Teachers Saving Children^® Inc. - National

The Board of Trustees approved the names of Roy Heusel and Lisa Rudloff to fill the open seats on the Board of Trustees. (See related article).

September 6, 1997: The TSC National Board of Trustees met in Columbus, Ohio, for their regularly scheduled Fall meeting. The following are highlights of some of the items that were discussed.

1. The Board made several decisions to accept the transfer of some areas of office administration and public relations from the Ohio Chapter entity to the National entity.

2. The Board discussed various strategies that would fulfill the purpose of TSC.

3. The Board approved the 1997-98 National TSC budget:

		Affiliate State Chapters	$ 2000.00
		Miscellaneous Fees	500.00
		Office Administration	500.00
		Postage	1600.00
		Public Relations
		Printing	1200.00
		Promotion	1200.00
		Telephone	500.00
		Travel Expense	500.00
		Total	$8000.00

Michigan: TSC-National had a display at the recent Michigan Right to Life Convention held in Novi, MI, on Saturday, September 27, 1997. Thanks to the many individuals who took the time to stop by the display and find out more about TSC. For the past two years, two TSC members from Michigan have been in contact with TSC-National and have expressed an interest in starting a Michigan TSC state affiliate chapter. The formal application process has begun and the TSC Executive Director will be meeting with individuals from Michigan on Saturday, October 25, 1997.

As we continue to work with state leadership, we ask for your prayers and your patience. If you are interested in getting a TSC Affiliate State Chapter started in your state, please contact TSC for further information.

Zero: "Help! Rescue the kids who face Operation Rescue's pestering picket lines. The anti-abortionists are assembling just outside 150 high schools around the country carrying huge, graphic photos of dismembered fetuses and calling it "an education campaign." Just 'cause they have the right doesn't make it right."

NEA Today, September 1997, p. 46 - Letters to the Editor

Two individuals wrote expressing their opinion regarding NEA's "Zeroes" opinion on Operation Rescue.

Greg Distel of Tiffin Ohio states: "Instead of giving Operation Rescue a zero for its education campaign in front of high schools (Heroes & Zeroes, May), you should applaud its efforts to save future students. The children killed every year by abortions will never grow up and be able to attend school. They will never be able to reach their potential."

Kathie Steele of Anchorage, Alaska states: "Your argument against Operation Rescue's campaign - 'Just cause they have the right doesn't make it right' - can work both ways. Just because women have the right to get an abortion doesn't make it right. Don't we call education a full spectrum of knowledge?"

Communication is vital, but to make change at the national and state levels one must first be informed. We need to read the association newsletters before we can respond effectively. Then our message, which is rational and sensible, will be heard.

Please take five minutes to write a letter to your state affiliate association president and to NEA President Bob Chase expressing your opposition to the NEA's pro-abortion position. In addition, please write a letter to the editor of NEA Today, just as Greg and Kathie did, expressing your opinion on various articles and issues.

"'You can't fire me - I quit!' With Congress set to sew up its property tax loophole, the National Education Association (NEA) announced this week that it will no longer oppose a repeal of its tax-exempt status. As a result of the loophole, the NEA was saving over $1 million a year. Now the union leadership is making much of what its million-dollar 'bequeathal' will do for D.C. schoolchildren. This announcement comes on the heels of advice from an outside public relations firm that the teachers union should remake its hard-edged image. But don't expect this new 'look' for the NEA to change its policies. . . ."

Congress has attempted on a number of previous occasions to revoke the NEA's tax-exempt charter, but the attempts have failed. The NEA charter, granted in 1907 when the NEA was a voluntary professional association rather than a union, gave the organization a tax-exempt status that to this day allows the union to avoid property taxes in the District of Columbia. This tax break of over $1 million annually on its Washington DC headquarters property is equivalent to the national annual dues of 14,000 members. Only time will tell if the NEA will follow through on this most recent announcement.

Lisa Rudloff is in her twenty-second year of teaching. She is currently teaching third and fourth grade reading in the Crestview Local School District. Lisa received her B.S. degree from Kent State University. She is a very active member of Our Lady of Lourdes Church where she has been a cantor for thirteen years. She also co-ordinates the children's music program at the church. She is a member of Moms in Touch and other prayer groups. Married for twenty-three years, Lisa and her husband, Larry who is also in education, have two children - one in college and one in high school. During her free time Lisa enjoys golf and spending time with her family.