Take+the+Lead+Petition

Take the Lead Car Sign Put in your car window April 11 (or throughout the campaign) to show your support and encourage others.

On March 16th, CEA kicked off its Take the Lead campaign to achieve adequate and sustainable funding for public schools in Colorado. It is the goal of this organization to pass a ballot initiative in November of 2013 that would raise revenue to reverse the course we have been on over the last three to four years. That course being to slash public education by a total of approximately $1,000 per student in just three years. We as educators have seen how these cuts have affected our lives, our families, and most of all, our students.

Our first step in this process is to get our own Governor, Governor Hickenlooper, to join us in supporting increased funding for education. The Governor has made public statements that he would not support increased taxes during this economic downturn. The economy is improving. We all must draw the line at any more budget cuts to our community schools. They hurt our economy now and harm out kids in the future.

Over the next few weeks we are asking everyone in the education community, which includes teachers, classified personnel, administrators, board members, parents, and all community members to sign a petition to present to the governor at CEA Delegate Assembly on April 27th 2012.

The petition simply says: We, Colorado educators, call on Governor Hickenlooper to join us in taking the lead to secure sustainable funding for public education.

Over the next two weeks, San Luis UniServ will be distributing the petitions to the Association Representatives at each school site. We ask that you invite anyone over the age of 18 to join us in convincing Governor Hickenlooper to come on board by signing the petition. You do not have to print and copy the petitions on your own. We will provide you with a number of petitions. If you run out and need more you can then print more.

There are actually two petitions, one with simply names and nothing else, and one with names, school sites, addresses, telephone numbers, and personal email. The second petition will provide us with contacts that may be willing to help us as we campaign to pass the initiative.