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The IB program at Cypress Creek was a truly transformative experience that showed me that rigorous intellectual pursuits, challenging your worldviews, and expanding your peripheries are a beneficial exercise and worthy endeavor. How to think critically, emote, and effectively communicate your ideas and thoughts has never been more critical. There’s a saying in sports that you make practice hard so game day is easy. That’s how IB prepared me for college, engaging in complex conversations, problem solving, and real life. The curriculum felt like a mental oasis in a school setting that could often be chaotic or misguided, if you didn’t focus on the main reason we were there: to learn. I have met people worldwide who have gone through the same IB program, and we all share a common core and understanding. Students and their families should have the opportunity to receive the best education plan possible. I am proud to be an IB graduate and am pleased to have gone through the Cypress Creek High School program. A place where my siblings and I all graduated. A place where my father taught for several years. A place that has delivered some of the brightest minds and business owners, artists, doctors, marketers, teachers, pharmacists, and thought leaders this region has ever seen. Keep the program and align eager educators with young minds ready to challenge themselves, sharpen their mental grit, and build an intellectual fortitude that will serve the next generation and meet the world head-on.
Charles supported: Save the IB Program at Cypress Creek High SchoolI would not be the person I am today without being a proud graduate of the CCHS IB Program. I don't mean that as a saccharine remembrance of youth, but literally--how I process information and view the world is due in large part to my four years in the IB Program, and the friends I made throughout that experience.
The International Baccalaureate Program was a unique opportunity to experience significant rigor and intellectual challenge, one that exposed me to literature I had not previously engaged with (a lifelong relationship with and love of Toni Morrison began in IB for me), the chance to excel in subjects I'd previously been restricted in (such as math, where I got up to Pre-Calc; in previous grades I wasn't even allowed to skip to the next algebra level because it didn't fit the requirements of the grade I was in), and a flexibility of the mind that took me back to my beloved gifted classes in elementary school (Theory of Knowledge forever has a fond place in my heart).
Personal recollections aside, this is not the time to reduce educational options for students anywhere, and certainly not in the state of Florida. The optics are horrid, and the reasoning incredibly suspect.
I was once a student who didn't want to follow a specific path, and declined acceptance to a medical magnet because what I wanted to do most was be challenged, and be able to apply what I learned in a context that felt relevant beyond regurgitating facts for tests. I can say, 20 years down the line, that some of the most valuable learning I ever did was in the IB Program. To end it would be cutting off a pipeline for other students like myself. To end it would be a significant mistake.
Malorie supported: Save the IB Program at Cypress Creek High SchoolWe have horrible internet connection at my school as it is, I don’t need to get more work and not have the resources to do it, with that in turn making me fail or struggle in my senior year.
Jaidynn supported: Cancel school Friday Jan,24th due to the power outageNearly all of our classwork is conducted digitally, making it extremely difficult, if not impossible, to complete assignments or have productive learning without electricity. The lack of power leaves the school vulnerable to safety risks, including the inability to monitor security systems or maintain essential safety protocols. This increases the potential for dangerous situations, including school shootings, which is a serious concern for all students and staff.
Julie supported: Cancel school Friday Jan,24th due to the power outageI have an Autistic daughter. She will run off and even if you tell her to stop she will not stop. If you grab at her she will recoil or possibly even push you away with one arm and say no.
Her only chance if she encounters a police officer is either that she is still very young, the officer doesn’t attack because she is a girl, or the officer is properly trained and never jumps straight to action.
I can’t even put myself in my friends shoes. Both his son and daughter are autistic and like my daughter it’s bad. They are both non compliant. So he has a boy that is dark skinned and at some point that boy is going to be tall and teenage. I’m worried about cops attacking my daughter especially after seeing that cop who body slammed that 100LB teen into concrete with no provocation. It’s worse for men and it’s worse for dark skinned people.
William supported: Mandatory Autism & Mental Health Training for First Responders, Educators & ResourcesMy son has autism and was taken advantage of and used by druggies. Yet he's paying the excessive price. They wanted to send him to state mental hospital, very bad place to restore him to prosecute. I threw a fit telling them he's not insane, he's autistic! The court sentenced him with 2 felonies. For someone with the mental capacity of approximately 16 socially and elementary in comprehension, reading and writing. I felt it was excessive for someone with autism. I truly believe autistic people are really smarter and highly intelligent and lifted. However, it's trapped inside them, making communication very difficult for them. The judge should have shown some compassion but didn't. He's still on probation and none of the probation officers know anything about special needs or autism. It was shameful and disgusting to witness as his mother. I will never give up on him. He's finally getting help in developmental disability program but Medicaid makes the process extremely difficult to get him the help with living skills he desperately needs. This young man is going far if we can just keep these druggies and freeloaders from taking advantage of and manipulating him. He was almost off welfare when he met this bad person who got him into soo much trouble. It breaks my heart he's doesn't understand when someone is using him or manipulating and taking advantage of him.
From a loving autistic mom.
Kelley supported: Mandatory Autism & Mental Health Training for First Responders, Educators & ResourcesThis petition is dear to my heart one of my pediatric patients was Autistic non-verbal
Tanya supported: Mandatory Autism & Mental Health Training for First Responders, Educators & ResourcesI personally have watch people be treated poorly by bad cops on a couple different forces. I have personally had things happen. It's disheartening. I've never been in trouble and I'm 49 years old. These are things that are hard to get over, and create distrust for our first responders.
Deena supported: Mandatory Autism & Mental Health Training for First Responders, Educators & ResourcesSo many are negatively impacted by the results of untrained first-responders when dealing with Autism spectrum and mental health issues. Proper Training saves lives, it provides education for the ever-growing issues plaguing our communities. This can also boost financial support for programs endeavoring to help those in need. This is a no-brainer, let's work together for the greater good of our world!
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