Get on the Bus!

School Funding Rally and Lobby Day - Wednesday, April 25, 2007
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In 2005, Stand for Children members across Massachusetts joined together on a statewide campaign to increase state aid to public schools. 100 people from Gloucester, including many from West Parish, rode down together on buses from Stage Fort Park to a Rally and Lobby Day at the State House.

There we took part in very moving rally that got a lot of useful press coverage. We also met with legislators, some of whom reported that nobody else was knocking on their doors to lobby on behalf of the state’s children. It was a tremendously inspiring day that helped bring about a $216.6 million increase in Chapter 70 education funding for the 2006-07 school year.

Please, if you are at all concerned about school funding, and can only do one thing this spring to advocate for your children – sign up now to get on the bus. Our children need us to go knock on those doors and speak up for them.