Educators, leaders predict budget would send North Carolina backwards

Gov. Bev Perdue has been on a listening tour, to hear first-hand how the Republican budget proposal will harm North Carolina’s future. Gov. Perdue is considering whether to veto the proposal, which includes devastating cuts to education, social services, public safety and public health. “With the budget that’s on my desk today, I wonder what’s going to happen to North Carolina,” Gov. Perdue said to a group of business leaders in Raleigh, reminding them that our state is unlike other Southern states because of a legacy of investments in public education. “This is a battle for the heart and soul of North Carolina.” To hear more about the budget cuts, click here. So as she considers whether to veto the budget, Gov. Perdue has been asking education and community leaders what the cuts would do to North Carolina. In Greenville, Pitt County Superintendent Dr. Beverly Reep said that regardless of Republican claims that the budget will protect classroom positions, the budget would harm children. "There’s no way that we can make those kinds of reductions without having an impact in our classroom," Reep said. In Greensboro, Patrice Faison, principal of Oak Hill Elementary, said her school had made great improvement in student achievement, despite high levels of poverty. Those gains were made possible because of the work of the school’s teachers and teacher assistants. The cuts anticipated in Guilford would mean losing many of those important educators. Academic gains would be impossible after those cuts. “I couldn’t imagine how we would do it, I can’t image how we would start,” Faison said. Philip Rogers, chief of staff in the chancellor’s office at East Carolina University, said the campus has endured more than $100 million in budget cuts already. "We have cut just about everything we can when it comes to administrative efficiencies," Rogers said. "With continuing cuts, it’s going to be a challenge to maintain the quality of education." Don Martin, the superintendent of Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools noted the budget will lead to teacher layoffs. He said the proposal ignores long-term consequences. “It’s exactly the problem we have with our children,” he said, noting the great lengths his school system takes to convince high school students not to drop out. Gov. Perdue echoed the sentiment: “It’s like somebody just decided they were going to clear-cut all of North Carolina’s Longleaf Pines for a quick little profit,” she said. “They might get the cash they’re looking for short-term without thinking about the long-term damage, the generational damage that’s going to happen to our people.” If this is your first time receiving this newsletter, welcome. We hope you find our weekly message interesting and informative. Please forward this message to your friends and family. Subscribe: If anyone would like to subscribe to this email list click here. We routinely add e-mail addresses from people we meet or who contact Gov. Perdue’s office. If you do not wish to receive this message, follow the directions below, and we will remove your name permanently from our list. Unsubscribe: Send an email to gov.unsubscribe@nc.gov. Please include any email addresses you would like to be taken off of this mailing list in the body of the email. Office of the Governor – 20301 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699 Phone: (919)733-4240

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Educators Will Not Be Silenced: Attacks In Wisconsin, Idaho Only Strengthen Our Resolve!–Source: National Education Association (NEA)

This week, the attacks continued in an ideological war to silence public employees: (Read more)

Press Release: STATE NAACP PRESIDENT TO KEYNOTE CIAA SALUTE TO EDUCATORS LUNCHEON TODAY IN CHARLOTTE

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE

NORTH CAROLINA STATE CONFERENCE

114 W. Parrish Street, Second Floor Ÿ Durham, North Carolina 27701

866-626-2227   Ÿ    919-682-4700   Ÿ   FAX  919-682-4711

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Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II                                                                                                                    Amina J. Turner

President                                                                                                                                              Executive Director

 

 

Immediate Release

4 March 2011

 

 

MEDIA ADVISORY

 

STATE NAACP PRESIDENT TO KEYNOTE CIAA SALUTE TO EDUCATORS LUNCHEON TODAY IN CHARLOTTE

 

(Durham)  Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II, President of the NC State Conference of the NAACP will be the keynote speaker at the CIAA Salute to Educators Luncheon at 12 noon today at the Charlotte Convention Center, Room 17D.  Appearing with Rev. Barber will be the local Charlotte-Mecklenburg Branch President, Rev. Kojo Nantambu.

 

President Barber will address these major themes:

• Resegregation of public schools;
• Attempts to lift the caps on charter schools;
• Attempts to provide vouchers for private schools; and
• Collective bargaining rights for teachers. 

Additionally, the state NAACP president will reiterate the strong support from the state and National NAACP Offices for the local Charlotte-Meck NAACP President for the clear and courageous stance for justice that this branch has taken.

 

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Amina Josey Turner
Exec Dir
NC NAACP
P O Box 335
Durham, NC  27702
919-682-4700 V  919-682-4711 F
1-866-NC-NAACP

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