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Governor Herbert Proclaims Jan. 22-28 "Utah School Choice Week"; Joins Leaders Nationwide in Celebrating Opportunity in Education
[January 16, 2017]

Governor Herbert Proclaims Jan. 22-28 "Utah School Choice Week"; Joins Leaders Nationwide in Celebrating Opportunity in Education


Governor Gary Herbert has officially proclaimed Jan. 22-28 as Utah School Choice Week, joining 14 other governors and more than 500 mayors and county leaders with similar proclamations.

More than 21,000 independently planned events will commemorate National School Choice Week, the largest-ever celebration of opportunity in education in U.S. history. More than 160 of those events will take place in Utah. Events include rallies, roundtable discussions, coffeehouse meet-ups, festivals, school fairs, and more.

School Choice Week is a nonpartisan, nonpolitical effort seeking to raise awareness of the school choice options parents have, or want to have, for their children.

"We are grateful to Gov. Herbert for his support of the school choice movement in Utah," said Andrew Campanella, president of National School Choice Week. "When parents are empwered to choose the schools they believe are best for their kids, the kids succeed - and Utah succeeds."



Held every January, National School Choice Week is an independent public awareness effort designed to shine a positive spotlight on effective education options for every child. Through thousands of independently planned events across the country, National School Choice Week raises public awareness of all types of educational choices available to children. These options include traditional public schools, public charter schools, public magnet schools, online learning, private schools, and homeschooling.

For more information, visit www.schoolchoiceweek.com, or visit www.facebook.com/schoolchoiceweek.



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