Dear Families,

As many of you know the budget Harrisburg has yet to be settled.  Our schools are still at risk for funding cuts.  We need you to reach out to your legislators and urge them to protect our schools. 

Our voices need to be heard in the budget debates. Now is the time to contact your legislators! Even if you have talked to them before, we need to let them know how much cyber schooling means to our families and to ask them protect our schools. 

While they are sure to hear from our critics, they need to hear from families who will be affected if cuts in funding are made to our schools. When you contact them ask them to preserve the funding for our public cyber charter schools.  We need as many families as possible to contact your legislators.

If you do not know who your legislator is, you can go to our website www.pacyberfamilies.org and click on “Useful Links”.  Click on “Find Your Legislator”.  On the next page enter your zip code in the upper right corner.  It will bring up a listing of your representative and your senator.  

When you call or email your legislators, please keep in mind the following points:

* Tell a personal story about why public cybers are the best option for your family.
* Our schools are public schools.
* Our kids and their schools deserve to be treated fairly.
* They are a great option for 21,000 families.
* The state spends nearly $10 billion on public education. Less than one percent is spent on cyber schools.

* Our schools are subject to the same strict accountability standards as any other public school. 

 Thanks for helping to protect our public cyber schools!

We will keep you posted about any changes in Harrisburg!

Keep moving forward!

Cindy Strausburger

President