• Thank you for your tireless support in service of the children
   
• Please submit your CUSD letters to the Journey School office by Monday, 3:00 p.m.
   
•  E-mail shoon@journeyschool.net if you need help
   
• It strengthens our case if every JS family and staff member participates
   
• Please represent your family and classroom well
   
• This call to action is time sensitive
   
• There is no room for procrastination
   
• As a reminder, no one is to send a letter directly to CUSD
   
• It's useful if you write on work letterhead
   
•  You can also handwrite letters
   
• At this time, we need more community partners to advocate
   
• So, encourage at least 1 friend or business associate to submit a letter today
   
• Remember, the gist is the current CUSD Proposition plan threatens the viability of our program
   
• Here's why: We would only have 7 classrooms versus 18
   
• We need a better solution!
   
• Your letters are about persuading district leaders to explore all possibilities with creativity, imagination, and partnership
   
• An array of samples are in the office if that would help your writing process
   
• You don't have to write like Hemingway... just speak from the heart
   
• Other key themes you may mention in your letter include: Personal testimonials about JS; student success stories; alumni achievements; why Waldorf education matters to CUSD; why combination classes must be avoided; traffic flow and safety concerns; good process; Journey's 5 prior moves and their destabilizing effects; how the current proposal would be the 6th facilities shake-up; And, how this decision would undermine the positive momentum, growth, and stability we've recently achieved
   
• Finally, a Special Session Journey School Council meeting has been called for Saturday morning, 8:45-12:00
   
• This will occur at the school
   
• Everyone is invited
   
• Click here to see the Agenda
   
• If you do come, here's my request: Be forward thinking; bring a can-do attitude; believe we can band together to make something great occur in the midst of challenge; and, raise the spirit of those around you!

Onwards and Upwards!

Shaheer Faltas
School Administrator