Subject: This isn't meant to scare you
From: "Lindsay Siler, BarackObama.com" <[email-masked]>
To: <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 15:57:01 -0400

Friend --

Megan Allen is a fifth-grade teacher in Tampa, Florida. At 
her elementary school, 90 percent of the students qualify 
for free or reduced lunch.

Many live in poverty, with unstable home lives -- some have 
parents in prison, others go hungry over the weekends. But 
at school, they're winning science fairs, challenging 
themselves, and eating two hot meals a day.

For Megan's 36 fifth graders, school is a safe place. The 
budget cuts known as the sequester could change that.

In the county where Megan teaches, 142 schools stand to 
lose $3 million in funding. The sequester could also slash as 
much as $2 million in federal funding for special education.

When those cuts kick in, Megan's students could lose 
teachers that help them every day -- for example, the folks 
who coach them through tricky arithmetic, or give those who 
are having reading trouble the special attention they need. 
The Head Start programs that got these students ready for 
kindergarten will be dramatically cut down. Their class sizes 
could go up, leaving less time for individual attention.

The sequester isn't a list of numbers made up to scare 
you. It's a very real thing that will negatively impact real 
people -- like Megan's 36 students and their families.

Congress needs to hear those stories. They need to know 
that their inaction has consequences -- that's the only way 
we'll put an end to these cuts.

Share your story right now on how the sequester is affecting 
your community:

http://my.barackobama.com/Share-Your-Sequester-Story

Thanks for speaking up.

Lindsay

Lindsay Siler
National Director of Issue Campaigns
Organizing for Action

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