Meg
Whitman
tells
voters
if
we
don’t
fix
our
schools,
‘there’s
no
future’


By Meg News Channel

REDWOOD CITY — Along with more than 200 concerned Californians, Meg Whitman on Monday
night watched the battle being fought for the future of our kids depicted in the new documentary
film, “Waiting for Superman.”

Meg, who’s made education one of her top three priorities since beginning her campaign, said the
film left a deep impression and increased her already strong resolve to fix California’s schools.

The documentary film from Oscar winner Davis Guggenheim is a heartbreaking exploration of the
demise of our nation’s public schools, and the staggering effects on our children’s future.

Meg told the crowd after the screening that “If we don’t fix this, there’s no future. Think about
what a difference you can make. We can change this, but I need all of your help.”

Since the beginning of her campaign, Meg has maintained that California’s public schools are over
run by a bureaucracy that smothers innovative thinking and new approaches to teaching and
learning.

And too many of Californians’ hard-earned dollars aren’t going to the classroom – they’re going to
fund layers of bureaucracy that shouldn’t be making the ground-level decisions about how those
dollars are spent.

Those ideas were reflected in the film, which told the stories of several different families across
America – including California families – and depicted their struggle to put their children in a good
school and on the path to a successful future.

The film explored the heartbreak and the hopelessness that these parents and children face when
they discover the door to a quality education is so often out of reach.

Since day one of her campaign, Meg has visited schools and met with leading educators to craft a
solution that makes sense for parents and kids. Her plan includes moving more money directly into
the classroom, rewarding outstanding teachers, eliminating the charter school cap and grading
every public school A through F.

Meg pledges to make the results easily accessible so parents can judge their schools and move on
a fast-track process to charter school conversion. She also plans to invest $1 billion in savings from
welfare reforms into the state's public universities.

For Jean Schaaf, there was no question that she would take her evening to see the film. As a
grandmother, Schaaf has a vested interest in education and after Monday’s screening with Meg,
she said she’s even more passionate that Meg is the right leader who can actually make the needed
reforms.

“I think the fact she brought everybody here tonight, it’s a very positive approach to a very big
problem we have,” Schaaf said. “She showed where her heart is, where her sensibilities are, and it
was very moving.”

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