Measure CC supporters at Victory Park
Two of my three sons attend Sierra Madre School. I am a wife, mother, and an Altadena resident — my husband and I bought our home in 2001. I worked as an elementary educator in the Los Angeles Unified School District for fourteen years. I’m an LA native (I attended LAUSD schools, K-12) and both my husband and I are graduates of the University of California, Los Angeles.
I support Measure CC because my husband and I have chosen to raise our children in Altadena and we have opted to partner with PUSD in the quest to educate our children. Additionally, I believe that it is imperative that as a PUSD resident in some way, I must support our schools. Over the past nine years, I have witnessed a positive shift and definite progress being made in PUSD schools. As a vested stakeholder in the PUSD community, I want to see this trend to continue.
Altadena, Pasadena, and Sierra Madre are three resource-rich areas that form a unique and special school district. Our public schools should be nothing less than first-rate. Creating first-rate schools is going to take all of us stepping up. Supporting Measure CC is one way in which we can work towards achieving this. Our kids and our schools need our support. Strong, well-supported public schools are assets to our community.
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 Cushon Bell, PUSD Parent
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For the Google generation, closing school libraries could be disastrous. Not teaching kids how to sift through sources is like sending them into the world without knowing how to read.
Support our school libraries. Vote YES on Measure CC!
Pasadena Unified School District is losing $23 million in funding from Sacramento.
A partial list of cuts the district will be forced to make if Measure CC does not pass:
- Increased class sizes in K–3 from 22–31 students per teacher—a reduction of 82 teachers.
- Elimination of all school library personnel and closing of all libraries, a reduction of 17 librarians and aides.
- Elimination of class size reduction in 9th grade math and English, a reduction of 9 teachers.
- A reduction of 5 counselors at high schools and middle schools.
Click here to read more about the 2010 budget.
Our children cannot afford any more cuts to their education.
Burbank Elementary School moms doing their part for Measure CC. How many calls have you made for Measure CC? Sign up for a phone bank today!
Voters need to hear why the parents of Pasadena Unified schools support Measure CC. Let’s share the success stories. Please write a Letter to the Editor of the Pasadena Star News today.
PUSD has given my daughter the opportunity of a lifetime to be a part of the Mandarin Dual Language Immersion Program at Burbank Elementary. I’m constantly amazed at how much Chinese she has learned in the last 6 months. Please vote in favor of Measure CC so that we don’t have to make additional cuts to our schools. It’s the students who will suffer the most.
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Kristin Tang, Pasadena Unified School District parent |
