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- October Town Meeting Monday, October 6, 7pm N.R. High School Auditorium: Attendance is critical to keep Education a Priority
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Important News
Read Gabrielle Gurley's article "Municipal
meltdown" from the
Fall 2007 issue of CommonWealth Magazine
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Stand for Children
Rep. Brad Jones
Dept. of Education
Dept. of Revenue
Governor Deval Patrick
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Monday, October 6 at 7pm
N.R. High School Auditorium
Attendance is critical
to keep Education a Priority
to Stay Tuned In With NRUE
and Stand for Children
10. Children are 20% of our population, but 100% of our future.
9. On Oct. 6, Town Meeting will allocate capital funds for North Reading public schools. Your vote will be needed at this meeting and again at April Town Meeting in 2009.
8. Education in North Reading must remain current to keep our students competitive in increasingly rigorous college admittance and job markets.
7. State legislators have yet to address the need for fair local aid to towns like North Reading, and we must continue to advocate for our town and our children.
6. Education is an investment, not an expense.
5. Education is an essential service in North Reading, and it must be funded as such.
4. Without your advocacy, leaders will set the priorities for our children and community based only on what they perceive. Your voice is needed to ensure quality education is not optional, but a right for the children of North Reading.
3. Adequate funding for five full school days of educational programming would not have been allocated without wide parent advocacy.
2. North Reading remains 15th from the bottom in per pupil spending out of 351 cities and towns in Massachusetts and this status quo should not be the standard.
1. Your vote made a difference this year, but we must continue to move forward. We cannot keep a focus on quality education without your vote again next year.
LOBBIED AT STATE HOUSE FOR
IMPROVED SCHOOLS
Sixteen North Reading Stand for Children members joined 400 education supporters from over 40 communities throughout the state to share a united voice
advocating on behalf of children and asking 96 legislators for additional education funding. The group’s main message for the day was "education is
not an expense, but an investment in our children, their future, and the overall health of our state".
Pictured from left to right: (First row) Judy Hall, Janet Cresta, Melissa Driscoll, Jayne Swart, Marci Bailey, Cliff Bowers
(Back row) Deanna Castro, Debbie Hill, Gina Prisco, Robin Demers, Janene Imbriano, Elena Luongo, Joan Crotty, Cara McCormack, JP Lee, Janice Gray
On Tuesday, April 15-Tax Day-over a dozen Stand for Children members from North Reading joined forty other communities across the
Commonwealth and spent a day at the State House in support of public education in Massachusetts. 
Stand for Children, the statewide grassroots education advocacy
group, and its members asked legislators to use tax dollars wisely by investing them in our future-strong public schools for our kids.
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"Legislators pay attention when their constituents take the time to come talk with them about an issue," said Stand for Children National Organizing
Director Meg Ansara. "That's why it's so critical that North Reading parents and other concerned citizens are coming out for Stand for Children's Day
on the Hill. Please consider joining the North Reading Chapter or Stand for Children by going to
Stand for Children or contacting local Stand leader Deanna Castro at
North Reading United for Education.
