{"id":356,"date":"2015-05-07T14:58:34","date_gmt":"2015-05-07T14:58:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.annehalseyforschoolboard.com\/?p=356"},"modified":"2018-01-07T19:41:00","modified_gmt":"2018-01-07T19:41:00","slug":"2-days-until-the-election-our-daughters-sons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.annehalseyforschoolboard.com\/?p=356","title":{"rendered":"2 Days Until the Election: Our Daughters &#038; Sons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.annehalseyforschoolboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/image.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-362\" src=\"https:\/\/www.annehalseyforschoolboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/image-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"image\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.annehalseyforschoolboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/image-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.annehalseyforschoolboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/image-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.annehalseyforschoolboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/image.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>My children weren&#8217;t born in San Marcos, but my husband and I are grateful to be raising them here in this beautiful town amidst kind and dedicated individuals who truly care about the well-being of our kids and community.<\/p>\n<p>I have toured every one of our campuses over the last few weeks and I can say with certainty that great things are happening in our district every day. I have seen exceptional teachers and administrators in action. Above all, I have seen classroom after classroom of students engaged in meaningful learning.<\/p>\n<p>My <a href=\"http:\/\/halseyhelgesontree.blogspot.com\/2010\/01\/daughters-of-american-revolution.html\">great-great-great-great-great grandfather Jesse<\/a> served in the American Revolution. That makes me particularly proud that this morning, our daughter Sadie received the honor of reading the essay she wrote in school on the <em>Texas War of Independence<\/em> to the members of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MoonMcgeheeChapterTheDaughtersOfTheRepublicOfTexas?fref=ts\">Moon-McGehee Chapter<\/a> of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas at the Hays County Courthouse on the San Marcos Sqaure.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m also very proud to receive the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.annehalseyforschoolboard.com\/?page_id=42\">endorsement<\/a> of wonderful community leaders like Barrie Breed and Bill and Brenda Damron, who believe that by working together we can make our schools the very best that they can be.<\/p>\n<p>I am aware that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sanmarcosrecord.com\/news\/school-board-decision%3A-halsey-brings-first-hand-experience\">not every child in the district has access<\/a> to the same opportunities as my children. That&#8217;s why I am running for the school board. I want to provide every student with access to the opportunities and resources that they need to thrive. If elected on Saturday, I&#8217;m looking forward to rolling up my sleeves and getting to work on behalf of ALL our kids.<\/p>\n<p><strong>We have to send a new message to every child and family in San Marcos: You belong here and you will succeed here!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Election Day is this SATURDAY, MAY 9. Polls are open from 7 AM \u2013 7 PM.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Our kids count. So does every vote. It really is that important.<\/p>\n<p>I appreciate your support and know that together we will lead our district to even brighter days.<\/p>\n<p>Sincerely,<br \/>\nAnne<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My children weren&#8217;t born in San Marcos, but my husband and I are grateful to be raising them here in this beautiful town amidst kind and dedicated individuals who truly care about the well-being of our kids and community. I have toured every one of our campuses over the last few weeks and I can [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.annehalseyforschoolboard.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.annehalseyforschoolboard.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.annehalseyforschoolboard.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.annehalseyforschoolboard.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.annehalseyforschoolboard.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=356"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.annehalseyforschoolboard.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":366,"href":"https:\/\/www.annehalseyforschoolboard.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356\/revisions\/366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.annehalseyforschoolboard.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.annehalseyforschoolboard.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.annehalseyforschoolboard.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}