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Yes for Chandler Students Talking Points: 


  Parents  
·  Teacher quality matters! Schools will be able to continue to hire and train highly
   qualified teachers and staff who have a direct impact on student achievement.
·  Maintaining lower class sizes benefits students as they are less likely to be retained,
   more likely to succeed academically, and more likely to graduate.
·  The district will continue to be responsive to the needs of the community by 
   creating safer and more secure campus environments.
·  Relieve PTO money for advanced  technology and advancement, not core curriculum 
   materials.
·  Chandler schools don't have money to cover core curriculum costs that are 
   required.
·  The budget has already been tightened...there just isn't enough money for the number 
   of students.
·  Passing the bill helps maintain manageable class sizes.
 
  Community 
·    Chandler  Unified School District is a top-performing school district. Receiving an “A” 
     letter grade from the State of Arizona’s letter grade accountability system 
     demonstrates the district’s commitment to accountability and student 
     performance.
·    Property values are enhanced by a quality school district.
·    Chandler community and businesses are directly impacted by the quality and perceptions
     of Chandler Unified School District 
·    Businesses benefit from recruitment and retention of employees and families 
     who are seeking to move into an excellent performing school district
·    Better educated students mean a stronger, healthier, safer  community.
·    You get what you pay for

 Educators 
·    Necessary resources will continue to be provided to accommodate additional students
     in the district
·    Maintaining  reduced class sizes benefits teachers as there are more opportunities
     for teacher to student interaction. Teachers and staff will be better equipped to
     incorporate intervention and enrichment initiatives to meet the needs of all
     learners.
·    Continuing  professional development opportunities will help to strengthen educator
      performance. By continually expanding upon educational knowledge, skills, and
      practices, the teacher will become more effective in raising student  achievement.
·     Without  the passage 383 teachers lose their jobs
·     $7 million less for teachers and schools

Cost
.    About $77 a year or:
.    1 cup of coffee a month
.    1 newspaper  a week
.    2 months at the gym
.    1 candy bar a week
.    21 cents a day
 
What Makes Chandler Unified School District Great
.    Top AIMS scores in  Arizona
.    More than $77 million in college scholarships every year
.     A+  rating 

SAFER SCHOOLS:  The override will be used for 15 resource
officers.  What would you prefer, a roving posse of questionable
qualifications, or trained and certified resource officers under direct
employment of the district.  In addition, the district plans to upgrade its
mass notification system and install remote controlled locks.  Our children
deserve our full effort to ensure their utmost safety.

 QUALITY TEACHERS/GREAT TEACHERS:  With great teachers, anything is
possible.  Teachers in CUSD bring home less money today than they did 5
years ago.  Our district teachers continue to produce measurable results
(“A” rated district two years running, #1 in AIMS testing for high school
sophomores in all subjects {math, reading, science, and overall}, $77 million in
scholarship offers for graduating seniors in 2012 [that breaks down to an
average of $25K in scholarship offers per graduate), Great results need to be
rewarded and we must continue to be competitive to attract the best new teachers
(Recruit and Retain the best teachers)

 TEACHABLE CLASS SIZES:  Funds needed to keep class size low, the
existing 10% override provides funds for 333 teachers, if the district loses
this money 6 to 8 teachers per school site would needed to be let go to
compensate for decreased funding.  At the average grade school this would
be one teacher per grade which would increase the average classroom by 25 to 33
percent or 6 to 8 kids per class.  Class size matters.  

OVERCOME LOW FUNDING:  Arizona is currently 48th in the nation in
education funding on per pupil basis.  Between 2007 and 2012 no state cut a
higher percentage to education funding than did Arizona.  If Chandler wants
to be a city that competes for new businesses such as paypal we must compete on
a national level.  Arizona is funded at a rate of 36% below the national
average, CUSD is funded 11% below the state average.  If CUSD was funded at
merely the national average the funds could pay for every student to have a lap
top, ipad, and new text books every year, this is how far behind the national
average we are.  Currently Chandler has the lowest tax rate in the entire
east valley.



 

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