Voces de Casa Maria

TUSD Candidate Forum – School Closures

4 min readWe asked candidates: Do you believe closing and consolidating schools is a practical approach to addressing a budget shortfall and will you protect the over $1 million in Magnet funding that South and West Side schools receive? ¿Creés que la clausura y combinación de escuelas es una estrategia práctica para abordar una escasez presupuestal y protegerás los más de $1 millón de dólares de fondos para las escuelas especializadas que reciben las escuelas en el sur y el oeste? *Some of the candidates’ responses seemed to contradict previous statements or actions or conflict with our experiences and information. We include

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RAZA Beware! / Raza, ¡tengan cuidado!

< 1 min readBy Brian Flagg Someone I know saw this at a southside yard. The point is that Mark Stegeman and Betts Putnam-Hidalgo are working hand-in-hand with Republican Margaret Burkholder and wealthy Republicans such as Jim Click. He and others have raised $35,000 to fund a so-called independent committee whose focus is to change the school board. In this case, “Change the Board” means using lots of money to kick-off one of two Latin@s from the TUSD School Board who consistently advocates for west and southside schools. Raza, ¡tengan cuidado! Alguien que conozco vió esto en el patio de una casa en

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BIG MONEY VS. THE PEOPLE / LOS ADINERADOS CONTRA EL PUEBLO

4 min readby Cesar Aguirre It seems things are getting interesting in the TUSD governing board elections. Last week I wrote a piece titled TO REALLY UNDERSTAND TUSD BOARD ELECTION READ DAVID SAFIER, NOT JUST DAILY STAR because I feel that the mainstream media does a poor job in covering this years elections. I’ve been following the KGUN 9 News story regarding the sizable campaign donations made to Cam Juarez and Kristel Foster by a company that is contracted by the district. Out of this story came a request, by board member Mike Hicks, that the district attorney investigate the legality of these campaign contributions. It may

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TUSD Board Candidate Forum, V1

< 1 min readOn Thursday, October 13, the seven candidates running for the three TUSD seats on the November ballot attended a Casa Maria forum held at the Capilla de Guadalupe. We asked them to introduce themselves and to share what they have done for the southside. Here’s what they had to say.            

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Thank you to all / Gracias a todos!

2 min readThank you to the over 140 people who joined the Casa Maria Voter Project at the final TUSD School Board Candidate Forum on Thursday, October 13 at the Capilla de Guadalupe. Gracias a las más de 140 personas que acompañaron a Casa María en el Foro de los Candidatos para la Mesa Directiva de las Escuelas de TUSD el Jueves, 13 de Octubre en la Capilla Guadalupe. In addition to hearing from the seven candidates, community members took time to discuss critical issues related to funding priorities, disciplinary practices, and experiences from previous school closures and consolidations. These conversation led

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FORO DE CANDIDATOS DE TUSD / TUSD CANDIDATE FORUM

< 1 min readAcompañenos para la cena y una conversación sobre la educacion publica en nuestro barrio. Conoce los candidatos que quieren ser elegidos para la mesa directiva de TUSD y preguntales si van a luchar por las escuelas en el barrio. Aprende por que estas eleccion son tan importantes y acerca de que podemos hacer para defender las escuelas en nuestro barrio. Join us for dinner and a conversation about public education in our barrio schools. Meet the candidates running for TUSD school board and ask them if they will fight for our barrio schools. Find out why these elections are so

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TO REALLY UNDERSTAND TUSD BOARD ELECTION READ DAVID SAFIER, NOT JUST DAILY STAR

2 min readDavid Safier writes a great blog on an online daily dispatch by the Tucson Weekly called The Range. by Cesar Aguirre Over the past few weeks I’ve had some interesting conversations with teachers and parents about this year’s TUSD school board elections. It seems that these conversations are usually sparked by something they have read or seen on the tv news. I don’t own a tv so I look online after finding out about the stories from others. Of course I read the paper so I see how the Daily Star loves to go after TUSD, the Board Majority , and especially the

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Gregg Garfin: Keep bus fares low to help riders, climate

3 min readGregg Garfin, climatologist at the UA and member of the City’s Climate Change Committee, published a guest editorial in the Arizona Daily Star this morning. Gregg is a bus rider and advocates for affordable transit and incentives to encourage people to use mass transit. Here’s the full text: We know that global and regional temperatures are increasing as a consequence of human activities that add heat-trapping gases to the Earth’s atmosphere. These gases trap heat in the lower atmosphere, where we live, disrupt weather and climate episodes around the planet, and increase the chances that Tucson will experience heat waves of

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Message from a Bus Rider, V9

< 1 min readOur ninth video message comes from Adan. Tucson’s Mayor and Council will decide Tuesday, September 20 at 5:30 pm on whether to raise the bus fares. Come to the meeting at 255 West Alameda St. and speak at the call to the audience or submit a comment card. You can also call the City Council today. 791-4201 Mayor Rothschild 791-4040 Regina Romero 791-4687 Paul Cunningham 791-4711 Karin Uhlich 791-3199 Shirley Scott 791-4231 Richard Fimbres 791-4601 Steve Kozachik El noveno video es de Adan. Por favor mírelo, comparta el video y llame al Alcalde y al Consejo y pídales que no

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