FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY PTA

Santa Monica, CA

prop38

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Prop 38 Rally

Join Franklin families and other educational advocates in SMMUSD to rally in support of Prop 38 and public education.

When: Wednesday, October 24th, 2012 at 4:00pm
Where: Clover Park, 2600 Ocean Park Blvd, Santa Monica, CA 90405
Who: PTA members, community members, and parents who support public schools

Bring your kids—it’s at the park and there will be refreshments!
Proposition 38 is an initiative on the November ballot that will raise millions of dollars for students in Santa Monica-Malibu, and all across California. Proposition 38 is unique because the funds generated from the initiative go directly to local schools, not Sacramento.

Show your support by making signs and posters in support of Prop 38, or by wearing your school colors to the event.  Homemade posters saying what the new funding from Prop 38 would mean to you and your kids would be great too.  Please spread the word to your friends and neighbors . The more the merrier!

 

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Voter Forums Around Town

TONIGHT, October 10 — “Hometown Forum” – City Council candidates
Santa Monica Mirror — 6:30 PM — Main Library Auditorium, 601 Santa Monica Blvd.

October 11 — “Pros and Cons: Ballot Measures” – League of Women Voters of Santa Monica
7 PM — State, county, and local ballot measures will be discussed – Olympic High School Auditorium, NW corner of Lincoln & Ocean Park Blvd.
Parking entrance on Pine St., one block north of OPB, just west of Lincoln Blvd.

October 15 — “Squirm Night” –Board of Education and City Council candidates
6 PM — Santa Monica Daily Press – Main Library Auditorium — 601 Santa Monica Blvd.

October 17 — “School Board Candidates Forum”
Co-Sponsored by Santa Monica – Malibu PTA Council and League of Women Voters of Santa Monica –
7 PM — SMMUSD District Office, 2nd floor, 1651 – 16th St. (just north of Olympic Blvd.)

October 22 — Last day to register to vote
https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/register-to-vote/

October 24 — “School Board Candidates Forum”
7:30 PM in the Fireside Room of Pepperdine University
The event is sponsored by Malibu Patch and Malibu Rotary


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Videos from PTA Meeting Oct 4th 2012

Part 1 – School Board Candidates

Six candidates are running for the SMMUSD School Board:
Reform Slate: Craig Foster, Karen Farrer, Seth Jacobson
Incumbents: Ben Allen, Jose Escarce, Maria Leon-Vazquez
Here they introduce themselves and explain why they are running

Part 2 – Election Forum Presentation

Three important legislation on November Ballot that has the potential to significantly impact Franklin: Prop 38, Prop 30, and Bond Measure ES.  Each is presented here:

Election Forum Q and A  (incomplete)

Franklin parents ask for more details and clarifications on Props 38, 30, & ES. Our PTA voted to endorse both Prop 38 and Measure ES.  (We apologize that the last few minutes of the Q&A was cut-off when our camera ran out of memory.)

One note of correction: the ceiling fans in the Cafetorium are paid for by our Franklin parents through PTA, not by Measure BB as Board Member Nimish Patel implied during the meeting (cut off on video).

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PTA Comments on LA Times Editorial

PTA Comments on Los Angeles Times Editorial

Proposition 38 “is more focused on pumping money into schools to reduce class sizes, restore instruction in the arts and other subjects that have been lost to budget cuts, and improve classroom technology and update teaching materials.”

That’s what the Los Angeles Times editorial board had to say on Oct. 2, even in writing against the initiative.

While we strongly disagree with the editorial board’s conclusion, by and large the editorial actually identifies key features of Proposition 38 that we believe separate it from Proposition 30 – and make Proposition 38 the true education initiative.

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Election Forum PTA Meeting — Thur, Oct.4th

How you vote this November has the potential to significantly impact Franklin.  Meet your School Board Candidates, learn about Prop 38, Prop 30, and Measure ES, and get your November Election questions answered!

Join us for a special Election Forum PTA Meeting:

Thursday, Oct.4th, 8:30am, Cafetorium

Meeting Agenda:

Introduce – Erika Aklufi, School Resource Officer, SMPD
Introduce – SMMUSD Board of Education Candidates (2 min per candidate)

Principal Update – Tara Brown & Deanna Sinfield
Budget Update – Julia Miele

Business/Leadership Update

  • Approval of August 30, 2011 meeting minutes
  • Approval of New Budget Item – Riley Farm Bus Cost for 4th Grade Field Trip
  • Carnival Update – Melanie Landsberg, Karen Kushi
  • Reflections
  • Fall Picnic – October 12th 5:00PM – 7:00PM

Special Election Forum – Presentation of Education Related Legislation (5 min each)

  • Prop 30 – League of Women Voters Representative
  • Prop 38 – SMMUSD PTA Council President, Patti Braun & Council Legislative Representatives
  • Bond Measure ES – ES Team Representatives

Superintendent on Election Issues – Sandra Lyon
Q&A on Election Issues (25 minutes)

Upcoming Dates

  • October 5        Picture Day
  • October 7        SM5000
  • October 12      Fall Picnic 5:00 – 7:00 PM
  • October 16      Budget Meeting 3:15 PM
  • October 17      Reflections Chalk Party 1:30 PM
  • October 18      Carnival Room Parent Meeting 8:30 AM @MPR
  • October 22-31 Red Ribbon Week
  • October 24      Reflections Deadline
  • October 25      Haunted House Set Up – ALL DAY
  • October 26      Haunted House Set Up – ALL DAY
  • October 26      Carnival Set-Up – 3:15 PM
  • October 27      Carnival 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
  • November 6    Election Day
  • November 7    Reflections Reception – 6:00 PM
  • November 8    PTA Meeting 8:30 AM

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Prop 38 for Franklin

Next year, SMMUSD will have a $10 million budget deficit.

Franklin will have even bigger class sizes, and face teacher layoffs and program cuts.  Our PTA will need to raise a lot more funds just to keep up with our current standards.  When Centralized Fundraising starts July 2014, Franklin PTA won’t be able to fund classroom aids and technologist directly. They will be centrally funded by the district.

Proposition 38 will provide $10 billion annually over twelve years to California public schools based on the number of students enrolled at each school.  Money goes directly to our local schools.  Sacramento cannot touch it.

Franklin can use the 38 money to reduce class sizes, pay for teachers, aids, technologist, nurses, counselors, as well as many other programs that will enable our children to have a well rounded education including art, music, math, science and technology.

The numbers below reflect a projected snapshot of how much new funding Franklin Elementary and SMMUSD will get in the first full year, fifth year and the twelfth year of Prop 38:
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Every school and every child in our district will benefit. Official Website: www.prop38forlocalschools.org 
 If you have questions or would like more information, please contact Franklin’s Legislative Representatives, Suzanne Goldman and Shaun Dabby Jacobs.