With your help, the 2011 Special Education millage passed with overwhelming support both in Ann Arbor and across Washtenaw Co. (WISD area)!

We had a great turnout in this election, and the support from all the communities in the WISD area was phenomenal. While renewal of this millage will not solve the financial difficulties being faced by our schools – not by a long shot – it will help us maintain quality special education services and preserve the shrinking resources available for general education. It was important that our community come together for this, and we did!

The Washtenaw Schools Millage will be on the November 3rd ballot, giving every voter who lives in the WISD a chance to take back the fate of our schools.

It’s official: a proposal to raise funds to keep our public schools strong will be on the November ballot, with the support of all ten school boards of the Washtenaw ISD. We ask you, our fellow voters, to support this proposal, which is critical to protecting our schools from the financial disaster that they face once the Federal stimulus money runs out.

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These handouts have been prepared by the CMC for advocacy use; please feel free to distribute them widely whenever appropriate (but without changes, please). We hope you find them useful, and comments are welcome.

• The “What every voter needs to know” 2-page handout is a summary of why we need the millage and what steps the school district has already taken to control costs. This hand out is especially useful for people who would like a bit more background on the issue, but in a compact format.

This page is a directory of the various pages on this site with useful materials for volunteers. Some of these materials are designed to be used as handouts; others can help our volunteers feel comfortable with and knowledgeable about the proposals and underlying school funding issues.