“Vehicle”
:60 Radio
AS RECORDED
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Premise: Mother and 10-year old son, riding in car together, listening to radio.
Car Radio (news report): California lawmakers are still battling over the 15-billion-dollar budget crisis with local schools facing cuts as the school year approcahes...
Child: Mom is that true? Funding for schools is in trouble?
Mom: Your fifth grade teacher, Mrs. Thomason, already got a lay-off notice – along with twenty-thousand other educators across the state.
Child: Mrs. Thomason?
Mom: Yep, if they don't pass a state budget that funds education, it'll mean even more school cuts.
Child: Cuts?
Mom: That's more kids crammed into your classroom and no art or music programs.
Child: But doesn’t everyone support public schools?
Mom: Politicians say they do…but it’s time for them to work together and pass a responsible budget that raises revenues to protect schools like yours.
Child: Well, what are they waiting for?
Mom: I don’t know, honey…school's is almost ready to start, so now’s the time for them to put politics aside and make education a real priority again. Because we can't afford deeper cuts.
Child: What can we do?
Mom: Tell the lawmakers in Sacramento to pass the Conference Committee Budget that protects local schools...
Child (cutting in): …and my future.
Female VO: Paid for by the Education Coalition.