MEDIA ADVISORY: Evanston educators and staff to attend Evanston Community Consolidated School District 65 Board of Education meeting and deliver letter detailing staunch opposition to District 65 administrators' plan to eliminate the School Aged Child Care (SACC) program for students.

WHO: Members of a coalition of five local unions: District 65 Educators' Council (DEC), Evanston Teachers' Assistant Association (ETAA), Evanston Association of Childcare Professionals (EACCP), District 65 Educational Secretarial and Clerical Association (DESCA) and Evanston Custodial Maintenance Association (ECMA)

WHEN: Mon., May 4, 5 p.m.

WHERE: Board Room at Joseph E. Hill Education Center (1500 McDaniel Ave., Evanston)

NOTE: The SACC program is not just an auxiliary service. It is a vital, deeply integrated part of our school community. Its closure will directly impact more than 350 school-aged children, effectively displacing what amounts to an entire school population. Beyond the numbers, this decision disrupts families, undermines student support systems, and weakens the very fabric of our district.

Read the full letter from the coalition of unions here.

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The 135,000 member Illinois Education Association (IEA-NEA) is the state's largest union. IEA represents Pre K-12 teachers outside the city of Chicago and education support staff, higher education faculty, retired education employees and students preparing to become teachers, statewide.