Please Take this PTA Survey

From the Seattle Council PTSA:

Dear Seattle Council PTSA Members,

As you probably know, our state constitution requires ample funding for education.  The Washington Supreme court has directed the legislature to show real and measurable progress by 2018--the McCleary Decision--, and yet, our schools are still underfunded.

Please take a few minutes for kids and complete this quick survey . 

Your survey reply will be printed into a postcard.  These postcards will be hand delivered to your Washington State Legislators (your Senator and 2 Representatives) plus Governor Inslee on Washington State PTA Focus Day on Tuesday, February 4, 2014 in Olympia.

Our kids deserve a twenty-first century education.  The survey takes less than 3 minutes but time is short and we need your response by Tuesday, January 28th, 2014.

Thank you very much,

Eden Mack, SCPTSA Legislative Chair
Heidi Bennett, WAPTA Region 6 Legislative Chair

PS. You can join us on Focus Day, Tuesday, February 4th from 10:30 to 2pm.  We rally at noon on the Capitol steps, deliver postcards to legislators and more. Register here.  The event is free but we need to plan for supplies - we are REGION 6 (it's a required field).

PPS You can also learn more about the McCleary decision here.

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