<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">You've all received the e-mails over the last few weeks urging you to join other Neighborhood School families and all the other city schools down at City Hall on Wednesday to rally against city and state school budget cuts. It's important that we come out in force to show how upset we are that our children's funding is being taken away at the same time that large corporate contracts are still thriving. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></span></font><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; text-decoration: underline;"><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;">Show them how you feel !! Come to the RALLY !!</span></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; text-decoration: underline;"><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; text-decoration: underline;"><br></span></font><div><br><div><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> <table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"> <table style="width: 667px; height: 129px;" width="667" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="0"><tbody><tr><td height="41" bgcolor="#003399"><p><font size="5" color="#ffffff"> <img width="86" height="93" src="http://app.icontact.com/icp/loadimage.php/mogile/152955/b158a7ec4e74a06f4331f431ab7880fd/image/gif" alt="" title=""></font></p></td></tr><tr><td valign="top"> <div align="center"><font color="#003399"> </font></div> <div align="center"><font color="#003399"> <strong><font size="4">Join us at a rally against city and state school budget cuts.</font></strong></font></div> <div><strong><font size="4" color="#003399"> </font></strong></div></td></tr><tr><td valign="top"> <div align="center"><span style="background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font color="#ffffff"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span><font style="background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" size="7" face="Arial"><strong>KEEP THE PROMISES!</strong></font></font></span></div></td></tr><tr><td valign="top"> <div align="center"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font color="#003399"><strong><font size="6"><font size="3"> </font></font></strong></font></span></div> <div align="center"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font color="#003399"><strong><font size="6">RALLY AT CITY HALL<br> </font></strong><strong><font size="5">Wednesday, March 19 at 4:00 pm</font></strong></font></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="border-collapse: separate;" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="20" border="0" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tbody><tr bgcolor="#e5e5e5"><td width="100%" valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff"> <div align="left"><font color="#000000">A year ago, our state and city leaders finally made commitments to invest the resources into the </font><br> <font color="#000000">classroom that our school children need if we are to succeed in getting the next generation ready for college and the </font><font color="#000000">challenging 21st century workforce. These promises were not political campaign promises — they were budgetary commit</font><font color="#000000">ments that were enacted into public policy. <br> <br> </font></div> <div align="left"> <div align="center"> <div align="left"><font color="#000000">Our </font><font color="#000000">children had to wait 14 years for the courts and our elected leaders to recognize and fund their constitutional right to a sound, </font><font color="#000000">basic education. </font></div> <div align="left"><font color="#000000"> </font></div> <div align="center"><strong><font color="#000000">We may face uncertain economic times ahead, but <br> the promises made for funding our children's educations must be kept!<br> </font></strong></div> <div align="left"><strong><font color="#000000"> </font></strong></div> <div align="center"><font color="#0000cc"> </font><font color="#0000cc">To download a flyer click <a target="_blank" href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=9400098&msgid=141263&act=1Y85&c=152955&admin=0&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cfequity.org%2FKeep%2520the%2520Promises%2FKeep%2520Promises%25203-19%2520rally%2520flyerShort.eng.pdf" title="">HERE</a> (English and Spanish)</font><font color="#0000cc"> <br> </font></div> <div align="left"><font color="#0000cc"> </font></div> <div align="left"><font color="#000000"><font size="1">Members of the Keep The Promises Coalition include Campaign for Fiscal Equity; Alliance for Quality Education; Council of School Supervisors and Administrators; United Federation of Teachers; Hispanic Federation of New York State; New York City Central Labor Council; ACORN; Education Voters of New York; New York City Coalition for Education Justice; New York Immigration Coalition; UNITE HERE; SEIU Local 32-BJ, New York Immigration Coalition; NAACP Metropolitan Council; El Centro de la Hospitalidad; Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund; Coalition for Asian American Children; representatives of the Chancellor’s Parents Advisory Committee; Advocates for Children; the Center for Arts Education; Coalition for Educational Excellence for English Language Learners; Make the Road by Walking New York; New Settlement Parent Action Committee; Crotona Committee to Stop the Violence; Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition; South Brooklyn Youth Consortium Inc.; Coalition for Asian American Children and Families; Highbridge Community Life Center; National Center for Schools and Communities, Cypress Hills Advocates for Education; Working Families Party; Citizen Action of New York; Coalition for After School Funding; Time Out From Testing; Class Size Matters. </font><br> </font></div> </div> <div align="center"> </div> <div align="center"> </div> <div align="left"> <hr style="width: 103.7%; height: 2px;" width="100%" size="2" noshade="noshade" align="left"></div></div> <div align="right"><font size="1" color="#333333">Campaign for Fiscal Equity, Inc.<br> 110 William Street, Suite 2602</font></div> <div align="right"><font size="1" color="#333333">New York, NY 10038<br> Tel: (212) 867-8455<br> Fax: (212) 867-8460</font></div> <div align="right"><font size="1" face="Verdana" color="#333333"><a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=9400098&msgid=141263&act=1Y85&c=152955&admin=0&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cfequity.org"><font face="Times New Roman" color="#006600">www.cfequity.org</font></a> </font></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <br><br><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1"> <tbody><tr> <td bgcolor="#333333"><table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <tbody><tr> <td width="100%" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">This message was sent from Campaign for Fiscal Equity, Inc. to <a href="mailto:behill@mac.com">behill@mac.com</a>. 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