Save South Carolina Schools
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South Carolina must take a proactive position to support our educational system during this economic crisis. Schools throughout the state are forced to operate in substandard conditions. The following issues must be addressed:
Students who attend schools such as J.V. Martin Junior High School built in 1896 along the I-95 corridor are exposed to classrooms containing mold, collapsed ceilings, no heat or air conditioning, and sewage back up in the hallways on rainy days.
South Carolina schools are forced to deny contracts to qualified teachers for the upcoming school year which will increase class sizes and limit interaction between teachers and students.
South Carolina colleges and universities are decreasing financial aid awards to its students.
Public schools, colleges and other state programs have taken big hits as plunging revenues prompted $1 billion to be cut from spending since July. Advocates for these agencies say the money is needed right away.
The federal government is offering over $200 million in stimulus money to provide South Carolina schools with funds to help minimize the strain of recession.
I am a concerned parent/teacher/student/citizen, and I want all children in South Carolina to take pleasure in their rights to learn in safe and comfortable facilities.
I am signing this online petition to ask Governor Mark Sanford to accept the stimulus money offered by the federal government to make South Carolinas schools safer, to continue to employ qualified teachers, to continue essential after school programs, and to invest in the future of our children and state.
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Goal
350 signatures
Goal: 1,000
Latest Signatures
11 January 2016
4 January 2016
349.
Megan H
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to be required to repay S.C.'s share of the stimulus money and not reap any of its benefits is ludacris
City, State
columbia, sc
25 December 2015
24 December 2015
9 December 2015
346.
Kayla H
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It looks foolish in the eyes of the nation and the world to not take something we so desperately need just to try and prove a point.
City, State
Orangeburg, SC
4 December 2015
24 November 2015
344.
Eric S
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Governor Sanford, I hope you take this petition to heart. Kids in this great state need the best eduation we can provide.
14 November 2015
13 November 2015
3 November 2015
341.
Kathryn M
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I am a student and I'm worried that this will effect my future. I can't pay back any money without an education.
City, State
Anderson,SC
24 October 2015
22 October 2015
14 October 2015
12 October 2015
26 September 2015
17 September 2015
335.
Kevin R
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My colleagues and friends are losing their jobs. Please give us the money.
City, State
Anderson, SC
3 September 2015
15 August 2015
13 August 2015
332.
Allison S
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The majority of hard-working South Carolinians cannot afford to send their children to private schools as you can, sir. We expect and deserve a quality education for our children, regardless of our incomes. Refusing to take the stimulus money would be dev
16 July 2015
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27 May 2015
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