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Students, parents, teachers, and school board members have marched—from Milwaukee, from rural Wisconsin, mile after mile, to Madison to fight for public education funding. And now, here we are at the Capitol. The Assembly votes on the budget *today.* 
It’s a beautiful summer day. It’s a beautiful protest, standing for values that unite blue and red Wisconsin—the idea that kids are worth investing in. But what the GOP is cooking inside that building? Not beautiful.
“Parents shouldn’t worry about how to get their kids into a “good school”—EVERY school should be a good school.” – Raven, Milwaukee public Schools student
It costs so much more to incarcerate kids than to educate them. The GOP keeps opening prisons—and closing school districts. There’s no sense in that. There’s no morality in that.
Learn the facts and use these last few hours to advocate for a better -#WIBudget. Go to WisconsinNetwork.org for info & tools to take action.
Politics and policy can seem complicated. This isn’t. #FullyFundOurPublicSchools
Watch the live stream of the protest for public education here: facebook.com/WisDems/videos…
The march kicked off in the beautiful small town of Palmyra—which has a high school with a leaking roof, underpaid but wonderful teachers and administrators... and is about to be dissolved as a school district. Funds will run out after one more school year.
This sign was made more than a decade ago. Now, the school funding crisis is here.
“It is finals week in Wisconsin. And we are about to start issuing report cards.” – Heather Dubois Bourenane, Wisconsin Public Education Network
The plan: go into the building. Go to the gallery. Watch the Assembly. Make sure they know you’re watching. Keep up the fight.
