Fulton PTA

PTA is pleased to introduce next year’s executive board members:

President:   Michelle Eichinger

1st VP Student Store: Debbie Jack and Cathy Finley

2nd VP Volunteers: Chris Allcorn

3rd VP Ways and Means: Melinda Lynch

Secretary: OPEN

Financial Secretary: Marlene Weinberger

Historian: Amy Sheeks

Auditor: OPEN

Parliamentarian: OPEN

There a few open positions on the board.  If you are interested in any of these positions, please contact Chris Allcorn at callcorn@socal.rr.com or Michelle Eichinger at mrseichinger@gmail.com

Legislative Republicans rolled out a budget plan Thursday that relies on cutting state worker pay, eliminating affordable housing funds and using pots of money dedicated for mental health and childhood development.

Republicans believe their plan eliminates the state’s $9.2 billion deficit without new taxes and preserves the same amount of funding for education that existed last year. They say it undercuts Gov. Jerry Brown‘s argument that voters must pass higher taxes in November to spare schools from deep reductions

To read the March 2012 Fulton Newsletter in either English or Vietnamese, please click here.

For the latest information regarding the state budget and how it impacts your child, please follow the link below:

http://www.lao.ca.gov/reports/2012/bud/budget_overview/budget-overview-011112.pdf

This document points out that there is a potential $4.8 billion dollar shortfall for public schools.  To learn more, please read the article published by Carol Kocivar, California State PTA President.  http://www.sacbee.com/2011/12/13/4118256/voters-teachers-agree-boost-school.html#storylink=misearch