Parents' Coalition of Montgomery County, Maryland: Bob Ross

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Friday, October 3, 2014

NAACP-PG is Speaking Out for Children. Support their Oct 19th Fundraiser.

Annual Hester V. King Freedom Fund Gala

Keynote Speaker:

Honorable Laura D. Blackburne

NYS Supreme Court Justice, Retired

The Prince George's County NAACP, Branch stands on the front lines of the struggle to educate, enlighten, and preserve the rights of all people. The Hester V. King Freedom Fund Gala supports the major programs of this Branch.

With your support

Dine on the Delicious Cuisine Created by the World Renown, Wolf Gang Puck

at the Beautiful National Harbor Sunset Room.

Master of Ceremonies - Frank Ski

Mistress of Ceremonies - Mo (Moraima) Ivory

Event Info

October 19, 2014

6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Sunset Room at National Harbor,

by Wolf Gang Puck

137 National Plaza

Oxon Hill, MD 20745

http://www.naacppgc.org/#!freedom-fund/cez1

Wednesday, September 3, 2014

In Pr. George’s County, momentum builds against cellphone towers at school sites

By Ovetta Wiggins September 3 at 11:38 AM

The president of the Prince George’s County chapter of the NAACP wants the county school system to halt the construction of cellphone towers on school property until school officials review information about the possible dangers that the towers could pose.

Bob Ross joined a chorus of residents who recently testified as part of an ongoing protest of the school system’s plans to allow 73 schools in the county to become sites for cellphone towers.

Nearly 1,100 people have signed an online petition calling for school leaders to stop the construction of the towers...

Full article at this link.

Principles

Formed in 2002, the Parents' Coalition of Montgomery County, Maryland seeks to achieve the goals of coherent, content-rich curriculum standards; high expectations combined with timely remediation and acceleration; a wider range of educational options for parents and children; greater transparency and accountability; and meaningful community input.

E-mail: parentscoalitionmc AT outlook.com

What The Washington Post said about the Parents' Coalition

The coalition might be the best-known parent advocacy group in the region. Its members represent several constituencies, including parents of special education and gifted education students and fiscal watchdogs. The group's defining victory came this school year when the school system scaled back the fees charged to families for course materials.

Coalition leaders have drawn attention to the misuse of funds collected from students for activities, the broadcast of a commercial radio service on school buses and, with their "Weast Watch" blog, the travel habits of Weast and his lieutenants.

The Washington Post, June 4, 2009

Jerry Weast on the Parents' Coalition

"Along the way, you’ve had a challenging relationship with the Parents’ Coalition, the network of citizen activists who use the political process and other means to hold MCPS accountable.

The thing people accuse me of is listening, but not hearing. I hear, but I do not always agree. I am sorry that the world is faster than it was 10 years ago. I did not do that. [But] if we do not keep up, then our kids will be behind. We have to stop whining and get real."

Bethesda Magazine, March-April 2011