MEDIA ADVISORY: SAN DIEGO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FORM “SAVE OUR SCHOOLS SAN DIEGO" RALLY FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION

Note to reporters and editors: This event is sponsored by "Save Our Schools San Diego," a contingent of high school students from across San Diego Unified School District. You are invited to cover this event. For more information, contact Sydnie Moore at 619.823.8448 or moore2com@gmail.com.

October 12, 2012

MEDIA CONTACTS:
Sydnie Moore or Duncan Moore, 619.823.8448, moore2com@gmail.com

MEDIA ADVISORY

SAN DIEGO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FORM "SAVE OUR SCHOOLS SAN DIEGO" RALLY FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION
Students Host Rally Saturday, October 13, to Raise Awareness of Key Ballot Initiatives

WHAT: Once a model of excellence, California's educational system is in a precarious state – but a tenacious group of high school students has mobilized to make a difference and form Save Our Schools San Diego (S.O.S.) and will hold a public rally to raise awareness of key ballot initiatives Saturday.

WHEN:  Rally: 11 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 13
Pre Event Interviews: 1:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 12, with S.O.S. leader, Nick Kelly, a Patrick Henry High School senior (call for location)

WHERE: War Memorial Park (adjacent to Roosevelt Middle School), 3366 Park Blvd., San Diego, Calif. 92103.

WHY: Hinging on voters, a trio of measures – Propositions 30, 38 and Z – could make or break the future of the California Public Education System this November – impacting the fate of 6.3 million California students. In response, a contingent of San Diego Unified high schoolers has joined forces to create S.O.S., a student-led campaign fighting for education and to give California students a much-needed voice. The rally is to build momentum for their cause and raise awareness about what is at stake. In San Diego Unified alone, the district will lose $40 million in funding this year if Proposition 30 fails, forcing administrators to cut the school year by three weeks.

WHO:  Hundreds of local public school students, concerned parents, teachers and friends, as well as S.O.S. student leaders.  A line up of students and teachers (from Patrick Henry, La Jolla High and Gage Elementary) will speak and be available for interviews.

 VISUALS:
Cheerleaders and pep bands demonstrating what could be at stake after Nov.
Students creating posters, holding colored signs, getting voter pledges
Student leaders speaking publically about how budget cuts have impacted them personally

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Linda Zintz, Communications Director, lzintz@sandi.net


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