DC Teachers, Parents, Students and Non-Profits Urge the DC City Council to Pass the School Modernization Financing Act of 2005
Posted on: Thursday, 1 December 2005, 12:00 CST
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Today at noon, on the steps of the Wilson Building, DC public school parents, teachers, students, school staff and activists will gather to urge the City Council to pass Councilmember Kathy Patterson's School Modernization Financing Act. This legislation will finance the reconstruction, renovation and emergency maintenance of DC public school facilities. This bill will address our school system's under funded long-term capital improvement plan and the many critical needs of our schools, which are in serious disrepair.
Who: Full funding coalition, made up of teachers, students, school staff and activists, Marc Borbely of Fix Our Schools, Lavensus Jones, President Dunbar Senior High School PTSA, and 20 students from Cardozo High School. What: Press Conference urging passage of the School Modernization Financing Act of 2005 Where: Steps of the Wilson Building 13th and Pennsylvania NW When: Today, Thursday December 1st at Noon Why: We are urging City Council Education committee to pass and approve the plan that will modernize our schools between 2.5 and 3 billion dollars over 15 years.
Contact: Marc Boberly of Fix Our Schools, +1-202-557-1083 or Wendy Sefsaf, +1-301-221-7892, for Fix Our Schools.
Fix Our Schools
CONTACT: Marc Boberly of Fix Our Schools, +1-202-557-1083 orWendy Sefsaf, +1-301-221-7892, for Fix Our Schools
Source: PRNewswire
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