{"id":6833,"date":"2017-07-16T19:35:49","date_gmt":"2017-07-16T19:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mayfieldcambridge.org\/?p=6833"},"modified":"2017-07-17T08:19:20","modified_gmt":"2017-07-17T08:19:20","slug":"parents-picnic-in-protest-funding-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mayfieldcambridge.org\/?p=6833","title":{"rendered":"Protest at Funding Cuts &#8211; Latest News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #422874;\"><strong>July 2017<\/strong><\/span> &#8211; the\u00a0\u00a0Mayfield banner travelled to London for the Carnival Against Cuts on Sunday 16th July! \u00a0Journalist Gary Younge was MC for the speeches. \u00a0He said his mum was a school teacher and, now he is back from the States, his children attend state schools. \u00a0The speeches from a TA, Headteacher and pupils were heartbreaking yet also inspiring. \u00a0It really seems like we can&#8217;t leave things to chance and will have to continue campaigning to save our schools!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mayfieldcambridge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/education-cuts-16-7-17.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6951\" src=\"http:\/\/mayfieldcambridge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/education-cuts-16-7-17-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"education cuts 16 7 17\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mayfieldcambridge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/education-cuts-16-7-17-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mayfieldcambridge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/education-cuts-16-7-17-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/mayfieldcambridge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/education-cuts-16-7-17-41x55.jpg 41w, https:\/\/mayfieldcambridge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/education-cuts-16-7-17-470x627.jpg 470w, https:\/\/mayfieldcambridge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/education-cuts-16-7-17.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #422874;\">May 2017<\/span><\/strong> &#8211; Mayfield parents rallied at a picnic\u00a0to protest against cuts in education funding which could mean staff cuts for many schools by 2020. \u00a0The picnic, organised by Zareen Islam, took place on May 26th and was part of a string of similar events at schools across Cambridge. \u00a0Read more in the Cambridge News: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cambridge-news.co.uk\/news\/parents-organise-picnics-over-cambridge-13111966?FK52\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Parents organise picnics all over Cambridge to protest education funding cuts<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mayfieldcambridge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Mayfield-education-picnic-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6834\" src=\"http:\/\/mayfieldcambridge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Mayfield-education-picnic-1.jpg\" alt=\"Mayfield-education-picnic-1\" width=\"810\" height=\"403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mayfieldcambridge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Mayfield-education-picnic-1.jpg 810w, https:\/\/mayfieldcambridge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Mayfield-education-picnic-1-300x149.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mayfieldcambridge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Mayfield-education-picnic-1-111x55.jpg 111w, https:\/\/mayfieldcambridge.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Mayfield-education-picnic-1-470x234.jpg 470w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 2017 &#8211; the\u00a0\u00a0Mayfield banner travelled to London for the Carnival Against Cuts on Sunday 16th July! 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