Cabrillo Parents Make a Difference

On Wednesday, February 18, a group of Pacifica School District parents and children traveled to Sacramento to personally deliver the results of the district wide letter writing campaign, and meet with state officials to discuss the impact of budget cuts and inequity in education financing on our district. The letter writing campaign at Cabrillo contributed 163 letters - the bulk of the letters that were delivered.  Copies of the letters were emailed to 5 other representatives and mailed to President Obama. 

Our voices are being heard.  Mr. Hill has agreed to hold a town meeting in Pacifica at the Community Center (10:00 AM, 14 March) to discuss any issues, educational funding included, that affect his constituency.  This, in part, is due to the on-going letter writing and phone campaign to change equity in educational funding.

From Assemblyman Hill's March Newsletter -

"Several Pacifica School District students and students-to-be, along with their parents recently traveled to Sacramento to voice their concerns about the on-going substantial cuts to public education funding with their state elected  representatives.  The students delivered letters from members of the Pacifica community to the offices of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Senator Leland Yee.  They also met with Assemblymember Jerry Hill, who personally accepted their letters and discussed budget concerns with the students." 

Affecting change takes time, vigilance, participation and constant noise. Nothing happens of you don’t make yourself heard.

Thank you to everyone who wrote letters, asked questions and attended presentations.  Special thanks to those who set-up and manned the tables: Valerie Ryder, Tina Steinberg, Lynn Mullen, Ling-Fong Chung, Laurie Vreeland, Janine Galligani and Michele Leal.

Sincerely,

Cabrillo PTO Co-Presidents