The following is a message from the Measure A campaign. We still
really really need people to help out the campaign Thursday night.
Please consider helping, as our school really really needs it to.
Contact president AT korematsupto DOT org if you can help.

Measure A Ballots First All-Mail Election for Davis

Ballots for Measure A will be arriving in your mail the first week of April. Use these next two weeks to learn about the issues and how Measure A, a temporary parcel tax, will help save classes for Davis students, protect great educational programs and save teacher jobs.

A “yes” vote is important. The state is cutting funding to schools, and even if the tax extension passes in June, budget reductions are unavoidable and Davis schools will need your help.

Simply put, the state’s chronic structural deficit means that if we want good schools in Davis, and the good things that flow from them, including a strong community and resilient property values, we will have to take greater responsibility for funding our schools. Our schools have made the city a magnet and rightly so, but we can’t take them for granted. At this point, we need to start looking to ourselves to ensure that our public schools continue to be a driver of our strong community life.

The Yes on Measure A campaign has put together a website, http://www.yesforourstudents.org, that outlines what is at stake. The Davis Joint Unified School District has put up a page on Measure A on its web site as well: http://www.djusd.net/district/measa.

This is an all-mail single-issue election about our schools. Success depends on a two-thirds majority, so every vote is important. Make sure that your ballot doesn’t get put aside with the junk mail; please fill it out right away and return it as soon as you can. Votes must be recorded by May 3 or they don’t count.

The campaign also is asking parent volunteers and teachers from each school to work the phone bank to make sure people are looking for their ballots in the mail. It is fun and a great way to engage voters and get the word out, and there will be people on hand to get you going.

Looking for Spring plants and veggies? You can buy many veggies, herbs, succulents and plant varieties online and then pick them up on Friday, April 15th.

A great way to spruce up your yard and support the classroom gardens at Korematsu!

Check them out here: http://www.korematsupto.org/plant-sale/

Hurry, our selection of online favorites is limited, so buy them now while they are still available. This selection is greater than what we can offer at the site sale.

Korematsu¹s first Spring Plant Sale!

We will also be selling a smaller selection of plants at school on these
days:

• April 13 (Wednesday) 12:30-2:30pm
• April 14 (Thursday) 2-4pm
• April 15 (Friday) 2-5:30pm

  We will have plants, seeds, buttons and crafts – many of which Korematsu students have made or planted! (day of the week and times on the flier that went home are correct, but the dates were not. The dates here are correct.)

  If you have any questions or have time to help at the Plant Sale,
  please contact our Gardner, Marc, at: gardener AT korematsupto DOT org

Geetings prospective Da Vinci students and parents.

This is a reminder that applications for the 2011-12 junior high and
high school enrollment are due today in the Da Vinci office by 5PM.
Applications will be reviewed immediately so that notifications can be
sent to accepted candidates by March 28th. We realize letters of
recommendation may not necessarily arrive with the completed
application form; we do ask, however, that letters come directly from
the recommender through email or in sealed and signed envelope.

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact us
at (530)757-7154

Thank you very much, and we look forward to reviewing your candidate.
If you have already submitted an application, please disregard this
email reminder.

Debbie Martin dmartin@djusd.net
Or Adela Johnson ajohnson@djusd.net
Da Vinci Charter Academy
1400 E. 8th Street