Sample E-mails

Here are two sample e-mails that you may use ideas from or even copy and paste from to send your messages to our our SBOE members.

Sample E-mail to Tom Maynard:

Mr. Tom Maynard,

 First I would like to thank you so much for your time and willingness to listen tentatively to the testimonies yesterday. I feel very confident today that you see the problems that these new TEKS have presented. As I watched you listen and ask questions to clarify this case I know you truly want to do the best for our children. I am writing to you as well to I urge you to now recommend that Commissioner Williams suspend district accountability for STAAR Math Test in grades 3-8 for 2015.  By removing the impact the STAAR Math will have on districts' and schools' rating, we may be able to reduce some of the stress felt by administrators, which can trickle down to teachers and ultimately down to the students. I have no agenda except to be the voice of these struggling children. Please help us open the ears of those that can make the changes necessary to give these little voices a face!

Sincerely,

Mary Russell

Sample E-mail to Barbara Cargill:

Please ask Greg Abbott, the Attorney General, to provide a formal opinion on how closely the new math TEKS align with Common Core standards. Our state needs the assurance that common core hasn't slipped in through the back door. We owe it to our children.
Thank you,
Alison Howell