Issue Position: SAVE OUR SCHOOLS!

Issue Position

SAVE OUR SCHOOLS!

In 2011, the Republicans in the Texas House dealt a devastating blow to our children's public schools.

And HD 34 State Representative Connie Scott rigidly followed the party line on every key vote.

So far, almost 11,000 teachers have lost their jobs and, overall, the state is short 15,000 teachers. School districts everywhere are raising class sizes, shutting down campuses or eliminating critical programs.

The only thing the Republicans didn't attack were standardized tests, so the average Texas student still spends one out of every four days -- 45 days a year -- taking or preparing for a standardized test.

Abel Herrero thinks Scott got it backwards. He says they should have scrapped the tests and protected our schools.

As our State Representative, Herrero will send out an SOS -- Save Our Schools! He backs a plan that will:
* Free up teachers to spend more time with each child
* Eliminate money-wasting standardized tests and state red tape
* Reinstate class size limits
* Restore programs for dropout prevention and educational equality

The choice is clear: Better schools with Herrero or worse schools with Scott.

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