BUDGET CUTS
In a partnership with Raise Your Hand, a citywide parent group, we are helping to form a Ward 11 TIF Squad. CPS has drastically cut individual school budgets for next school year. Some known examples in our neighborhood include: Graham -$300k; Haines -$300k; and Sheridan -$516k.
We need people to call Alderman Balcer at 773 254 6677. Ask him to call the Mayor to tell him he needs to declare a TIF Surplus to give some funds back to our schools. If you'd like to get updates on the TIF Squad and possible Toilet Paper Drives (yeah, it's that bad) in our neighborhood, please contact Jennie at jenniebiggs72@yahoo.com.
10 YEAR DRAFT MASTER FACILITIES PLAN
Please read this blog post to find out more about our efforts to bring people together to provide input to CPS:
http://bridgeportalliance.blogspot.com/2013/06/schools-update.html
Thank you!!!
Bridgeport Alliance is a grassroots organization of local residents and institutions committed to engage in the decision making that impacts our community utilizing education, advocacy, and collaborative action to promote responsive government and an improved quality of life for all residents. For more information or to join our mailing list, contact info@bridgeportalliance.org
Showing posts with label Jennie Biggs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jennie Biggs. Show all posts
Friday, June 21, 2013
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
BA in the News!
CPS protesters claim budget cuts could leave students without toilet paper
"So we got socked," says CPS parent Jennie Biggs. "Losing money and now we also, my principal also has to pick up supplies, so there's a real chance he's going to have to pick between teachers and toilet paper."
"So we got socked," says CPS parent Jennie Biggs. "Losing money and now we also, my principal also has to pick up supplies, so there's a real chance he's going to have to pick between teachers and toilet paper."
Friday, June 7, 2013
Schools Update
The Bridgeport Alliance hosted a School Task Force meeting Thursday, June 6, from 6:30 - 7:30 at Benton House. Our goal for this initial meeting was to start building a school and
community network of people who want to get involved in strengthening our schools and our community. We need all of our school communities to come together, learn from one another, and help each other out when needed.
Also, as a community, we should give input into the "Bridgeport-Chinatown" (CPS title of our neighborhood) section of the CPS Draft 10 Year Educational Facilities Master Plan. This, by law, was due May 1, 2013. The final 10 Year Facilities Plan is due October 1, 2013. If you would like to get involved in collecting information, checking data, and responding to this Plan on behalf of our community, please get in touch with the BA at info@bridgeportalliance.org.
Please get in touch, too, if you'd like to get involved in our schools.
Here's a link to the Draft 10 Year Educational Facilities Master Plan:
Things to pay special attention to:
We recommend you look this over within your school community: at a LSC or PAC meeting, with teachers or with your principal, etc. We know there are some errors for some schools & we should try to get them corrected.
Thanks for your continued commitment to our schools and our community!
community network of people who want to get involved in strengthening our schools and our community. We need all of our school communities to come together, learn from one another, and help each other out when needed.
Also, as a community, we should give input into the "Bridgeport-Chinatown" (CPS title of our neighborhood) section of the CPS Draft 10 Year Educational Facilities Master Plan. This, by law, was due May 1, 2013. The final 10 Year Facilities Plan is due October 1, 2013. If you would like to get involved in collecting information, checking data, and responding to this Plan on behalf of our community, please get in touch with the BA at info@bridgeportalliance.org.
Please get in touch, too, if you'd like to get involved in our schools.
Here's a link to the Draft 10 Year Educational Facilities Master Plan:
Things to pay special attention to:
- Pages 78 & 79.... It's officially due October 1, 2013 so there's a list of how CPS will engage communities this summer. You can also find the "Conclusion" here.
- Pages 124 - 129... "Bridgeport-Chinatown" section. If anyone would like to help come up with input on this section OR if you want to check CPS data for accuracy OR if you see a glaring error, please see the email above and get in touch.
- You can also find an individual school's "Educational Facilities Master Plan" on www.cps.edu.
- Click on the "Schools" Tab (on the far left of the CPS homepage)
- Go to "Find a School."
- Type in your school's name and click Find.
- Once on your school's page, scroll all the way down to the very last report under
- "Report Name". Click on "Education Facilities Master Plan."
We recommend you look this over within your school community: at a LSC or PAC meeting, with teachers or with your principal, etc. We know there are some errors for some schools & we should try to get them corrected.
Thanks for your continued commitment to our schools and our community!
Friday, March 1, 2013
BA In the News
A great article in the Gazette features Jennie Biggs and Tom Gaulke:
“We parents have the strongest voices,” Biggs added. “We need to start using them.
Read it here!
Also in the Gazette, Tom Gaulke on the systemic issues that are causing violence in our neighborhood. Read it here!
“We parents have the strongest voices,” Biggs added. “We need to start using them.
Read it here!
Also in the Gazette, Tom Gaulke on the systemic issues that are causing violence in our neighborhood. Read it here!
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