May 8, 2008
Dear Families,
The roster for our Day on the Hill rally on Tuesday, May 13, is an exciting one!
We will be presenting our first-ever Cyber School Leadership Award to four legislators who have been great champions for public cyber schools!
House Majority Leader Rep. Bill DeWeese, (D-Greene, Fayette) Rep. Sam Rohrer, (R-Berks ) Rep. Barbara McIlvaine-Smith, (D-Chester) and State Senator Jeffrey Piccola, (R-Dauphin) are very deserving recipients of an award created to recognize active support and belief in our schools.
We owe them a debt of gratitude for their support, so please come and help us thank them for helping us have this option for our families.
We are also very happy to have Rose Fernandez, the founding president of the Wisconsin Coalition of Virtual School Families, speaking during our event as well.
Still time to make plans to attend
If you have not registered already, please click here and let us know you’re coming. We are looking forward to seeing all of you in Harrisburg on May 13th! For the families who register in advance you will receive PA families t-shirts for your family! Don’t forget to make an appointment to visit your state representative. Here is the link for all PA legislators, which has the contact information for each of them. Chat sessions still being held We will be holding two more online chat sessions today at 3 and 7 pm on how to talk to your legislators. Here is the link for the chats. Poll: Majority of Americans support cyber schooling! A new national poll from the journal Education Next and Harvard University, reports that a majority of Americans agree with using public funds to support online courses that allow students to do advanced work or to help students in rural schools get access to a broader range of courses! Use this link to read more about the study and its findings:
I am really excited to see you all in Harrisburg on May 13th! Stay energized! Jenny Bradmon, president
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