Language Academy PTSA Receives National Honor

The Language Academy recently made headlines when the school’s Parent, Teacher, Student Association (PTSA) received the Outstanding Advocacy Award at the district level from the National PTA. Last year’s proposed $10.5 million budget cut in transportation would have affected 57% of the student body at the French and Spanish immersion magnet school. The PTSA took immediate action, organizing rallies, town hall meetings and a media campaign to send the message to the school board that the cuts would be too devastating for their school to survive. The group’s united effort resulted in its bus funding being restored.

Language Academy’s PTSA was chosen for its dedication, leadership and sustained effort to positively affect child related policy, regulation and legislation. The group will be recognized in Washington, DC, in March during National PTA’s Legislative Conference. For more information, please contact Bey-Ling Sha, PTSA president, at bsha@mail.sdsu.edu.

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