Comments on: TN Closing Down Governor’s Academy? http://mamapundit.com/2010/01/tn-closing-down-governors-academy/ motherhood, and all the rest of it. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:03:57 +0000 hourly 1 By: Ashley Coke http://mamapundit.com/2010/01/tn-closing-down-governors-academy/comment-page-1/#comment-2033 Ashley Coke Sat, 16 Jan 2010 22:21:23 +0000 http://mamapundit.com/?p=2503#comment-2033 First off: Thank you so much for writing this. It is very comforting to know there are people out there that care. As a student currently in the Tennessee Governor's Academy, I implore you to help the future of Tennessee education stay afloat. They claim funding is not an issue, yet they have not listened to any proposals. Sound fishy? We are the cornerstone of the entire 485 million dollar grant in the Race to the Top proposal. Yet we are being axed next year. Sound worse yet? Our position can help all public schools because we only operate on 1 million dollars a year. That's housing, books, tuition, transportation, food, salaries. It serves the best and brightest who care. What could the state do with 485 million dollars? How many students can it help? We don't want Gov. Bredesen to jeopardize our chance and your child's chance. The Aademy has opened many doors for my fellow classmates and me. I want to give your child a fighting chance at any college that doesn't see Tennessee as something to be interested in. We are trying to help the future even though it won't affect us. It does affect you. Here is my contact information. If you could write a letter of support detailing exactly what this post says and send it to the contact information provided I would be in your debt. We will help you and your child have a voice. Any support you can rear in will be very welcome. We have potential investors, but we have to find the public that cares. If you have contact information from anyone you met, do you mind forwarding this to them? Ashley Coke Student Government President at the Tennessee Governor's Academy for Mathematics and Science Email: acoke@jkccs.com Phone: 865.405.7143 First off: Thank you so much for writing this. It is very comforting to know there are people out there that care. As a student currently in the Tennessee Governor’s Academy, I implore you to help the future of Tennessee education stay afloat. They claim funding is not an issue, yet they have not listened to any proposals. Sound fishy? We are the cornerstone of the entire 485 million dollar grant in the Race to the Top proposal. Yet we are being axed next year. Sound worse yet? Our position can help all public schools because we only operate on 1 million dollars a year. That’s housing, books, tuition, transportation, food, salaries. It serves the best and brightest who care. What could the state do with 485 million dollars? How many students can it help? We don’t want Gov. Bredesen to jeopardize our chance and your child’s chance. The Aademy has opened many doors for my fellow classmates and me. I want to give your child a fighting chance at any college that doesn’t see Tennessee as something to be interested in.

We are trying to help the future even though it won’t affect us. It does affect you.

Here is my contact information. If you could write a letter of support detailing exactly what this post says and send it to the contact information provided I would be in your debt. We will help you and your child have a voice. Any support you can rear in will be very welcome. We have potential investors, but we have to find the public that cares.

If you have contact information from anyone you met, do you mind forwarding this to them?

Ashley Coke
Student Government President at the Tennessee Governor’s Academy for Mathematics and Science
Email: acoke@jkccs.com
Phone: 865.405.7143

]]> By: mamatried http://mamapundit.com/2010/01/tn-closing-down-governors-academy/comment-page-1/#comment-2032 mamatried Fri, 15 Jan 2010 04:09:48 +0000 http://mamapundit.com/?p=2503#comment-2032 A friend of mine teaches in the program. He was worried every year they were going to get the ax. Guess he doesn't have to worry anymore :( I do wish we had a *real* magnet program in KC. A friend of mine teaches in the program. He was worried every year they were going to get the ax. Guess he doesn’t have to worry anymore :(

I do wish we had a *real* magnet program in KC.

]]> By: Cathy McCaughan http://mamapundit.com/2010/01/tn-closing-down-governors-academy/comment-page-1/#comment-2031 Cathy McCaughan Thu, 14 Jan 2010 20:21:31 +0000 http://mamapundit.com/?p=2503#comment-2031 http://schoolmatters.ning.com/forum/topics/tn-governors-academy-to-change? http://schoolmatters.ning.com/forum/topics/tn-governors-academy-to-change?

]]> By: Leslie http://mamapundit.com/2010/01/tn-closing-down-governors-academy/comment-page-1/#comment-2030 Leslie Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:26:12 +0000 http://mamapundit.com/?p=2503#comment-2030 Oops, read that wrong. I was thinking of a different program. Still, it does show where Tennessee's priorities lie, doesn't it? Oops, read that wrong. I was thinking of a different program. Still, it does show where Tennessee’s priorities lie, doesn’t it?

]]> By: Leslie http://mamapundit.com/2010/01/tn-closing-down-governors-academy/comment-page-1/#comment-2029 Leslie Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:23:57 +0000 http://mamapundit.com/?p=2503#comment-2029 I'm so disappointed to hear this. Both my boys would have applied. I’m so disappointed to hear this. Both my boys would have applied.

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