Stoner Prairie Elementary School's PALs program is a set of multi-age education classrooms with 24 years of success as a community of young learners. Three of the program's teachers are retiring this year and the school has no plan to replace them and maintain the program.

The retiring teachers are interested in handing off their successful system to replacements. By signing this petition, we are asking school and district administration to better explain to us why the PALs program would be discontinued. Our interest is the students of Stoner Prairie. We believe the continuation of PALs is in the best interest of those students. Conversation about the obstacles and opportunities for the program must involve more members of the community and be more transparent.

For more information about PALs, see the program's website.