Hands Off Our Promise

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As many of you may, or may not know, the 2009 West Virginia state legislature decided to place a $4,750 cap limit on the Promise Scholarship, without question the most effective state-level aid for future West Virginia college students. Our men and women at the capitol justify this act by calling this a solution to the rising cost of the scholarship. Yet I ask you to examine the future of this scholarship 5 years from now. We will continue to let them hack away at our education funding until there's nothing left? It has become increasingly evident that education is not a major concern to the legislature. Our educators are underpaid and under-appreciated, the state department rams "21st century technology" down our throats while we type on our Windows 95 operating systems in our classes, and now they are cutting the educational grants that help countless students every year. It is our hope that, in agreement with our views, that you will join us and help us inform our legislature of our displeasure. Our elected officials can rest assured, come election time, the future voters of this state, the classes of 09, 10, 11, and 12, will remember you at the polls much in the same way as you have remembered us at this critical juncture in our lives.

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  • Adam Fridley
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    • Taking a stand for my education
  • Katherine Forester
  • Zak Foxx
  • Zachary S. Brunetti
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  • Jackie
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    • I did not get Promise, but it is such an amazing thing for kids going to college to get. Perhaps they should raise the standards for getting it, rather than putting a cap on it. Either way, high schoolers who plan to go to college in state depend on that scholarship, and putting a cap on it would make it seem less special to achieve and really hurt those who truly need it.
  • Emily Swann
  • Brittney Thomas
  • Ian Lay
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    • Why not limit the highest tuition costs in wv before capping the promise scholarship?
  • Doug Damron
  • Ronnie Mayhorn
  • Kelsey A.
  • James Joseph Stockman
  • Heather Sprouse
  • Alyssa Boley
  • Susan Partain
  • Kaitlyn
  • simin
  • Amelia Conaway
  • Laura Story
  • Lindsey Coyle
  • Jason Dillon
  • George Partain
  • Cheyenne Parsley
  • Heather E.
  • Dean Klus
  • Tracy Mullennex
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    • This is a great thing.
  • Dakota Lee
  • Lesli Hager
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    • Isn't education important? Stop being cheap and help educate young adults!!
  • tyler thompson
  • Carly Jividen
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    • The Promise is the only reason I'm still in the state. Without it, I;ll be moving the hell out of West Virginia and finish school elsewhere and investment my money in a state who cares about their higher education.
  • Jeremiah Williams
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  • Benjamin Burton
  • Sharon L Knight
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    • My son is a 2008 Graduate of WVU (mechanical engineering). He earned the Promise to pay for all of his tuition. He still has loans to pay back, but not near what he would have had to get without the Promise. He stayed in WV and continues to add to our economy. Shouldn't my daughter have the same "Promise"? I'm a teacher and my husband is a kitchen installer. We don't make lots of money, so the Promise is a great help. What a shame that it got cut!
  • Debra C. Turley