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| Date: From: Subject: | 4/9/2002 3:05:49 PM Christopher J. Klicka, Esq., Senior Counsel of HSLDA New York--Please Attend Rally in Albany Tomorrow |
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---------------------------------------------------------------------- From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- April 9, 2002 Dear HSLDA Members and Friends, Here is some important last minute information from Loving Education at Home (LEAH) regarding the New York Home School Rally and Lobby Day. The rally will take place tomorrow at 1:00 PM on the Capitol steps in Albany. We believe this is the most important event to impact your home school freedoms in the last decade. The New York Legislature needs to meet real home school families in order to dispel the myth propagated by the educational elite that home schooled children are social misfits and academically limited. The major media has also promised to come. Your attendance is crucial so that we have a strong showing of support for Senate Bill 4767. Be sure to take time to join the rally tomorrow and meet your assemblyman and senator! Below is the latest important information on the Rally from LEAH. Hope to see you there! Sincerely, Chris Klicka Senior Counsel "Last Call For the BIG Homeschool Rally taking place April 10, 2002, 1PM, on the Capitol Steps in Support of S 4767. In this email message: 1. What to Bring 2. Where to Go 3. What to Do 4. What to Say 5. S 4767 Update 6. Directions and Where to Park 1. WHAT TO BRING Dress for weather that is predicted to be partly sunny in the upper 50's. Make and bring signs, banners, etc., to hold up at the Rally. They can say things like "Home Schooling Works"; "Support S 4767"; "Education, NOT Paperwork"; "Relief from Excessive Regulation"; "___ was Home Schooled" (fill in the blank with George and Martha Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Abigail Adams, John Quincy Adams, Thomas Edison, Helen Keller, Douglas MacArthur, Pearl S. Buck, Franklin Roosevelt, Patrick Henry, John Marshall, Abraham Lincoln, Booker T. Washington and Woodrow Wilson, to name just a few). You may want to bring a bag lunch for you and your family. There is a McDonald's and other restaurants inside the Empire Plaza complex, but these are quite busy at this time of day. 2. WHERE TO GO For parking and shuttle options, please see the end of this message. There will a LEAH table inside the State Street doors of the Legislative Office Building (LOB - State St runs between the Capitol and the LOB) where you may go to pick up a Rally Sticker and helpful material (talking points) about S 4767. These materials will also be handed out at the Rally. 3. WHAT TO DO Try to make an appointment before coming to Albany, but even if you don't have an appointment, PLEASE GO AND VISIT the office of your Senator and Assembly member before or after the Rally. Almost all of the offices are in the Legislative Office Building (LOB), with a handful in the Capitol building. Directories are posted in the LOB by the elevators. Make sure that you sign the register in your legislator's office with the reason for your visit (Support S 4767). The Rally will begin at 1:00 PM on the Capitol Steps and last for about 45 minutes. The purpose of the Rally is to inspire, excite, and most of all, to draw attention to our cause of reducing the regulations. 4. WHAT TO SAY Key points to mention when visiting your legislators: New York has the most restrictive and complex home schooling regulations of all 50 states, and is a very difficult legal environment for home schooling. Research studies demonstrate that home school student achievement does not depend upon the level of state regulation -- students do just as well regardless. It is time to bring New York in line with other states in encouraging diversity in education and saving education tax dollars. Other points: The excessive level of regulation discourages out-of- state families from moving to New York; Excessive paperwork not only burdens parents, but also burdens the school district. Tell them why you home school and the positive benefits that it has. One thing that we are hearing back from a few legislators is that home schooled children are poorly socialized. If you hear this, ask them if they have ever met any. Tell them that this is a myth propagated by opponents of home schooling. Tell them about the various interactions that your kids have. 5. S 4767 UPDATE We are expecting a Senate Floor vote any day, plus we are also expecting to be able to announce an Assembly sponsor any day. Please pray about both these issues. *Shuttle Lot for Rally -- Courtesy of Emmanuel Christian Center* 6. DIRECTIONS AND WHERE TO PARK Directions: From the Northway 87: Get onto NYS Thruway at Exit 24, get off at Exit 23, and follow directions from thruway. From Thruway: Get off at Exit 23. After tollbooths bear right and go up exit ramp to 9W. Take right onto Rt.9W. Follow over bridge. Next red light, take left (there will be a Days Inn on right and Truck Stop on left). This is Corning Hill Rd., Rt. 32. Go down hill and just after post sign for RT.144, take right onto Retreat House Rd. (if you get to bottom of hill, you have gone just a little too far.) Driveway to Emmanuel Christian Center is just after sign for Church. Turn right into driveway and park. (If this fills up, there is also a Park & Ride lot about 5 minutes further out.) We will have vans shuttling attendees beginning at 9 AM till 12:30 PM. Then, returning starting at 2 PM till 4:30 PM. It is possible that you may be asked to make a shuttle trip or two, but please don't feel obligated. If people want to drive in to the city, we would recommend the parking garage attached to the Crowne Plaza on corner of State & Lodge Sts. Another location is the parking ramp and the state museum lot to the south of the Empire Plaza. To reach these areas, take the Empire Plaza Spur from 787, go under the Plaza (westbound) turn around, and head back east. The exit for these areas is under the Plaza (from the eastbound side). {{JoinAd}} ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The HSLDA E-lert Service is a service of: Home School Legal Defense Association P.O. 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