Turn the Tide: Vote Yes! for the Ipswich School Budget Override on May 20, 2008

Take Action Now!
Critical action steps for every person in support of the override:

1. Will you be out of town on Election Day, May 20? Fill out and submit an absentee ballot at the Town Clerk's office from now until noon on Monday, May 19.
   
   The Town Clerk's office is open Weds May 14 and Thurs May 15 from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm, Fri May 16 from 8:00 am to 12:00pm, and Mon May 19 from 8:00 am to 12:00pm. You can fill out and submit your ballot on the spot. The Town Clerk can mail an absentee ballot to anyone, but it needs to be mailed back and postmarked no later than Monday, May 19th.
   
   
2. Attend Town Meeting on Tuesday, May 13 and stay until the end. It is essential that we have a quorum to support the override for the entire meeting.
3. Go to the polls at the Ipswich YMCA and vote YES! on Tuesday, May 20.

Our Last Chance to Turn the Tide: Your Help Needed Urgently
We are in the home stretch before Town Meeting on May 13 and Election Day on May 20. We need every volunteer possible to help with the activities for our final campaign drive. If you can volunteer your time, please contact us at turnthetide@comcast.net.

 
About Turn the Tide: Vote Yes!
Turn the Tide: Vote Yes! is a municipal ballot question committee formed to organize support for the passage of a Proposition 2 1/2 override which has been recommended by the Ipswich School Committee in the amount of $1.491 million for the FY 2009 school budget.

Hundreds of volunteers have come forward to be a part of Turn the Tide: Vote Yes!  We are:
·         parents with children in our schools, parents with
      grown children;
·         men and women with no children;
·         business owners;
·         current students and recent graduates of Ipswich High
      School;
·         senior citizens and grandparents;
·         educators and Choice parents;
·         renters, homeowners and summer residents.

We are Ipswich. 

Our mandate is straightforward: to solve a community crisis. The current structural deficit in our school budget will result in unacceptable cutting of teachers, libraries, programs and services.  We can Turn the Tide as a community at Town Meeting on May 13  by approving that a Prop 2 1/2 override be sent to the ballot for a May 20 vote by Ipswich citizens.