Locals Heading to Promise Rally

On March 14 at 6 p.m., Hyattsville-area supporters of local schools, educators, police, health care workers, public employees, and community members from around Maryland will march on Annapolis asking legislators to kill proposed cuts to public schools and services.

The MESA is holding a Promise Rally in an effort to persuade law makers not to slash funding for the state school system--which has been rated #1 in the country.

For more information, you can visit PGCEA’s web site. To sign up to attend the rally, go to rallyrsvp@pgcea.org.

Supporters have organized a bus to the rally leaving from , according to an email from . Those who attend will be provided a box lunch. The bus will leave between 4 and 4:30 p.m.

The email directs those interested in hitching a ride at HES to send their first and last names, contact number and e-mail address to Rachel Rectanus (Associate PGCEA representative at Hyattsville Elementary) at rachel.rectanus@pgcps.org or deliver this information to Principal Jeanne Washburn at the school’s main office.