San Jose Mercury News Endorses Hover-Smoot:

Charter schools are one of the hottest controversies in county education circles, especially when it comes to Rocketship schools, which attempted a rapid expansion that has been stopped or at least slowed by a court ruling.

The county board needs knowledgeable members who will work collaboratively with the county's 31 school districts on charter proposals, which parents often support.

Election Countdown: 14 Days

The upcoming election is the most critical election in recent history for MHUSD! We have a clear choice and need to elect candidates who support the innovation that is happening in our neighborhood schools and who will support all of our students.

We must support Donna Foster-Ruebusch, David Gerard, Steven Klem, and Ron Woolf for MHUSD School Board, and Claudia Rossi for Santa Clara County Board of Education!

Hundreds descended on City Hall Tuesday afternoon, 10/21/14, to support a call for expansion of Baltimore's community schools. Principals, parents, elected officials, and students gave remarks calling on the City Council to support a resolution that would increase funding for community schools.

Maria is very active making sure every student in the Middle School has what they need.

Maria runs the coats for kids in the Middle School. She seeks out any student who might not have a warm winter coat. She then finds benefactors , shops for each kid on an individual bases. She stretches the dollars so that each kid gets their own style jacket, hat mittens and a personal gift such as paints or a book, and then assembles a group of elves to wraps.

Gail has worked on the SL Skate Park Committee for about 8 years. This small group of adults has partnered with a generation of skateboarders to raise money and work with the village to site and build an all concrete skatepark in downtown Saranac Lake. Fundraising continues towards a completion date of June 2015.

NOVEMBER 13, 2014  *  4:30 TO 5:30PM  *  EDY RIDGE MEDIA CENTER        

In an effort to inform our members of some important issues, we would like as many of you as possible to attend our next Chapter Meeting.  More details are in the October Newsletter.   We look forward to seeing you there.

CDTA Executive Committee

Justin Karker, President

Deb Gordon, Vice President

Our Annual luncheon was held at the Three Village Inn on October 1^st.  The weather was beautiful and the food great.  President Dennis Flamenbaum welcomed the Hauppauge chapter to RC 23.  He  announced the upcoming Retiree Conference to be held on November 19^th at the Woodbury  Country Club.