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		<title>Support full funding of basic education!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:37:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Washington State Supreme Court ruled this week that the Legislature can’t continue to cut education. In fact, they must add funding and come up with a plan for a fully-funded education system by 2018. Voice your opinion by signing an online petition at http://www.educationvoters.org/ and/or contact our state legislators, Rep. Kristine Lytton, Rep. Jeff Morris [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mteriepta.org&#038;blog=6283209&#038;post=1424&#038;subd=mteriepta&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Early Learning Funding at Risk!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:24:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Governor&#8217;s Proposed Cuts Would Dim State&#8217;s Chance to Race to the Top! Recently the state of Washington put forth a STRONG proposal for early learning funding through the federal government&#8217;s Race to the Top &#8211; Early Learning Challenge. This grant opportunity would provide $60 million of essential funding for early learning over the next 4 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mteriepta.org&#038;blog=6283209&#038;post=1375&#038;subd=mteriepta&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>DAY OF ACTION &#8212; THURS. NOV 17th, 9-11AM at Starbuck&#8217;s</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 04:05:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD IN OLYMPIA! PLEASE JOIN US FOR A LETTER WRITING CAMPAIGN TO TELL THE LEGISLATORS HOW IMPORTANT EDUCATION IS TO US. Special session is next week. With $2 billion in cuts we can’t afford to stay quiet. Here’s what can happen if we don’t speak now&#8230;.. Larger class sizes Loss of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mteriepta.org&#038;blog=6283209&#038;post=1353&#038;subd=mteriepta&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>League of Education Voters &#8211; Schools that Work!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 20:18:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You might have heard that Washington is applying for– and actually has a real shot at winning–a $60 million Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge grant from the federal government   for our statewide early learning system.  In order make sure we win, we need YOU. All these big federal grant applications require letters of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mteriepta.org&#038;blog=6283209&#038;post=1237&#038;subd=mteriepta&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Support Early Education Programs and All-Day Kindergarten!  We need your voice!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 05:12:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Help support early education programs and all-day kindergarten by telling your legislator how important those programs are to our district.  The state budget crisis continues to put education funding at risk.  Your voice is needed! Follow this link for a draft letter to Olympia- All Day Kindergarten Letter to Legislators.doc Letters can be dropped off [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mteriepta.org&#038;blog=6283209&#038;post=1184&#038;subd=mteriepta&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>September 2011 Legislative News</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 19:12:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday, July 20th, the office of the Washington Superintendent of Public Instruction formally adopted the Common Core State Standards for Washington State. These standards will provide clear and concise benchmarks for what our students need to achieve in order to be work and higher education ready. This will help raise the standards of our [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mteriepta.org&#038;blog=6283209&#038;post=1149&#038;subd=mteriepta&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Child Advocate is now available online!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:49:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CHILD ADVOCATE NOW ON LINE The September issue of &#8220;The Child Advocate&#8221; is now available at the Washington State PTA website. This issue focuses on key ingredients for successful students. Click here to read it: http://www.wastatepta.org/resources/child_advocate/index.html. Posted in Legislative News, Uncategorized<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mteriepta.org&#038;blog=6283209&#038;post=336&#038;subd=mteriepta&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Safe Routes to School</title>
		<link>http://mteriepta.org/2009/02/28/safe-routes-to-school/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2009 19:17:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Support Safe Routes to School House Bill 1793 will give more children access to safe routes to walk or bicycle to school. The Safe Routes to School Program has a wealth of benefits: Safer communities, healthier kids, and reduced traffic and pollution. Please contact the members of the Transportation Committee and urge him or her to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mteriepta.org&#038;blog=6283209&#038;post=240&#038;subd=mteriepta&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Please Read This! Our Future Could Depend On YOU!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2009 18:58:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear PTA &#38; PTSA Presidents, I am a fellow Anacortes School District parent and PTA and League of Education Voters member.  I am also very passionate about the future of education in the state of Washington. As you may have already heard, after this week&#8217;s PTA Day in Olympia it has become quite clear that the future of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mteriepta.org&#038;blog=6283209&#038;post=233&#038;subd=mteriepta&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Take Action for Our Schools!</title>
		<link>http://mteriepta.org/2009/02/06/take-action-for-our-schools/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 03:48:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Letter from Suzy Gilbert, our Mt. Erie PTA President&#8230; Dear Mt.Erie families,   Last evening, at AHS, we had a meeting with Frank Ordway from the League of Education Voters.   It was a very enlightening meeting and I was very happy to see many familiar Mt. Erie faces there.  This kicks off a letter writing campaign [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mteriepta.org&#038;blog=6283209&#038;post=209&#038;subd=mteriepta&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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