This year Duval County Public Schools and Save Duval Schools created a coalition of agencies around town to discuss the state of public education in the District. DCC PTA was asked to participate with this coalition. Through the work of the coalition, it was decided to come up with a legislative agenda to present to [...]
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The Nov 5th Superintendent’s Leadership Academy and iAdvocate Grassroots Advocacy Workshop has been moved from Forrest High School to The Shultz Center. [ October 13, 2011; 9:30 am to 2:00 pm. ] National PTA training will be offered to Northeast Florida citizens to help them become better advocates. We will also be sharing information about the Common Core State Standards Initative that will soon be impacting our Florida students. JOIN US as we explore how our iAdvocate for Kids Grassroots Advocacy Leadership Program: Indenties Issues, Creates Issue Strategies, [...] Embed capable browser is required to view this content! Options | MAXILAMBA [ November 5, 2011; 9:30 am to 12:00 pm. ] Join us for our first workshop on iAdvocate Grassroots Advocacy Topics covered: Meeting with Decision Makers & Working with the Media 9:30am – noon The Shultz Center ***new location Refreshments provided. Open to all. Seating Limited to 50. Registration is now open – Click here to register. 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. [ 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 [...] |
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