[BHS etree] PTSA: Volunteers For Buses To Sacramento Needed ASAP

[bhs at idiom.com]

PLEASE DO NOT REPLY to the etree, contact Mark van Krieken
[mailto:markvk4 at comcast.net] 
 
The California State PTA rally on Thursday, April 24th in Sacramento
is scheduled for 11am to 2pm.  The plan is to start the rally at
11:15am and it will be followed by visits to legislators.  Local PTAs
throughout California are being encouraged to partner with educators,
administrators, school board officials, business leaders, union
leaders and other concerned community members to organize buses to
take groups to Sacramento.  Anyone you can encourage to join you would
be great.  The District will order the buses for us, but we need to
know how many are needed by next Friday, April 4th.  Please respond to
BHS PTSA President, Mark van Krieken ASAP at markvk4 at comcast.net

Our educational funding, statewide as well as in Berkeley, will drop
from approximately $7,000 to about $6,200 if these cuts go through.
Everything we have heard from all the officials we've spoken with,
both here in Berkeley and in Sacramento, is that these cuts will
happen if we don't become very active in protesting them.  Everybody
needs to feel outraged.  Please get involved with the steps that the
District and the PTA put forth, or your children's education will be
compromised.  Thank you for your support and have a great Spring
Break.

Sincerely,

Mark van Krieken