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The
Connecticut Parent’s Union does not
negotiate the educational well being of
children. As a result, your support is
needed to protect the educational rights of
children.
Dear Children Champions,
The Connecticut Parents Union (CTPU) is a
membership association established to
connect parents, guardians and families with
the resources and support necessary to
effectively advocate for the educational
rights of children.
Since the CTPU’s incorporation in January of
2011, we have begun to organize hundreds of
parent and guardians of children who are
concerned that Connecticut public policy
makers have not taken meaningful steps to
erase Connecticut’s achievement gap. The
fact is, too many students in Connecticut
are not graduating from high school and
college with the skill sets that they need
to become productive citizens, engaged
community leaders, and participants in a
trained and qualified workforce. Needless to
say, this has serious impacts on our state
economy.
As a result, the CT Parent’s Union has
retained attorneys to consider avenues for
education reform litigation to protect the
educational rights of children and their
parents. We need to raise funds for our
attorney and advocacy fees, and your support
is critical.
Litigation is being proposed in order to
compel the state of Connecticut to not only
provide all school children their
Constitutionally guaranteed right to a free
appropriate public education, but to ensure
equitable access to educational
opportunities that will prepare them for
employment or higher education. Litigation
efforts will focus on four roadblocks that
we believe stand in the way of guaranteeing
every child the education he or she
deserves:
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Seniority-based school staffing,
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The requirement that students attend
schools in their district, even if there
is not an acceptable educational
opportunity in that district,
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The legislature's Education Committee
places as first their obligation
to the teachers and the school
districts. By doing so, they then act
improperly to allow the school district
representatives, the teacher
representatives, and the State
Department of Education (which also
places teachers and school districts
first before schoolchildren) to assist
in writing legislation, to the
exclusion of the interest of the
children as represented by parents.
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And the irrational and unfair use of
federal, state, and local funds to
facilitate educational opportunities for
all students. The litigation also will
claim that these three policies not only
have caused a variety of damages to the
individual plaintiffs, but also have
caused a disparate impact on
economically disadvantaged inner city
students, including minorities.
Your early contributions, made payable to CT
Parent’s Union, will give our education and
advocacy litigation efforts a tremendous
boost during this crucial early phase of the
work. Your gift of any amount will help the
CTPU raise the vital “seed money” to ensure
a successfully advocacy and litigation
campaign. Please note: because the funds
will be used for litigation, your pledge
will unfortunately NOT be tax deductible,
but there will be a transparent accounting
tab on our website and you will get updates
via email regarding the litigation progress.
Our goal is to raise $25,000 by September
30, 2011. Your financial support helps us
rise to this great challenge and ensures
that parents of Connecticut have a say in
our children’s educational outcomes.
On behalf of CTPU, I thank you in advance
for your encouragement and generous support.
Sincerely yours,
Gwendolyn Samuel, President, CT Parents
Union, Inc
PO Box 3004, Meriden CT 06450
Email:gwen@ctparentsunion.org
Please consider making an one-time donation
or becoming Children’s Champion Member of
our organization and make a small
contribution to the organization each month: One-Time Donation Monthly Subscription Donations
If
you would rather send a check, payable to CT
Parent’s Union, feel free to mail it to our
offices:
CT Parent’s Union
PO Box 3004
Meriden, CT 06451 |
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