Learners, educators, parents, and friends of the San Carlos Charter Learning Center will run 150 miles from San Carlos to Sacramento to raise critically-needed funds and draw attention to the catastrophic state of funding for public education in California.  We are running with letters for each California State Senator and Assemblymen inviting them to spend one day at San Carlos Charter Learning Center or a school in their own district so that they can witness first hand how their budget cuts have devestated our public schools.  The relay run, called the Run for FUNds, begins May 15. It culminates with a rally at the state capitol building on May 17.   The Run for FUNds was conceived by the school’s educators.  We believe that the San Carlos Charter Learning Center, the state’s founding public charter school and one of America’s longest-serving, has a mission to literally lead a charge through the streets to bring this message to California lawmakers.

      The Run for FUNds seeks to raise $250,000 to offset the reduction in funding San Carlos Charter Learning Center receives compared to other public schools in the area.  In addition, we must strive to maintain our Technology and Milestone Initiatives which are central to the school's mission. Fiscally conservative, SCCLC normally operates with healthy reserves.  However, the funding cuts have decimated the budget, threatening our unique project-based programs and our mission of developing students as considerate, thoughtful, ethical, and engaged citizens.  Please support this important initiative!