Pictures from Walk on the
Child's Side June 16, 2009
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| Hundreds
of people from all over Wisconsin-including
this young man-delivered the message to the
Legislature, loud and clear, it is time to
change the way the state funds public schools.
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| The Walk
on the Child’s Side banner that
made the 240-mile trip from Butternut to Madison
in 1999 also made the trip, June 16, from
Campus end of State Street to the State Capitol.
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| Teri
Hanson-a teacher in Phillips, member of Price
County Citizens Who Care, and organizer of
the Walk on the Child’s Side (including
the 1999 event)-introduced the handful of
legislators who stood with hundreds of school-funding
reformers on June 16. Click
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| Among
those speaking at the Walk on the Child’s
Side Rally were Thomas Aiken, from Whitefish
Bay Middle School, and Kayla LaPlante, from
Pulaski High School. In addition to their
home school districts, they represented the
Wisconsin Association of School Councils.
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| Showing
the unity between school-funding reformers
from all over Wisconsin, Jennifer Morales,
an outgoing member of the Milwaukee Public
Schools school board, and John Smart, an outgoing
member of the Park Falls School Board addressed
the crowd at Walk on the Child’s
Side. Click
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| Rep.
Sondy Pope-Roberts, who represents the 79th
Assembly District, talked to the Walk
on the Child’s Side crowd about
the importance of being persistent when asking
the Legislature for change. Click
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