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Hi John,
As school districts plan to reopen in the fall — whether in person, remote, or a combination of the two — and beyond, one thing is certain: our students deserve a quality education, and that basic right is being denied to too many Black, Brown and low-income students. Our children deserve a school reopening that is just, equitable and safe.
School districts are required to submit their regional reopening plans by July 31st. Take action NOW to influence your school district’s reopening plan!
Be sure to check out our complete #Road2Reopening advocacy toolkit, which has step-by-step instructions, checklists, templates and other resources to help you complete the action items listed below. |
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Action 1 | Email your superintendent
Draft an email to your superintendent or use our sample language to email your superintendent, and copy your school board members on the email. Then, share the email with 5-10 friends and neighbors and encourage them to send an email, too.
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Action 2 | Meet with your superintendent
Organize a group or parents and schedule a meeting with your superintendent to share your priorities for a just reopening.
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Action 3 | Organize a press conference
Hold a local press conference virtually or in-person to uplift key demands from the Roadmap. |
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Action 4 | Hold a virtual town hall
Organize a regional Education Town Hall to discuss how your local district should reopen. Be sure to invite school board members and the superintendent to the town hall to hear from the community. |
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Action 5 | Write an op-ed
Write an op-ed for your local paper on the parent perspective to a just reopening of our public schools. Use key concepts from the roadmap in your op-ed. |
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Graphics
Tap and hold on the images below to save them to your phone: |
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Sample Social Media Posts
Below are sample messages you can copy and paste to post with your photos or videos from your own social media accounts. If you have Twitter, you can just use the Click to Tweet option and it will copy the text into a window — all you have to do is click “Tweet”!
School districts are required to submit their regional reopening plans by July 31st. Take action now using our sample language to email your local superintendent & influence their plan! #Road2Reopen https://www.aqeny.org/reopening-toolkit/
Schools can’t reopen safely without the full funding of Foundation Aid, Pre-K & funding for proper safety measures. @NYGovCuomo MUST stop waiting around for federal funding & instead raise revenues on the ultra rich to stave off cuts and protect students #Road2Reopen
Recommendations put forth in @AQE_NY’s recent roadmap captures key themes from 10 virtual community conversations with students, parents, & educators statewide. In order to reopen schools safely, their voices need to be heard! #Road2Reopen Read the report here: https://bit.ly/road2reopen
It’s impossible to have just schools without equitable funding. @NYGovCuomo is against raising revenues even by 1% which would create enough revenue to fully fund public schools. It’s time for state leaders to prioritize students over profit #Road2Reopen https://bit.ly/road2reopen
The #Road2Reopen means prioritizing: ✊Health, safety, social & emotional well being ✊Meeting the needs of ALL students ✊Digital equity ✊Focus on healing then learning
View the report here: https://bit.ly/road2reopen
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