NOV 3: Special Election in the Vail School District
On Tuesday, November 3, 2009, a special election will be held in the Vail Unified School District of Pima County, Arizona. Registered voters will have the opportunity to help decide two important financial matters for the school district.
For more information, please read about the ballot issues on the Vail School District website.
Thank you for taking the time to study the issues.
*Image credit: Flickr, Theresa Thompson’s photostream.
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Concerned by proposed state budget cuts to K-12 education, about 135 people hungry for answers flocked to a District 30 Town Hall meeting last week with state Rep. Frank Antenori.
The following opinion piece, entitled “
* Are you curious about how K-12 districts across Pima County are responding to proposed budget cuts?
Vail Governing Board Member Anne Gibson recently submitted a guest editorial to the Tucson Citizen on the topic of proposed budget cuts to K-12 education. In the article, she urges legislators to, “Act quickly. Act decisively. Act in support of K-12 education so that we can go about the important job of preparing our students and our community for the future.”
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