Sacramento

As described previously, we are in serious budgetary trouble with each of our schools and classrooms -- based on Sacramento and the effects of their decisions on all of us. I would continue to urge you to contact your legislators and implore their swift and prudent action. Some might ask -- what do I say when I call or write? I would suggest that you keep it simple -- after all they work for YOU:

• your name and community
• your concern about educational funding AND its impact on your schools and children
• they (those in Sacramento) need to fix the problem (that is why we voted and sent them there)

It is not only important to call -- but keep calling. They need to know they have a friend in Riverside.

On a related note, we "hear" that there is a "plan" in Sacramento to avoid telling us the "bad news" in January (with the Governor's budget) -- but to hold it off until May. BAD idea, that leaves us NO time to respond and plan before our balanced budget is required to be submitted. We would hope that whatever the news is, it would be communicated in January when we still have time to develop a workable plan.