In the Green Room: Virginia Walden Ford on Sept. 30th DC School Choice Rally
Posted September 29th, 2009 at 4.00pm in Ongoing Priorities.
Heritage’s weekly Blogger Briefing heard an emotional plea for the continuation of D.C. school vouchers, a recently scuttled federal program which provided scholarships of up to $7,500 for more than 1,700 low-income children in D.C. to attend a safe and effective private school of their choice.
Virginia Walden Ford, executive director of DC Parents for School Choice has led a crusade to get funding reinstated for the program. Tomorrow, Wednesday the 30th, she is leading a rally at the U.S. Capital.
What: Capitol Rally
When: Wednesday, September 30, 2009
11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Where: U.S. Capitol, Upper Senate Park
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September 29, 2009 Bobbie Jay writes:
The actions of Obama will or have destroyed what works and is non-productive at outrageous costs to the tax payers, everywhere else.
I wish DC well and may the true intelligent see the success and respect what works to keep it working without the need of “change.”