- Signatures: 9,491
- Goal: 10,000
- Deadline: 6-19-2003
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We say "NO!" to the proposal to cut $843 million already allocated to the 2001-2002 California education budget and"NO!" to any cuts in education in the next state budget. We will not accept cuts in our children's future.
California already ranks near the bottom in per-capita state education spending. All schools and all students would suffer from these budget cuts. These cuts would exacerbate inequality between rich and poor schools and deteriorate already unacceptable conditions in poor, majority black and Latino schools. We want equal and quality education for all students!
The children and youth of California are our state's most precious resource. We will not accept cuts in our children's future.
SIGN NOW AND ENSURE A BETTER EDUCATION FOR OUR CHILDREN!
| Number | Date | Prefix | Name | Age | City | State | School (if applicable) | Occupation (student, teacher, etc.) | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9,501 | 8:48 am PDT, Jul 11 | Ms. | Susan Pernudi | 19 | Los Angeles | California | East Los Angeles College | Student | |
| 9,500 | 11:26 pm PDT, Jun 1 | RevCoral Shaull | 57 | Weed | California | College of the Siskous | Reverend | It is an outrage that this is happening to our youth be it elementary, middle school, high school or college age !! Ca already ranks lowest in education and now the Governor has plans to continue to take away MUCH NEEED grants and student monies to how many students and families? Unbelievable ! Would someone with common sense PLEASE speak up and stop this outrage in its tracks before it's too late to save our school systems! PLEASE ! We are talking about peoples lives being deeply negatively affected here. Please, don't let this happen. | |
| 9,499 | 3:51 pm PST, Feb 25 | Stephanie Rivera | 16 | Anaheim | California | Anaheim High School | Student | ||
| 9,498 | 10:32 pm PDT, Jun 12 | Mr. | Martiniuc Robert | 0 | Buena Park | California | Centralia Elementary School Cypress College | ||
| 9,497 | 8:28 am PDT, Jun 4 | michael cobos | 18 | long beach | California | banning high school | student | the cuts need to be stopped!!!!, they should be giving education systems more money not taking it away from our students! | |
| 9,496 | 8:27 am PDT, May 23 | Ms. | Gina Mattson | 0 | Beverly | Massachusetts | |||
| 9,495 | 1:50 pm PDT, May 20 | Anonymous | 0 | San Diego | California | SDSU + San Diego Community College District + Continuing Education | Stop hurting our future. | ||
| 9,494 | 2:52 pm PDT, May 19 | Ms. | Lauri Karol | 27 | Canton | Michigan | |||
| 9,493 | 11:51 am PDT, May 14 | Ms. | Ginger Geronimo | 30 | Birmingham | Alabama | Secretary | ||
| 9,492 | 12:55 pm PDT, May 6 | Anonymous | 21 | Berkeley | California | UC Berkeley | Student | Ivy league schools expanded their financial aid programs even for wealthy students, California public schools are going to charge more... ridiculous | |
| 9,491 | 10:29 am PDT, Apr 29 | Ms. | Anonymous | 18 | Fremont | California | San Jose State University | student | |
| 9,490 | 9:59 am PDT, Apr 29 | Ms. | Christine Sanders | 33 | Los Angeles | California | |||
| 9,489 | 7:52 pm PDT, Apr 28 | Mrs. | Yasmin Longoria | 47 | Watsonville | California | Calabasas Elementary, PVUSD | Teacher | We need to invest in our children now! We need education and not prisons! |
| 9,488 | 11:45 am PDT, Apr 27 | Charles Han | 17 | Gardena | California | UC Berkeley | Full-time student | Education is our country's future- stop with the budget cuts. | |
| 9,487 | 11:59 pm PDT, Apr 26 | Mr. | Steven Katawetheesakun | 16 | Monterey Park | California | Mark Keppel | Student | mmmhmm |
| 9,486 | 11:51 pm PDT, Apr 26 | Katy Yan | 0 | monterey park | California | ||||
| 9,485 | 11:48 pm PDT, Apr 26 | Ms. | Anonymous | 0 | monterey park | California | mark keppel high school | student | i want my classes! |
| 9,484 | 11:48 pm PDT, Apr 26 | Anonymous | 0 | Monterey Park | California | student | |||
| 9,483 | 11:46 pm PDT, Apr 26 | Ms. | Anonymous | 20 | Cedar Rapids | Iowa | Future music educator (current college student) | While it has been proven that immense funding cannot bridge the monetary gap between school districts, all schools can benefit from more funding. Taking away funding from schools will lead to the closing of schools and a lack of education for children, basically condemning them. | |
| 9,482 | 11:41 pm PDT, Apr 26 | Anonymous | 0 | LA | California | ||||
| 9,481 | 11:32 pm PDT, Apr 26 | Tanja Sarmiento | 19 | Pleasant Hill | California | Diablo Valley College | |||
| 9,480 | 11:21 pm PDT, Apr 26 | Ms. | Anonymous | 0 | Monterey Park | California | MKHS | Student | Surely people must realize that when there is a budget cut in education, the first thing to so is the ARTS programs. Many a school district will be cutting valuable arts programs (which adhere to development of many, many different aspects not limited to singing or drawing) in order to adjust to the budget cut. Schools are already turning away students because they don't have enough money to support the large number of students seeking enrollment in private school because there is not enough room in classes. Budget cuts only serve to make this worse. Why jeopardize the education of the country's future? California is already ranked 49th in the country, and here we are, reducing money for education. With this statistic in mind, funding for schools should be increased, not cut! Thanks to this, my school's auditorium is probably never going to get fixed and our temporary bungalows are going to become permanent, even if they're not meant to be permanent. Thanks a lot. |
| 9,479 | 11:24 pm PDT, Apr 24 | Juan Hernandez | 19 | Merced | California | CSU Stanislaus | Student | ||
| 9,478 | 10:48 am PDT, Apr 22 | Lisa Robles | 0 | alameda | California | ||||
| 9,477 | 8:34 am PDT, Apr 19 | Mrs. | Chris Stewart | 0 | Temecula | California | TEMECULA | PARENT | GOV. SCHWARZENNEGGER STOP HURTING OUR CHILDREN |
| 9,476 | 2:59 am PDT, Apr 15 | Mr. | Harvey Huy | 19 | San Jose | California | San Jose Conservation Corps | Student | |
| 9,475 | 2:55 am PDT, Apr 15 | Mr. | KEVIN LE | 0 | San Jose | California | SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY | QUIT THE BUDGET CUTS ON CALIFORNIA'S EDUCATION SYSTEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | |
| 9,474 | 3:55 pm PDT, Mar 29 | Anne Seidel | 22 | Nuremberg | |||||
| 9,473 | 11:45 am PDT, Mar 29 | Mr. | vinay gupta | 38 | Fremont | California | I have two kids going to Brookvale Elementry school fremont. They both are upset with the budget cuts and with Gov Schwazneger. I think he may have single handedly made my 2nd grader disillusioned with the government and its policies. I feel betrayed for voting for swhazenger | ||
| 9,472 | 10:25 pm PDT, Mar 24 | Anonymous | 44 | oceanside | California | California State University San Marcos | Student teacher | I worked very hard for years to be able to go back to school and became teacher and this cut is telling me that I probably won't have a job when I graduate. | |
| 9,471 | 6:40 pm PDT, Mar 22 | Ms. | sally carter | 0 | Oakland | California | Teacher | ||
| 9,470 | 12:05 am PDT, Mar 19 | Mrs. | Anonymous | 43 | Moorpark | California | Moorpark High School and Peach Hill Academy | Parent | child in RSP. and High Schooler having a hard time. Without the counseler at the High School it would be hopeless. |
| 9,469 | 4:58 pm PDT, Mar 14 | Ms. | Carmen Vigarola | 36 | Carlsabad | California | |||
| 9,468 | 4:55 pm PDT, Mar 14 | Mrs. | Lauren Conrad | 48 | carlsbad | California | |||
| 9,467 | 4:52 pm PDT, Mar 14 | Ms. | Anonymous | 43 | carlsbad | California | |||
| 9,466 | 8:12 pm PDT, Mar 12 | Nicole Swagerty | 0 | Rocklin | California | teacher | |||
| 9,465 | 4:33 pm PDT, Mar 12 | Ms. | Julie Helton | 34 | Novato | California | San Ramon | Artist | I am a mother of 2 and entering a credential program to become an elementary teacher. Not only do the potential cuts make me leary of entering the profession, I am appalled that education cuts are even being considered as a means to recover the budget, and that the future of our kids is being compromised. To cut almost every Genral Fund Program may seem like a fair resolution to the problem, but will further damage California's already suffering educational system. |
| 9,464 | 2:01 pm PDT, Mar 11 | Zayd Martinez | 25 | Norwalk | California | Hargitt Middle School | Receptionist | ||
| 9,463 | 10:05 pm PDT, Mar 10 | bortolus vickie | 0 | lincoln | California | ||||
| 9,462 | 9:00 pm PDT, Mar 10 | Donna Warren | 47 | Roseville | California | Lincoln Crossing Elementary School | Elementary School Teacher | ||
| 9,461 | 8:01 pm PDT, Mar 10 | Ms. | virginia castro | 0 | corona | California | Corona High | Physical Education Teacher | Fund money for all our students in California. We are 49th in the us for funding per child. |
| 9,460 | 7:51 pm PDT, Mar 10 | Anonymous | 54 | Roseville | California | ||||
| 9,459 | 7:11 pm PDT, Mar 10 | Jacqueline Bryla | 44 | Roseville | California | Excelsior Elementary School, Eureka Union School District Granite Bay High School, Roseville Joint Union High School District | Special Ed Paraeducator Parent | Full funding no cuts | |
| 9,458 | 6:23 pm PDT, Mar 9 | Mrs. | Stefanie Starr | 0 | San Diego | California | Miramar Ranch Elementary | Parent/Homemaker | |
| 9,457 | 9:00 pm PST, Mar 6 | David Gonzalez | 0 | Port Hueneme | California | ||||
| 9,456 | 1:41 pm PST, Mar 4 | Ms. | Joanne Booth | 31 | Norwalk | California | Hargitt Middle School | Office Manager | Two of my sons attend Hargitt Middle school, and we were just told yesterday because of the budget cuts, the school is being closed down. This school is the best in the city, and now my kids will have to be bused to an already cramped school with even less teachers!? |
| 9,455 | 7:32 pm PST, Mar 1 | shaunna Welkowsky | 39 | Trabuco canyon | California | Wagon Wheel | parent | ||
| 9,454 | 8:39 pm PST, Feb 29 | Anonymous | 0 | bakersfield | California | liberty | student | i cant believe haw much they are taking away from our schools. they are taking away our schools dance team even though we raise all of aor own money. we have worked so hard to get where we are at, they just cant take it all away from us. | |
| 9,453 | 6:47 pm PST, Feb 27 | Lauren Buys | 16 | Laguna Hills | California | Laguna Hills High School | Student | They are trying to get rid of 250 teachers in my district and cut most of the programs at my school and a wide veriety of staff members!! WE CANNOT LET THIS HAPPEN EDUCATION IS OUR FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE!!!!!!!!!! | |
| 9,452 | 3:20 pm PST, Feb 26 | Mr. | lance anderson | 56 | alameda | California | Franklin Elementary School Alameda, CA | Art Director | |
| 9,451 | 2:51 pm PST, Feb 26 | Mrs. | Lita Anderson | 43 | Alameda | California | Franklin Elementary School | Parent |
NO to Budget Cuts in Education! - Full Funding for California's Schools!
We, students, teachers, parents and community members of California are united in saying "NO!" to the proposal to cut $843 million already allocated to the 2001-2002 education budget and to any cuts in education in the next state budget. The dignity, hope and self-respect of youth, as well as the basic prospects of our collective future depend on education and knowledge.
California already ranks near the bottom in per-capita state education spending. All schools and all students would suffer from these budget cuts. These cuts would exacerbate inequality between rich and poor schools and deteriorate already unacceptable conditions in poor, majority black and Latino schools. We want equal and quality education for all students!
The children and youth of California are our state's most precious resource. We will not accept cuts in our children's future.
California already ranks near the bottom in per-capita state education spending. All schools and all students would suffer from these budget cuts. These cuts would exacerbate inequality between rich and poor schools and deteriorate already unacceptable conditions in poor, majority black and Latino schools. We want equal and quality education for all students!
The children and youth of California are our state's most precious resource. We will not accept cuts in our children's future.
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