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How You Can Help
Twelve ways to help get the educational leadership we need.
Contact us stating your biggest concerns with public education. We will bring them to the attention of the candidates running for school board trustee. A recent survey by OISE found that only 50% of people are satisfied or very satisfied with the public schools of Ontario. This means a lot of other people have something to say. Even those who are very satisfied probably have ideas about how things could be even better, and UCY wants everyone to have their views considered. Write to us if you want to keep your opinions confidential, or leave a comment with a post on our Facebook page or with a UCY blog item, but don’t be silent. Apathy is killing us.
Talk to your neighbours, friends and other parents of children at your children’s schools to help generate the much needed discussion on education. If we aren’t talking, then we are part of the silent majority, and as Noam Chomsky says, the passive “who survive will be left to contemplate the outcome.”
Attend events to learn more about the issues and the candidates who are running to be your representative on the school board. Don’t be one of those people who has no clue who is running to be a boss of their children’s school, and who checks off the best looking name.
Get on our mailing list to stay informed of events and activities. If the link does not work, please send your name, email address and postal code to info@ucyottawa.com. We would like to have your phone number, but it is optional.
“Like” us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter @ucyottawa. Share and retweet our messages, and ask others to do the same. The more the authorities see public concern, the more they will listen to the public.
