It’s official, we have buses for Focus Day!

The bus(ses) will be in the parking lot of the former Larry’s market in Redmond town center, (Cost Plus World Market and Bartells is there now. Across the street from Bed Bath and Beyond) at 7am with a departure at 7:30 sharp on Feb 20th.

There is no cost to you to ride, but I must have a confirmation e-mail with accurate headcount sent to advocacy@lwptsa.net.

LWSD PTSA Council is paying for the bus, so please don’t reserve a spot with me unless you mean to show up. No-shows will make it very difficult to justify the expense of the bus in the future. We will depart from the Urban Onion in Olympia at 2:30pm. (Urban Onion Restaurant-Olympian Hotel, 116 Legion Way Southeast Olympia, Washington 98501) We hope to be back in Redmond by 4:00pm. I will give out my cell phone number on the bus, so that if people loose the main group, you can call to find us again. Please dress for cold weather and we will go rain, snow or shine. Bring your kids. Bring water. Bring snacks. Bring a sense of urgency for our kids futures and all of the kids in our state.

You must register for focus day at http://focusday2012.eventbrite.com/ so that the state PTA knows how many people to expect. You can also purchase lunches from this site that will be available for pick up at the Urban Onion. If you want time with our legislators in person, please let me know ASAP so that I can get it on their schedules. It’s a busy day for them as well.

More info at http://www.wastatepta.org/meetings/focus_day/index.html

Please buy a scarf and wear it that day. It will help support our advocacy as a show of solidarity and increase the political clout of PTA and the legislators who vote with us. http://store.wastatepta.org/WSPTA-Apparel-and-Bags-c15/

Thank you all! This is one of the few things each year that we must do. It is very effective and one of PTA’s best chances of being heard all year.