.<\/p>\n<div>The Eglinton-Lawrence Education Day  debate will be held<\/div>\n<div><strong>Tuesday Sept 20, at 7pm<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>John Polanyi CI, 640 Lawrence West, just east of the Allen  Road<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Look forward to seeing you all at the debate<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Howard Goodman<br \/>\nTrustee, Ward 8<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Below is a message from Ward 8 Trustee Howard Goodman encouraging us all to attend tomorrow&#8217;s Education Day debates on September 20. We strongly urge you to attend and show that you care about education. Dear Eglinton-Lawrence School Council Chairs and Principals, Your school communities need your help. 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