This petition is in response to a decision to discontinue Mrs. Waters's role at Ocean Air School for the 2019-20 school year and beyond.

The purpose of this petition to provide positive feedback for the teaching, mentoring, and tireless support provided by Mrs. Waters to the students at Ocean Air School over the years. Many of us have witnessed this by our personal experiences in supporting the various programs and classes with her.

Mrs. Waters is known as one of the most hardworking teachers in the school, and is always igniting a passion and love for science among the students. She has consistently been a favorite teacher among current and former students. One can understand her tremendous dedication and commitment towards student success and teaching the application of science in daily life by simply seeing all of the programs she runs each year. These include:

• Zoo Crew
• Garden Club
• Plant sale fundraisers
• Rubik's Cube competition
• Science Field Day
• Innovation Fair (at school and district level)
• Science Olympiad, a program which has become such a huge success that Ocean Air students, despite being competing against students that are two or three grade levels above them, end up winning top medals in these competitions.
• Many more programs.

Some of these programs have made Ocean Air standout among other regional schools. We consistently hear comments on these lines, "I wish we had Science Olympiad like Ocean Air at our school".

Through this petition, we are requesting the School & District management to reconsider this decision and to keep Ms Waters with Ocean Air.

Please sign below and feel free to share your personal experiences about your interactions with Ms Waters through one of the class programs or any of the above listed extra-curriculum programs.