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Jacinth Sohi, student at Madison West
High School, told the crowd and the
media at the press conference how the
state’s school-funding system
has resulted in over $50 million in
cuts and the loss of more than 600 FTE
staff positions in the Madison Metropolitan
School District. (MMSD) Sohi is also
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Flanked by supporters of Assembly Joint
Resolution 35 and Senate Joint Resolution
27, Rep. Sondy Pope-Roberts (D-Verona)
hosted a press conference attended by
200 people in the Assembly Parlor, April
19. |
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Dan Brereton, president of the Florence
County School District, explained to
the 200 attending the press conference
that his school district had been forced
to the brink of dissolution because
Wisconsin’s school-funding formula
can’t keep pace with increasing
costs. He challenged lawmakers to come
back to Florence and help his community
prepare for the next referendum they
will need to keep the school’s
doors open. |
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Art Rainwater, superintendent of the
Madison Metropolitan School District,
talked about his respect and love for
the student in his district. He also
pointed out, however, that the school-funding
system has to be changed for all of
the children of Wisconsin. |
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Among those at the press conference,
April 19, in support of Assembly Joint
Resolution 35 and Senate Joint Resolution
27 were, left to right: Jennifer Kammerud,
representing the State Superintendent
of the Department of Public Instruction;
John Forester, director of government
relations, Wisconsin School Administrators
Alliance; and Dan Rossmiller, director
of legislative services, Wisconsin Association
of School Boards |
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Doug Haselow, Association for Equity
in Funding, and Kelly McDowell, Fair
Aid Coalition, stood with those supporting
resolutions asking the Legislature to
change Wisconsin’s school-funding
system by July 1, 2009. |
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Among the many partners in the Wisconsin
Alliance of Excellent Schools at the
April 19 press conference were (left
to right) Paul Kusuda, Madison, representing
the Dane County SOS Senior Council,
the Japanese American Citizens League,
and the Wisconsin Organization for Asian
Americans; and Lance Alwin, superintendent
of the Baraboo School District. |
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Over 200 people attended the press conference,
April 19 in the Assembly Parlor of the
Capitol, in support of changing Wisconsin’s
school-funding system. |
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The Assembly Parlor was packed with
over 200 people, April 19, for the press
conference on Assembly Joint Resolution
35 and Senate Joint Resolution 27. The
resolutions call on the Legislature
to change the formula by July 1, 2009,
so that it provides sufficient revenue
to educate every child in the state
to rigorous academic standards. |
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