4.23 ECCC weekly update
ByWhat a busy week it has been and will continue as the year continues. CRCT is done, unless you have make-ups, Teacher Appreciation is in full swing, and can you believe May is upon us very soon?!
Spring Conference is coming up this Tuesday the 27th. We hope you, your Board, and your Principal are planning to attend. Please see attached flyer. Thank you to all who have stepped up to assist in showing the rest of 9th District how things are done at ECCC PTA! Click Here for Flyer
CLT: The Grant Request Form for you to fill out and send to our treasurer if you have financial needs to send your incoming officers to Convention Leadership Training this summer at the Georgia International Convention Center June 25-26th, near the airport. Please see attached form and follow the directions. Deadline for submission is May 1st. You will be notified by May 15th. Click Here for Form
School of Information: All Incoming Officers Training will take place Tuesday, May 11th, at Crossview Baptist Church 9am-noon. It is imperative that ALL incoming Officers attend this important Training!
We understand that just over 24,000 filled out the CCSD online survey. We heard it had been down for about a 12 hour period but was reinstated and we hope that sometime during the 3 week period you made your feelings be known. Thank you to all who participated. The results from the survey are available at www.cobbk12.org for all to view.
PTA is an advocacy organization. We have been doing that for well over 100 years. We have to continue that. Please realize that our Education dollars come from the State Legislature. Since 2003, we have had ~ $196 million dollars that have NOT come to CCSD due to what is called Austerity Cuts. This is our money that the State Legislature has decided is needed elsewhere to fund other school systems throughout the state that don't have the tax base that our county has. We are looking at shortfall of ~$137 million dollars just for this coming year!
This is an election year and it is important for you to know how your Legislators voted on issues involving Education and how that has effected CCSD and your students. When the session is over we will get that out. We are working on having some Forums prior to the July Primary so you can ask questions of those running for Public Office. We will get you dates as soon as we have them set. Candidates must "Qualify" by the end of next week, so it is then we will know officially who is running for what office.
The budget has yet to be passed by the Legislature, but you need to know that the Senate and the House each have their own version of what the budget should look like. The current House version of the budget has better funding for school nurses and a higher level for QBE (Quality Basic Education) than the Senate version. This is how we, as advocates, do it: Call your Legislator personally and tell them you want them to use the HOUSE $ funding amounts for Education and school nurses in the budget for FY 2011! They need to hear from you! YOU are their constituent and YOU are the one who will either vote For or Against them this year! THEY need to know what is important to you. They are there reperesenting YOU!
Please check the Legislative section below to find out contact information for your Legislator and how to find out if you do not know!
There are only TWO days left in the Legislative Session for them to vote on the budget. Day 39 is supposed to be Tuesday and Day 40 is proposed to be Thursday of next week. You need to call as soon as you can to make your feelings known! This is how you can advocate for your children!
Amie Fann & Abby Shiffman, Co-Presidents
ECCC PTA, 2009-2010
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Youth Services:
Please share the attached flyer with your student body, parents and email buds. There will be a concert by Ludacris at the conclusion of the Fitness Day. The would like to have youth groups of 20-25 student register and they have scholarship for Youth groups on the G-CAPP website. Looking to break Genius Book of Records for the most people jumping at one time. Need families, adults, youth and administrators to sign up and be engaged in this Fitness Day. For more information you can contact Pat Giuliani, GA PTA/ECCC PTA Youth Services Chair jimpatgiul@aol.com 404-409-9112 Click Here for Flyer
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ELEMENTARY PTA PRESIDENTS:
The CCSD Intervention/Prevention Department is presenting "Bullying, the Musical" and are showing it Wednesday, April 28 at Bells Ferry Elementary at 9
a.m. and at Davis Elementary at 12:30. They are asking Elementary School PTA Presidents, Principals and Counselors to come see this and let them know if it is something they would want presented at their specific school! So please let your principal and counselor know and try to attend!!!
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Legislation & Advocacy:
Below are most of the Cobb Delegation who cover the ECCC PTA area, not all of the County
Go to http://www.ciclt.net/sn/pol/pocty_detail.aspx?ClientCode=gapta&O_ID=13067
which will give you the entire Cobb Delegation
State Senators:
Judson Hill 404.656.0150
Chip Rogers 404.463.1378
Doug Stoner 404.463.2518
State Representatives:
Sharon Cooper 404.656.5069
Matt Dollar 404.656.0254
Rich Golick 404.656.5943
Bobby Franklin 404.656.0152
Don Parsons 404.656.9198
Ed Setzler 404.656.0177
Rob Teilhet 404.656.0568
Please go to this link to find out who your legislator is
http://www.ciclt.net/sn/pol/po_districtlookup.aspx?ClientCode=gapta&State=ga&FIPS=13
You put in your address and it will tell you who your legislators are and you can connect to their webpage and get their office number at the capitol to call
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CCSD:
The next School Board meetings are as follows:
May 12, 2010 8:30 a.m. Public Comments (30-minute limit), Board Meeting to follow
May 27, 2010 6:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m. Executive Session
Public Comments (30-minute limit), Board Meeting to follow
