September 28, 2017 Texas Educators Vote Update Make ...

September 28, 2017 Texas Educators Vote Update Make sure your district is participating The Giant has opened her eye. Now let’s make sure she is really awake! Texas Educators Vote is off and running and we are encouraged to see so many districts embracing the challenge of creating a culture of voting. More districts are signing on every day! Kudos to the districts that have already “joined” Texas Educators Vote. We hope that your leadership will inspire others to spring to action and join us now! The sleeping giant must awaken completely if educators are to make a difference in upcoming elections. If just one eye is open, or only one toe or one elbow is moving, the giant (700,000 people working in Texas public schools) won’t make it to the polls and get us the legislature our 5.4 million students deserve! Key: 1. The following list is all of the districts that have officially joined Texas Educators Vote. (If you are not on the list, click here to join) 2. “O” denotes districts where at least one teacher and/or staff member has signed the Oath to vote. (If you don’t have an “O” next to your name, click here to access the Oath) 3. “R” denotes districts that have had their school board sign the TASB Culture of Voting Resolution. (If you don’t have an “R” next to your name, please ask your board to approve the Resolution at their next meeting and email us at [email protected] to let us know when they do!) 4. Districts in blue are All Star Districts that have joined, signed the resolution, and have teachers/staff signing the Oath. Districts that have “joined” and committed to create a culture of voting Alamo Heights ISD, O Alvarado ISD Anson ISD, O Austin ISD, O, R Azle ISD, O Big Spring ISD, O, R Blackwell CISD Bland ISD Blooming Grove ISD, O Bullard ISD Central ISD

Channing ISD, O Cherokee ISD Claude ISD Colmesneil ISD Crosby ISD, O, R Cross Roads ISD Dalhart ISD DeKalb ISD Denton ISD, O Dumas ISD, O Edna ISD, O Forney ISD Goliad ISD Graford ISD Granbury ISD, O, R Hamlin ISD Harleton ISD Haskell CISD, O, R Henrietta ISD Hereford ISD, O Hermleigh ISD Higgins ISD Hillsboro ISD Holliday ISD, O Hunt ISD, O Idalou ISD Iowa Park CISD Ira ISD, O Jarrell ISD, O, R Karnes City ISD, O Kemp ISD Kenedy ISD La Feria ISD, R Lake Worth ISD Lamesa ISD, O, R Lockhart ISD, R Lone Oak ISD Lovejoy ISD Lytle ISD, R Martin’s Mill ISD, O, R Maypearl ISD, O Merkel ISD, O Midway ISD (ESC 12), O, R Millsap ISD, R Moody ISD, O, R Muenster ISD, R Paducah ISD Palestine ISD Palmer ISD Pampa ISD Paris ISD Peaster ISD

Perryton ISD Quinlan ISD Rains ISD, O Ralls ISD Ramirez CSD Reagan County ISD Rosebud-Lott ISD San Elizario ISD Scurry-Rosser ISD Sealy ISD, O Shallowater ISD Sherman ISD Sinton ISD Tahoka ISD Tom Bean ISD Troup ISD Van ISD, O Veribest ISD, O, R Waskom ISD Westhoff ISD White Deer ISD, O White Oak ISD, O Winnsboro ISD, R *Please let us know if you would like us to send you weekly updates with names and numbers of Oath’s signed in your district. Districts that have not yet joined Texas Educators Vote, but whose teachers and staff have already started taking the Oath to vote! Angleton ISD Arlington ISD Arp ISD Athens ISD Center ISD City View ISD Cooper ISD Coppell ISD Ector County ISD Hallsville ISD Hudson ISD Iredell ISD Klein ISD Leander ISD McAllen ISD North Lamar ISD Ore City ISD Raymondville ISD Weatherford ISD Willis ISD If your district is on this list, your staff has started taking the Oath, even though you haven’t “joined”. Please officially join and lead the way for these educators to help you create a culture of voting!

We know that you are busy educating kids and inspiring the next generation of Texans to reach their fullest potential. There is no more noble calling than educating children. However, the only way we can help you get laws that enable you to do this is by having elected officials who value and support public education. Please take action by joining us today at TexasEducatorsVote.com. Challenge your neighbor districts to join also. The sleeping giant should be hopping mad after last session and the special session. With all of us working together, she will be able to hop her way right to the polls and make her teacher voice heard! Many thanks for your commitment to ALL Texas children! Sincerely, Laura Yeager TACS Governmental Affairs Director, Texas Educators Vote