The merger talk is officially dead and the school board backed down because we just would not go away quietly. I am honestly still reeling from the news (my hands are shaking a bit honestly) but we kept Mae Eanes where it belongs and nobody is going to forget that …
July 4, 2016
Final supporters
SUMMARY OF PETITION:
“This petition calls for the immediate reversal of the decision to merge Mae Eanes Middle School with Williamson High School. We ,the parents and citizens of this Historic Maysville Community request that the Mobile County Public School System rescind this decision based upon the failure of the MCPSS to honor a contract to rebuild Mae Eanes Middle School and the failure of the MCPSS to include parents and tax-paying citizens of this community to participate in this decision-making process. Because of these actions, we (the parents) feel betrayed, disrespected and excluded and have been delivered a quantum of disrespect and autocratic practices that insult and diminish human intelligence and that of the Maysville Civic Community. We have been thusly denied the right to decide what is best for our own children and the right to transfer them into schools of our choice.
Based upon the justifications stated above, we, the parents of Mae Eanes Middle School children, and the tax-paying citizens of the Maysville Community, do hereby petition the Mobile County Board of School Commisioners, along with the MCPSS Superintendent, Martha Peek, to reverse the decision to merge these two community schools and honor the following demands:
- Community Town Hall Meeting with the Superintendent, Martha Peek
- A list of stakeholders that were included in making the decision to merge Eanes and Williamson
- A copy of the minutes of that meeting (Both audio and video)
- A 30-day timeline for parents to file transfer paperwork from today’s date, to the school of their choice
- Parents should have a choice in choosing a proficient middle school in which to enroll their children with transportation provided
- RESCIND MERGER ANNOUNCEMENT
- REBUILD MAE EANES MIDDLE SCHOOL TO 21ST CENTURY AND GLOBALSTANDARDS AND READMIT ALL NEIGHBORHOOD STUDENTS AFTER SCHOOL IS REBUILT
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
June 8, 2016
June 6, 2016
I was just staring at the screen and watching these signatures climb and honestly it is giving me such a headache thinking about how they just ignored us completely. We really need to get over this hump to show them that we are not just going to roll over because the board thinks they can make decisions in the dark without asking any of us. Send this link to anyone you know who cares about our kids because I am tired of being treated like we do not exist in our own neighborhood.
June 5, 2016
I just saw the number tick over to one hundred and my head is spinning because I never thought we would get this much traction this fast. It just goes to show how much this community cares about what happens to our kids and it makes me so angry that they thought they could just push this merger through without anyone noticing.
Reached 100 supporters
June 3, 2016
June 1, 2016
We are getting so near to that first hundred mark and honestly my head is spinning thinking about how many people actually care about Maysville even when the district ignores us. If you know someone who thinks this merger is just happening because they want it to please nudge them to the link because I swear if we hit that milestone tonight it really shows them we are not just going to roll over.
73 Comments
Merging Mae Eanes middle with will put our pre-teens at risk. And leaving the middle school vacant will increase the crime rate in the surrounding neighborhoods.
Closing This school is not the answer to fixing the problem....y'all have failed to provide these kids with a clean safe environment to learn and wonder why the enrollment is low...
I ask that the decision to merge Mae Eanes Middle School and Williamson be rescinded. Proper notification was not provided to parents, students, and community.
Please leave my middle school open. It provides teens in my area a better chance to succeed in this world before going to high school. It is very imperative that this school stays open for educating our youth here in Mayesville. Hope you all consider my recommendation in leaving the Mae Eanes Middle School open. GO PANTHERS!!!!!!
My opinion is that this is a real case to be presented to the Departments of Education and Justice. It is a resounding reflection of a period in history when our community had one school for all of our children (grades 1-12) which was at Williamson in the 1950's & 60's. It appears that this is a back-door attempt to reverse equal education opportunities in this predominately black neighborhood.
Those kids are to young to be with highschoolers
They made this decision without informing parents
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The merger talk is officially dead and the school board backed down because we just would not go away quietly. I am honestly still reeling from the news (my hands are shaking a bit honestly) but we kept Mae Eanes where it belongs and nobody is going to forget that …
July 4, 2016
Final supporters
SUMMARY OF PETITION:
“This petition calls for the immediate reversal of the decision to merge Mae Eanes Middle School with Williamson High School. We ,the parents and citizens of this Historic Maysville Community request that the Mobile County Public School System rescind this decision based upon the failure of the MCPSS to honor a contract to rebuild Mae Eanes Middle School and the failure of the MCPSS to include parents and tax-paying citizens of this community to participate in this decision-making process. Because of these actions, we (the parents) feel betrayed, disrespected and excluded and have been delivered a quantum of disrespect and autocratic practices that insult and diminish human intelligence and that of the Maysville Civic Community. We have been thusly denied the right to decide what is best for our own children and the right to transfer them into schools of our choice.
Based upon the justifications stated above, we, the parents of Mae Eanes Middle School children, and the tax-paying citizens of the Maysville Community, do hereby petition the Mobile County Board of School Commisioners, along with the MCPSS Superintendent, Martha Peek, to reverse the decision to merge these two community schools and honor the following demands:
- Community Town Hall Meeting with the Superintendent, Martha Peek
- A list of stakeholders that were included in making the decision to merge Eanes and Williamson
- A copy of the minutes of that meeting (Both audio and video)
- A 30-day timeline for parents to file transfer paperwork from today’s date, to the school of their choice
- Parents should have a choice in choosing a proficient middle school in which to enroll their children with transportation provided
- RESCIND MERGER ANNOUNCEMENT
- REBUILD MAE EANES MIDDLE SCHOOL TO 21ST CENTURY AND GLOBALSTANDARDS AND READMIT ALL NEIGHBORHOOD STUDENTS AFTER SCHOOL IS REBUILT
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
June 8, 2016
June 6, 2016
I was just staring at the screen and watching these signatures climb and honestly it is giving me such a headache thinking about how they just ignored us completely. We really need to get over this hump to show them that we are not just going to roll over because the board thinks they can make decisions in the dark without asking any of us. Send this link to anyone you know who cares about our kids because I am tired of being treated like we do not exist in our own neighborhood.
June 5, 2016
I just saw the number tick over to one hundred and my head is spinning because I never thought we would get this much traction this fast. It just goes to show how much this community cares about what happens to our kids and it makes me so angry that they thought they could just push this merger through without anyone noticing.
Reached 100 supporters
June 3, 2016
June 1, 2016
We are getting so near to that first hundred mark and honestly my head is spinning thinking about how many people actually care about Maysville even when the district ignores us. If you know someone who thinks this merger is just happening because they want it to please nudge them to the link because I swear if we hit that milestone tonight it really shows them we are not just going to roll over.
73 Comments
11 and 12 years old has no business in the same social environment as 18 year olds. This is a social experience where the kids will suffer
Merging Mae Eanes middle with will put our pre-teens at risk. And leaving the middle school vacant will increase the crime rate in the surrounding neighborhoods.
Closing This school is not the answer to fixing the problem....y'all have failed to provide these kids with a clean safe environment to learn and wonder why the enrollment is low...
I ask that the decision to merge Mae Eanes Middle School and Williamson be rescinded. Proper notification was not provided to parents, students, and community.
Please leave my middle school open. It provides teens in my area a better chance to succeed in this world before going to high school. It is very imperative that this school stays open for educating our youth here in Mayesville. Hope you all consider my recommendation in leaving the Mae Eanes Middle School open. GO PANTHERS!!!!!!
My opinion is that this is a real case to be presented to the Departments of Education and Justice. It is a resounding reflection of a period in history when our community had one school for all of our children (grades 1-12) which was at Williamson in the 1950's & 60's. It appears that this is a back-door attempt to reverse equal education opportunities in this predominately black neighborhood.
Those kids are to young to be with highschoolers
They made this decision without informing parents
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11 and 12 years old has no business in the same social environment as 18 year olds. This is a social experience where the kids will suffer