August 2, 2012 Update
We invite you to:
PRIDE of the Eastside’s next General Meeting, with Occupy AISD and TX Parents Opt-OUT of State Tests!!!
Thursday, August 2nd
6-8:30pm
Cepeda Library (SE Corner of Pleasant Valley and 7th St)
Community Meeting Room
We will have a joint meeting with Occupy AISD and TX Parents Opt-OUT of State Tests, who are leading the local movement against high-stakes testing in Austin!
Our meeting will include, from 6:30-7:30pm, a Deputization training (http://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/pamphlets/deputy.shtml)!
You can get deputized to register voters for the upcoming November election, which will include the School Board election! This is your chance to get deputized, and it’s free!!! Thanks, Eastside Memorial Parent and PTSA President Toni Rayner!!! Don’t be late! Arrive to the meeting no later than 6:15pm! We will start the deputization at exactly 6:30pm.
From 7:30-8:30pm, we will have special guest Patricia Lopez, from the Texas Center for Education Policy (http://www.edb.utexas.edu/tcep/abouttcep.html) speak and answer questions about testing, the politics involved, and alternative forms of assessments. Thanks, Patricia, Occupy AISD, and TX Parents Opt-OUT of State Tests!!!
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Please RSVP, by 5pm Thursday, to prideofeastside@hotmail.com if you can make it. We’ll save you a seat. Reminder: Arrive to the meeting by 6:15pm!!!
If you have attended a past meeting, and have not received minutes, please contact prideofeastside@hotmail.com
Also, you will see PRIDErs, and Allies, at the upcoming meeting:
Thursday, August 2nd
6:30pm
Special Board Meeting with Executive Session
AISD HQ 1111 W. 6th St.
Parents, students, teachers, and community members supporting our neighborhood public schools within the Eastside Memorial Vertical Team in Austin, Texas: Allan, Allison, Brooke, Govalle, Metz, Ortega, Zavala, Martin, and Eastside Memorial.
