Fast Way to Contact our Local Assemblyman
Deaf Children are Precious EdVoice Website was established by our state’s leading educational philanthropists who understand  that the future of California will be shaped by the quality of education.   The website has a simple letter set up and it will localize which assemblyman to contact. All you have to do type in your name, address and of course with a little tweaking […]
Wed, Dec 17 2014

Update: New Action Plan
Deaf Children are Precious TRANSCRIPT OF “UPDATE: NEW ACTION PLAN”Hello. I want to inform you that today Jack O’Connell sent out an e-mail emphasizing his support and value of our school.He doesn’t want our school to close; rather he wants us [the Deaf community] to take action and protect the state budget.For the past few days we have been […]
Wed, Dec 17 2014

Open Letter to Superintendent O’Connell
Deaf Children are Precious Superintendent O’Connell, Thank you for reiterating your support of the State Special Schools and all California schools. The Deaf community is equally passionate about education, and will be more than happy to join you in the fight to preserve (and increase!) educational funding for ALL children in California. I would like to put last week […]
Wed, Dec 17 2014

Fast Way to Contact our Local Assemblyman
Deaf Children are Precious EdVoice Website was established by our state's leading educational philanthropists who understand  that the future of California will be shaped by the quality of education.   The website has a simple letter set up and it will localize which assemblyman to contact. All you have to do type in your name, address and of course with a little tweaking in the [...]
Thu, Jan 17 2008

Update: New Action Plan
Deaf Children are Precious TRANSCRIPT OF “UPDATE: NEW ACTION PLAN”Hello. I want to inform you that today Jack O'Connell sent out an e-mail emphasizing his support and value of our school.He doesn't want our school to close; rather he wants us [the Deaf community] to take action and protect the state budget.For the past few days we have been [...]
Mon, Jan 14 2008

Open Letter to Superintendent O’Connell
Deaf Children are Precious Superintendent O’Connell, Thank you for reiterating your support of the State Special Schools and all California schools. The Deaf community is equally passionate about education, and will be more than happy to join you in the fight to preserve (and increase!) educational funding for ALL children in California. I would like to put last week into [...]
Mon, Jan 14 2008

DCARA CEO statement
Deaf Children are Precious I received this e-mail as a DCARA Board member and received permission to post this. From: Diana Herron Subject: Re: CDCAN REPORT #003-2008: CONSTITUTIONAL SPENDING CAP AMENDMENT AND MAJOR CUTS TO BE PROPOSED - NO DETAILS I called Superintendent Jack O’Connell’s office to get clarification on the comment that he made on the radio regarding budget cuts and [...]
Mon, Jan 14 2008

Message from Jack O’ Connell
Deaf Children are Precious Please share this email with any of your staff, parents or community members who may have contacted you about Superintendent O'Connell's comments during his radio interview on Thursday, January 10. Thank you. >>> Jack O'Connell 1/11/2008 5:25 PM >>> In response to concerns raised about my comments to the media regarding o...
Mon, Jan 14 2008

More Action Plans
Deaf Children are Precious San Francisco Chronicle published an article on January 13, 2008; Governor’s budget aims to curb spending mandates by Tom Chorneau. The article mentioned a few things that we all should be aware of. It is about Jack O’Connell stance on how our governors are going in wrong directions by cutting budgets [...]
Mon, Jan 14 2008

Calm, respectful action is a MUST
Deaf Children are Precious Hi, everyone. A few comments have asked for clarification, a suggestion to wait, and so on. We assure you that we are not encouraging people to panic, to rashly call O'Connell's office and leave an angry message, or anything of that nature. We fully acknowledge the possibility that this is simply a political ploy, therefore, we need [...]
Sun, Jan 13 2008

Jack O’Connell’s “Guarantee” to send Deaf Kids Home!
Deaf Children are Precious Yesterday (January 10, 2008), Jack O'Connell was interviewed by local radio station, KGO-AM 810, on the 6 pm show. California is facing a severe budget crisis and the governor has proposed across the board cuts. For information on what these proposed cuts look like, click on the San Francisco Chronicle and Fremont Argus articles in [...]
Sat, Jan 12 2008

Minutes From Today’s Meeting
Deaf Children are Precious Emergency Meeting took place at the amphitheatre on January 11, 2006 at 2 pm Bridgetta Bourne-Firl opened the meeting saying she knows we all are scared and what Jack O’Connell said on the radio was scary. When reading the transcript of the interview with Jack O’Connell, we do not know exactly what he meant however; we [...]
Sat, Jan 12 2008