Comments on: Send your legislator an SOS! http://www.ieanea.org/newsroom/send-your-legislator-an-sos/ IEANEA Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:01:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Chris http://www.ieanea.org/newsroom/send-your-legislator-an-sos/#comment-131 Chris Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:44:07 +0000 http://www.ieanea.org/?p=5801#comment-131 Hi. The congressmen are saying they don't hear from us, but I'm pretty sure that's a cop out - Puts the blame on us for not saying what we want. I'm offended by that. I know people try to communicate - unfortunately, I don't think our elected officials listen. Hi. The congressmen are saying they don’t hear from us, but I’m pretty sure that’s a cop out – Puts the blame on us for not saying what we want. I’m offended by that. I know people try to communicate – unfortunately, I don’t think our elected officials listen.

]]> By: Kenten Cole http://www.ieanea.org/newsroom/send-your-legislator-an-sos/#comment-130 Kenten Cole Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:32:07 +0000 http://www.ieanea.org/?p=5801#comment-130 S.O.S Please pass HB174. S.O.S Please pass HB174.

]]> By: Saundra Chandler http://www.ieanea.org/newsroom/send-your-legislator-an-sos/#comment-129 Saundra Chandler Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:05:57 +0000 http://www.ieanea.org/?p=5801#comment-129 Please save our schools! If the 1% sales tax increase will allow every school and employee to continue to receive necessary funds, then let's do it! Please save our schools! If the 1% sales tax increase will allow every school and employee to continue to receive necessary funds, then let’s do it!

]]> By: roger seely http://www.ieanea.org/newsroom/send-your-legislator-an-sos/#comment-128 roger seely Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:46:44 +0000 http://www.ieanea.org/?p=5801#comment-128 We have heard the same information about education funding from previous governors. Remember the Lottery in Illinois was set up to help fund education? All that "spin doctoring" did was replace state funding with funds from the Lottery so the politicians could utilize the dollars for their "pet" projects...it was a smoke screen set up to fool the general public into believing that the State's schools were in essence receiving additional funds! How is the State going to be held accountable this time to be certain that the additional one percent income tax is actually going to education...this part of the puzzle needs to be addressed!!! I'll be waiting to hear the Governor's response to this question! We have heard the same information about education funding from previous governors. Remember the Lottery in Illinois was set up to help fund education? All that “spin doctoring” did was replace state funding with funds from the Lottery so the politicians could utilize the dollars for their “pet” projects…it was a smoke screen set up to fool the general public into believing that the State’s schools were in essence receiving additional funds! How is the State going to be held accountable this time to be certain that the additional one percent income tax is actually going to education…this part of the puzzle needs to be addressed!!! I’ll be waiting to hear the Governor’s response to this question!

]]> By: Karen Cox http://www.ieanea.org/newsroom/send-your-legislator-an-sos/#comment-127 Karen Cox Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:54:45 +0000 http://www.ieanea.org/?p=5801#comment-127 Schools are the wrong area in which to reduce spending. Today's students are tomorrow's leaders. Schools are the wrong area in which to reduce spending. Today’s students are tomorrow’s leaders.

]]> By: Charles McBarron http://www.ieanea.org/newsroom/send-your-legislator-an-sos/#comment-126 Charles McBarron Sat, 27 Feb 2010 01:04:35 +0000 http://www.ieanea.org/?p=5801#comment-126 Because the state cannot meet its current needs with current revenues, IEA has long favored increasing revenue through an increase in the state income tax. IEA supported and continues to support <a href="http://illinoiseducationassociation.org/media/HB-174-Fact-Sheet.pdf" rel="nofollow">HB 174</a> but the organization is open to other proposals that meet the guidelines of the Invest in Excellence/SOS campaign. I hope this is helpful. Because the state cannot meet its current needs with current revenues, IEA has long favored increasing revenue through an increase in the state income tax. IEA supported and continues to support HB 174 but the organization is open to other proposals that meet the guidelines of the Invest in Excellence/SOS campaign. I hope this is helpful.

]]> By: John http://www.ieanea.org/newsroom/send-your-legislator-an-sos/#comment-125 John Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:12:02 +0000 http://www.ieanea.org/?p=5801#comment-125 I was looking but couldn't find where the raised revenues are coming from? Any info would be great, thanks! I was looking but couldn’t find where the raised revenues are coming from? Any info would be great, thanks!

]]> By: Jean Thompson http://www.ieanea.org/newsroom/send-your-legislator-an-sos/#comment-124 Jean Thompson Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:35:34 +0000 http://www.ieanea.org/?p=5801#comment-124 The pressures and expectations have never been greater on teachers than they are at present. Society and our economy are under seige-our schools are a microcasm reflecting these fractures. Teachers need more support-not less!! "We the willing, led by the unknowing, have been doing so much with so little for so long that we are now expected to do anything with nothing forever?" This quote seems appropriate. The forecast is gloomy. Likely we will lose excellent untenured/tenured teachers. Our class sizes will increase! Valuable programs will cease!! Yet, somehow schools are still expected to do exponentually more. The pressures and expectations have never been greater on teachers than they are at present. Society and our economy are under seige-our schools are a microcasm reflecting these fractures. Teachers need more support-not less!!

“We the willing, led by the unknowing, have been doing so much with so little for so long that we are now expected to do anything with nothing forever?”

This quote seems appropriate. The forecast is gloomy. Likely we will lose excellent untenured/tenured teachers. Our class sizes will increase! Valuable programs will cease!! Yet, somehow schools are still expected to do exponentually more.

]]> By: Charles McBarron http://www.ieanea.org/newsroom/send-your-legislator-an-sos/#comment-123 Charles McBarron Mon, 15 Feb 2010 17:12:08 +0000 http://www.ieanea.org/?p=5801#comment-123 We are in the process of getting some SOS promotional materials produced. Stay tuned! We are in the process of getting some SOS promotional materials produced. Stay tuned!

]]> By: Jerome http://www.ieanea.org/newsroom/send-your-legislator-an-sos/#comment-122 Jerome Fri, 12 Feb 2010 22:40:22 +0000 http://www.ieanea.org/?p=5801#comment-122 I like the SOS logo above. We should get t-shirts of that and sell'em at the RA I like the SOS logo above. We should get t-shirts of that and sell’em at the RA

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