ACPS Parent Council

Parent Council Members,

THANKS
Thanks to Barbara Higgins for providing the update from our Tuesday evening, March 4th, PC meeting. And, THANK YOU for your efforts to attend the Wednesday evening, March 5th, BOS public hearing regarding the budget. We had great Parent Council representation. Please continue to encourage your school students, parents, teachers to contact the Board of Supervisors (bos@albemarle.org) in support of education funding. Time is of the essence as the BOS has scheduled several budget work sessions during the next 2 weeks.

FINAL BUDGET HEARING
The final budget public hearing regarding the budget is Wednesday, April 2nd, 6:00pm. Please spread the word and encourage attendance. Parent Council will, once again, partner with AEA to provide pizza, drinks and sides, at 5:30pm on April 2nd in the room directly across from Lane Auditorium. Please invite your school supporters to join us.

PC CAR MAGNETS
PC's car magnets "Strong Public Schools = Strong Communities" have arrived. Thanks to Tara and Mark Mincer for helping us tweak the design and place the order. PC determined not to charge a fee for the magnets, and we received several generous contributions from education supporters (parents, School Board members, community supporters) toward the effort. PC's goal is to encourage supporters to place the magnets on their cars, rather than refrigerators, filing cabinets, etc. in order to get the message out into the community.

We need to get out magnets onto cars in the community as soon as possible, so, please let us know if you have several parents/teachers/supporters who are willing to put our message on their car (it's a magnet, not a permanent bumper sticker). Contact your parent council representative for the easiest way to get these magnets to you.

If supporters are willing to donate to the car magnet fund, please let me know. Checks may be payable to: ACPS Parent Council, 2385 Cinnamon Ridge Road, Charlottesville, VA 22901

Thank you for your continuing support and action