Darcie Cimarusti

Communications Director at Network for Public Education. Highland Park Board of Education Member. Opinions my own, always.

[Darcie Cimarusti @MotherCrusader]

The charter school movement has spawned Christian conservative classical charters that aim to counter “100 years of progressivism.” For-profit charter operators cash in as @charteralliance helps undo a century of progress. @carolburris @DianeRavitch https://t.co/JVPbNjh9mZ

[Darcie Cimarusti @MotherCrusader]

TAKE ACTION NOW! Tell Congress to Expand the Child Tax Credit to Reduce Childhood Poverty by 10%. https://t.co/UHKlZSQ6li

[Darcie Cimarusti @MotherCrusader]

@CraigHarrisUSAT @USATODAY @USATODAYmoney So appreciative of your amazing work, and grateful for your willingness to share your knowledge and expertise!

[Darcie Cimarusti @MotherCrusader]

@NEAToday bringing the 🔥🔥🔥 in response to @BetsyDeVos trying to breath life into the flailing parental rights movement.

[NEA @NEAToday]

Together, families and educators are an essential team for advocating for the resources and opportunities all students need. Out-of-touch billionaires, however, are not.

[Julie Larrea Borst @JulieLB]

Thank you @PatrickDiegnan for taking the time to see firsthand the value of these school-based programs. While laudable, the new system will never be able to deliver this level of care. DCF would do well to own that fact.

[Darcie Cimarusti @MotherCrusader]

Thank you @PatrickDiegnan for taking the time to visit @hpschoolsnj and our amazing Teen Center! @GovMurphy’s goal to expand services to students statewide is laudable, but must not come at the expense of existing programs. @kmsusca @JulieLB

[PatrickDiegnan @PatrickDiegnan]

Exemplary School Based Youth Service programs such as Highland Park’s long-established Community Teen Center are worth considering as New Jersey works toward implementing a necessary new statewide infrastructure for student and family support. https://t.co/SQjtq4pMBU

[Darcie Cimarusti @MotherCrusader]

@tacosandequity Congrats, Dr. Garcia!!!

[Julie Larrea Borst @JulieLB]

The current school-based programs need to be maintained. And frankly, the new state plan needs much more stakeholder engagement.

@declanoscanlon @BrandonUmba @pamlampitt1 @GovMurphy

[Peter Greene @palan57]

Education funding in this country is a twin sheet trying to cover a king sized bed. Too many "reform" ideas are arguments about how, if we cut the sheet the right way and move the pieces around, we can cover the bed adequately.

[Darcie Cimarusti @MotherCrusader]

When medical questionnaires ask about smoking history and I have to admit that I smoked for 16 years, starting at the age of 14, my inner voice starts singing @cher #ificouldturnbacktime

[Save Our Schools NJ @SavOurSchoolsNJ]

There are far too many unanswered questions about the new program DCF is rolling out. Ending the current school-based programs, which are specifically supported by Congress thru legislation & by USDOE thru grants, is simply unacceptable. @GovMurphy

https://t.co/1TwRu7V2et

[Darcie Cimarusti @MotherCrusader]

I was cheering in my living room when I saw this in last night’s @NJSpotlightNews newsletter! Kudos for fighting to save School Based Youth programs.👍🏼 to @GovMurphy for focusing on student mental health statewide, but DO NOT sacrifice these programs to meet that goal. #SaveSBYSP

[Dr. Kristina Nicosia @kmsusca]

Thank you @pembsuper @david_aderhold @JulieLB for your testimony with the Joint Committee on Public Schools to save SBYSP's!

[Dr. Kristina Nicosia @kmsusca]

Thank you @pembsuper @david_aderhold @JulieLB for your testimony with the Joint Committee on Public Schools to save SBYSP's!

[Julie Larrea Borst @JulieLB]

Thank you @kmsusca! Powerful testimony on behalf of the students in Highland Park. Their voices were heard today.

[Tony Trongone @tonytrongone3]

Don't throw the baby out with the bath water!

ESSENTIAL services currently being provided to our kids need to be examined before change is made.

@GovMurphy @vingopal @SenMTeresaRuiz @senatortesta @JulieLB @MilaJasey @PatrickDiegnan @cnbeyer923
https://t.co/2TRKRGHSea

[Dr. Kristina Nicosia @kmsusca]

Save our School Based Youth Services Programs - on site and ongoing mental health support for students. Trusting adults that build relationships with S's. #allinhp
https://t.co/tdtcyOD14d

[Darcie Cimarusti @MotherCrusader]

Superintendent @kmsusca schools @GovMurphy @NewJerseyDOE @NJDCF - says they cribbed the "research" used to justify the plan & gives them a failing grade for dismantling School Based Youth Services Programs (SBYSP). #SaveSBYSP @JulieLB @SavOurSchoolsNJ https://t.co/GmwulWn4cm

[Save Our Schools NJ @SavOurSchoolsNJ]

Funding for the School-Based Youth Services Programs must be maintained. And the state needs to do an inventory of what every school district is providing. It is impossible to make an informed decisions without that information. @GovMurphy

[U.S. Department of Education @usedgov]

With $280 million in new grants to increase access to mental health services for students & young people, ED is answering @POTUS’s call to double the number of mental health professionals in schools. https://t.co/wvAAYqYlTK #WorldMentalHealthDay

[Darcie Cimarusti @MotherCrusader]

Exactly. IN SCHOOLS. Not in HUBS or SPOKES or pushed in to schools. You know, SCHOOL BASED. @JulieLB @SavOurSchoolsNJ @kmsusca @marpr21NJ @hpschoolsnj

[Julie Larrea Borst @JulieLB]

In support of school-based mental health services. @GovMurphy

#WorldMentalHealthDay2022

[Darcie Cimarusti @MotherCrusader]

This is not the first time the @GovMurphy administration has tried to defund SBYSP. Last time the backlash was so strong that the funding was reinstated. If we make enough noise, we may be able to make a difference. @hpschoolsnj @kmsusca @JulieLB @SavOurSchoolsNJ @jerseyjazzman

[Darcie Cimarusti @MotherCrusader]

@GovMurphy's administration is planning to defund School Based Youth Services Programs (SBYSP) at the end of this school year and to shift the funding to 15 "Hub and Spoke" programs that would provide services statewide. https://t.co/SL6kyKDiGB @JulieLB @kmsusca @hpschoolsnj
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[Darcie Cimarusti @MotherCrusader]

.@hpschoolsnj Teen Center, which provides essential services to our students, is funded through SBYSP. @GovMurphy's desire to serve students statewide is laudable but defunding SBYSP is a devastating mistake that will harm the students that rely on the program @JulieLB @kmsusca