My School, My Choice

THE BACK STORY: Ohio's governor, Gov. Strickland, is planning on making some changes to the education system in Ohio. Overall, this is NOT a bad thing. In fact, I like many of the ideas that he has (and look Dad... he's a Democrat! :O) But because of pressure by the unions (of which I am NOT a fan) part of this plan is to cut a significant amount of funding to charter schools...

My girls go to a charter school. In fact, this charter school is responsible for taking Big C's ability to read from an early 1st grade level to a late 3rd grade level in ONE SCHOOL YEAR...

So needless to say, I'm not terribly thrilled that this plan will put the majority of Ohio's charter schools in serious jeopardy of closure.

This plan has already passed the Ohio House of Reps and is now in the Ohio Senate.

You know me... I couldn't sit by and do NOTHING. So the girls & I, my friend Amy & her girls, and several other mother's and kids at Cornerstone Academy joined the (link-->)MY SCHOOL, MY CHOICE rally in downtown Columbus on Wednesday.

Here are the highlights of my girls first political excursion:

The Walk to the Statehouse->

<--kids with signs

On the Statehouse Steps -->

Double chins for choice-->

<-Hangin' by the press