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this email, contact Christine Staples, </span><u><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)"><a href="mailto:christineannestaples@gmail.com" target="_blank">christineannestaples@gmail.com</a></span></u><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The Berkeley PTA
Council, the umbrella organization for all BUSD PTAs and PTSAs, has voted to
endorse the parcel tax measure known as BSEP, which will be on the November
ballot. Please join us this Sunday from 3-4pm at the Frances Albrier Community
Center, 2800 Park Street (at San Pablo Park) for a <a href="http://www.bsep2016.org/campaign_kickoff" target="_blank">Community Event</a> to launch the next BSEP
measure! </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">BSEP renews critical
funding for our public schools, providing over $700,000 per year in school
discretionary funds for Berkeley High, and also provides over $25 million in
district-wide funding that reduces class sizes by paying for 1/3 of all
teachers in the District, as well as paying for all of our school libraries and
staff, our music program in grades 4-8, (and the new measure will now
include supplies for BHS music programs!) instructional technology, and much,
much more. The funds from BSEP constitute 20% of the entire budget for the
district!</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"></span></p>

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</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The School Board voted to put the measure on
the ballot at its May 18th meeting, and noted that the proposed measure renewal
involved the participation of many parents, students, teachers, staff and
community members in multiple community meetings to discuss the priorities for
our schools. An overview of the proposed measure can be found on the District
website at: </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><a href="http://www.berkeleyschools.net/2016/05/17/bsep-measure-of-2016-overview-faq/" target="_blank">http://www.berkeleyschools.net/2016/05/17/bsep-measure-of-2016-overview-faq/</a></span></p>

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Fa-Kaji, Catherine Ference and Dylan Kaufman are the parent-volunteer
facilitators of the Etree; please direct any questions about the Etree to them
at </span><u><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,176,240);background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><a href="mailto:bhs-owner@lmi.net">bhs-owner@lmi.net</a></span></u><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(79,129,189);background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">.</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p>

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etree archives: </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://lists.lmi.net/pipermail/bhs/" target="_blank" title="http://lists.lmi.net/pipermail/bhs/"><span style="color:rgb(0,176,240);background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">http://lists.lmi.net/pipermail/bhs/</span></a></span></p>

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website: </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://bhs.berkeleyschools.net/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,176,240);background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">http://bhs.berkeleyschools.net/</span></a></span></p>

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