NCLB Action at Moscone Center on 3/14 +Bus from Fesno

[Horace B Lucido <hbl04@csufresno.edu>]

 On April 14, from 9 to noon, there will be a gathering outside the Moscone Center in San Francisco, where the National School BoardsAssociation is holding their annual meeting. We will join teachers, parents, administrators, school board members and students from the south valley, the peninsula, Oakland, San Francisco and elsewhere who want to voice theier concern over the impact NCLB is having on education. NCLB is up for re-authorization this year and we have the opportunity to express our opinion about the law's effects- especially on students and the entire educational community. Everyone is urged to come. Tulare Kings Uniserve Unit will be providing Informational fliers and protest signs for everyone, but this should not disuade you from making your own sign. They have contacted the SF police and Moscone center and cleared permission protocol. 
There will be a charter bus coming up from Tulare/Visalia/Fresno. Any of you who live in this area and want to ride up with us send me your committment e-mail asap. I will keep the list. It will be on a first come first served basis. You can pay the $40 as we load the bus...cash or check made out to me using my given name: Horace Lucido. 
As of this writing the bus will depart from the Pep Boys/Costco/Winco parking lot on west Shaw  http://pepboysstorelocator.shoplocal.com/pepboys/store_finder.aspx?storeid=2315072&action=storefindermapdirections&DepartmentsFlag=Y&FeatureTypesFlag=Y&OptionID=&address=&city=Fresno&state=CA&zipcode5=93722&zipcodeplus4=3722&sniffradius=200&clat=0.64239286580604&clong=-2.09233212321734&nlat=0.692901237749189&slat=0.591884493862891&elong=-2.04182375127419&wlong=-2.14284049516049 in the area nearest Pep Boys at 5:00am. We plan to arrive at Moscone at 9am and remain there until 12noon. You will have the afternoon to eat, shop, go to the warf etc. We must leave SF promptly at 3pm to return to Fresno by 7pm. I will send another e-mail once this is confirmed and I sign the contract.
If you want an End NCLB button to wear, Susan Ohanian( EliminateNCLB@aol.com )  has them: $1 each or ten for $5. Send her your address and she will get them out quickly.

This is an opportunity to show thousands of school board members your dissatisfaction with NCLB. F.W. de Klerk will be the general session speaker. We need thousands out there.
Feel free to call others....parents, students, fellow teachers and community members. Fill  the bus and more.
Lets hit the road,
Rog and Glenn Devoogt


Rog ( Horace ) Lucido, Physics Instructor, Ret. 
Program Evaluator 
Adjunct Faculty, Fresno Pacific University 
Educational Consultant 
Educators and Parents Against Testing Abuse ( EPATA ) 
Assessment Reform Network Central Valley Coordinator 
Phone: 559-277-1312 
Cell: 559-355-4215 
email: lucid4@cvip.net