August 2011 – The Duval County Council of Parent Teacher Associations (PTA’s) announced today that it will receive funding from National PTA to train its members, educators, administrators and community leaders on the implementation of Common Core Standards in classrooms.
The Duval County, PTA is part of National PTA’s Common Core State Standards Initiative. [...]
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[ September 8, 2011; 8:00 am to 8:08 am. ] Florida PTA would like all local units to hold a creative advocacy program that will involve their community to bring attention to the past budget cuts to education. The Florida Legislature cut Pre-K-12 funding for public education by 8% for the Listen to the PSA Download Talking Points from Florida PTA for the 2011 Legislative Session Duval County Public Schools has identified over 185 million dollars of un/underfunded Legislative Mandates. Listed below are several of these mandates that the District is requesting flexibility on. While these will not fully balance the budget they will allow the District to continue to fund Art, Music and PE, Athletics, and will eliminate the possibility [...] Rally in Tally DCC PTA is arranging bus transportation to Tallahassee. Meet at the School Board Building at 6am. Buses Depart at 6:30am. Will leave Tallahasse at 1:30 to return to Jacksonville. [ February 21, 2011; 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm. ] Join Save Duval Schools & Duval County Council PTA to tell Tallahassee NO MORE CUTS TO OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS Where: Metro Park (WJCT entrance) Free chicken BBQ to the first 450 people through the gate [ February 15, 2011; 12:00 pm to 2:30 pm. ] Don’t miss this free learning opportunity ……… Grass Roots Advocacy Tuesday, February 15 School Board Building, 1st Floor Cline Auditorium Take advantage of National PTA’s Advocacy Training Program and learn to speak up and be part of spear heading positive [...] News from Florida PTA Legislative Committee [ February 1, 2011 8:00 am to February 28, 2011 7:00 pm. ] The Month of February is the Duval County “Write Your State Representatives” month. Use our collective voice to let our State Senators and Representatives that public education is important to you and your family. DCC has created several documents to help you as a stakeholder in Public Education talk to your Representatives. Look over [...] |
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