Press Advisory: Parents Assemble at the Board of Education Meeting

Press Advisory

For Immediate Release
Nov. 17, 2009

Parents Assemble at the Board of
Education Meeting

URGENT CALL: GRADUATION FOR ALL!

Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009, 6 to 8pm,

The city’s grassroots public school reform organization, Parents and Communities United for Education (PCUE) will assemble at the Board of Education meeting to highlight the urgent call to graduate ALL our youth/children from high school and provide them a quality education that prepares them for college and the world of work. The current Jersey City educational policies and practices are not working as evidenced by the repeated failure of four out of six high schools in Jersey City.

What:
PCUE will call on the Jersey City Board of Education and the School District Superintendent Dr. Charles Epps to implement bold and innovative actions being proposed by the PCUE’s high school campaign platform. Participants will hold signs and representatives of PCUE will address the board and members of the community present at the meeting.

Where:
Public School # 11, 886 Bergen Avenue, Jersey City


When:
Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009, 6 to 8pm

PCUE is an organization of parents, grandparents, and concerned members of the community. It is a chapter of the Statewide Education Organizing Committee of NJ (SEOC). PCUE is a grassroots and direct action organization working to improve Jersey City public schools. PCUE kicked off the GRADUATION FOR ALL campaign in Sept. of this year. The campaign aims to mobilize parents and various communities across Jersey City to build a grassroots movement to hold our school district officials accountable for improving high school education for JC youth.
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Contact:
Loyda Goldston, 1st Vice-president -- 973-204-4121