Tell us you’ll help pass Proposition 103!
Click here to tell us you’ll help pass Proposition 103. Then, we’ll follow up with you to tell you exactly how you can reach out to targeted voters in your neighborhood using our online voter contact tool. You’ll be able to make phone calls, write letters (we’ll provide a PDF), forward emails, or walk your neighborhood.
This is a different kind of campaign – it’s a grassroots effort that started with education supporters around the state taking action for kids and schools. Our success depends person-to-person contacts across the state of Colorado, so we can start reinvesting in… Read more »
Bright Colorado Petition Return – Deadline is July 18
If you have not been contacted by one of our petition captains about returning your petition(s), please email us at douglas@greateducation.org for Dougco drop off locations.
Petitions may also be hand delivered or mailed to the following locations. Petitions must be notarized before they are returned. (Let us know if you need help finding a notary.)
HAND DELIVER NOTARIZED PETITIONS
Great Education Colorado Action
1000 E. 16th Avenue (garden level) – at corner of 16th & Ogden
Please call first 303 722 5901
SEND NOTARIZED PETITIONS
Great Education Colorado Action
P.O. Box 300343
Denver CO 80203
Petition Signing in Douglas County
Our DougCo petition drive for the Bright Colorado Initiative ends on July 18. Sign a petition to help give Colorado voters a choice on the November ballot - more cuts or better investment in schools.
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Signing opportunities:
Monday – Friday until July 15
8:00am – 4:00pm
DCF/AFT Offices, 801 S. Perry
Please call first 303 968 6287
Legislators Respond: “Is it OK?”
On March 14, Great Ed and Great Futures Coalition volunteers delivered a letter to state legislators containing thousands of signatures and hundreds of pages of personal stories outlining the impact cuts to education funding are having on our schools and our students. We asked our leaders to respond to two questions:
(1) Do you understand the impact that multi-year cuts are having on students? And,
(2) Are you okay with it?
Some state leaders have responded and we’re still waiting to hear from others. To see the responses received to date, click here.
Dougco Stories from “Is it OK?” Letter to State Leaders
The stories below were submitted by Douglas County residents as part of the Great Futures Colorado Coalition’s “Is it OK?” Campaign (Winter 2011). A letter containing over 5,200 signatures and thousands of stories was hand-delivered to state legislators on March 14, 2011. State leaders were asked two questions:
(1) Do you recognize the effect that reduced funding is having on students preschool through higher ed, and (2) Is it OK with you?
We’ll post elected officials responses soon, meanwhile here are a few stories from Douglas County.
“It is not OK that my first grader is in a class… Read more »
‘Grassroots for Great Futures’ Conference: April 29, 2011
Join fellow education supporters from across Colorado on April 29 at Johnson & Wales University in Denver for a jam-packed, full-day conference that will focus on education funding in Colorado. Learn strategies for taking action in your neighborhood to reverse the cuts to education funding. Citizens from Parker, Highlands Ranch, Castle Rock, and Roxborough have already signed up to attend. Spaces are limited. Register before 3/29 for discounted rates. Group rates also available. Click here to register.
2010 Election Results: Amendments 60, 61, and Proposition 101
THANK YOU Great Ed volunteers for your work in defeating Amendments 60, 61, and Proposition 101!
Unofficial Douglas County Results (as reported 11/2):
Amendment 60
YES 28,320
NO 83,541
Amendment 61
YES 31,339
NO 81,310
Proposition 101
YES 38,315
NO 73,885
Mail Ballot Drop Off Locations in Douglas County
Mail ballot drop-off locations open today in Douglas County. Click here for ballot drop off locations and hours.
Douglas County Board of Education Vice President Dan Gerken’s opening remarks at the 9/21/10 Board of Education Meeting held at American Academy Charter
You have probably heard by now of 3 measures that will be on November’s ballot. Amendments 60 and 61 and Proposition 101 would drastically and negatively impact Douglas County School District. The impact is so severe; we need to discuss these measures with our public.
Amendment 60 will severely reduce the revenue the school district receives from property taxes. It would cut school funding from property tax revenues in half with the state expected to backfill. There would be $80 million less in revenue over the next ten years as a result of Amendment 60 passing (unless the state… Read more »
