BASD Proud Parents

BASD Proud Parents Educating parents and our community about issues that impact our public schools and empowering us to make our voices heard.

Plenty of time to come join us!
02/20/2026

Plenty of time to come join us!

Excited to join the great advocates in the BASD Proud Parents for a post card writing event tonight at Country Club Brewing in Bethlehem!

If you’re local and want to stop out to write a postcard to your local legislator asking them to support public education in the upcoming state budget, we’ll be here from 5-7 PM!

Come say hello 👋🏼

This is a great time to remind our state legislators to support public schools – let’s thank them for all they’ve done a...
02/10/2026

This is a great time to remind our state legislators to support public schools – let’s thank them for all they’ve done and encourage them to keep advocating for public school funding.

Join us for happy hour and write postcards to your state reps with us! The parent organization with the most attendees can win $500 (minimum of 10 needed, students count).

We’ll be meeting at from 5-7 on Friday, Feb 20. DM us with questions and we hope to see you there!

Governor Shapiro’s 2026 budget address tomorrow will shape the conversation about public education funding, cyber charte...
02/02/2026

Governor Shapiro’s 2026 budget address tomorrow will shape the conversation about public education funding, cyber charter reform, adequacy funding and more.

The folks at will be breaking down the budget proposal on February 10; head on over to their page to sign up for their webinar and to learn more.

After months of waiting, we finally got the news we were waiting for and our state budget was finally approved. We know ...
11/15/2025

After months of waiting, we finally got the news we were waiting for and our state budget was finally approved. We know that bills and budgets are not the easiest to understand; we’ll keep reposting useful information and breaking it down for folks. Check our stories and follow to learn more.

One important takeaway: our voices mattered to the legislators who voted for the budget. Keep using your voice to advocate for public schools – it’s working!

Care about your community? Vote in local elections and make your voice heard. Polls are open 7am-8pm TODAY; see link in ...
11/04/2025

Care about your community? Vote in local elections and make your voice heard. Polls are open 7am-8pm TODAY; see link in comments for voting information and voter guides. Each and every vote counts🗳️

Today the folks at Education Voters PA delivered our postcards to legislators in the Lehigh Valley. Keep showing up – yo...
10/28/2025

Today the folks at Education Voters PA delivered our postcards to legislators in the Lehigh Valley. Keep showing up – your voice matters!

Awesome turnout at our postcard happy hour last night! 52 community members showed up to write 90 postcards to legislato...
10/25/2025

Awesome turnout at our postcard happy hour last night! 52 community members showed up to write 90 postcards to legislators! 📬

Congratulations to Spring Garden PTO for bringing the most people and won $500 for their school! Thomas Jefferson PTO came in a close second and won $250!

Huge thank you to Country Club Brewing for hosting our crew! 🙏

Look out for more opportunities to show up for our schools. See you at the next one!

Don’t forget! Our postcard happy hour is tomorrow at Country Club Brewing! Hope to see our community come together to su...
10/23/2025

Don’t forget! Our postcard happy hour is tomorrow at Country Club Brewing! Hope to see our community come together to support school funding. Plus, your PTO could win $500 if you bring the most people (must have at least 10)!

Are you in the PTO in the  ? Join us for happy hour on October 24! If you bring the most people you could win $500 for y...
10/17/2025

Are you in the PTO in the ? Join us for happy hour on October 24! If you bring the most people you could win $500 for your PTA! You must bring at least 10 people to qualify (kids, grandparents, neighbors all count - anyone who writes a post card counts!). Write postcards for fair funding, have fun with your community, and win money for your schools? What could be better!

Our very own Greg Vennemann received an Outstanding Volunteer Award from Northampton County for his work leading the Pro...
10/11/2025

Our very own Greg Vennemann received an Outstanding Volunteer Award from Northampton County for his work leading the Proud Parents and advocating for our kids. We’re so proud of him and so happy to see him recognized for his hard work!

Left to right: Tara Zrinksi (Northampton County Controller), Greg, Jeff Warren (Northampton County Commissioner) and Lamont McClure (Northampton County Executive)

10/09/2025

Yesterday the PA House passed a bipartisan budget bill that would fund our schools; now it’s up the the State Senate to pass it. Haven’t we waited long enough? Call your state Senator NOW and tell them to support this bipartisan House budget.

Want to turn your thoughts into action? Meet us at happy hour on October 24 from 5-6:30pm at Country Club Brewing! We’ll...
10/08/2025

Want to turn your thoughts into action? Meet us at happy hour on October 24 from 5-6:30pm at Country Club Brewing! We’ll bring the postcards – you bring your ideas, stories, and passion. Everyone is welcome, even (especially!) those who haven’t met with us before. Look for Greg V. when you arrive; he’ll be the one with the postcards! Any questions? DM us! Hope to see you there.

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Bethlehem, PA

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Who We Are

BASD Proud Parents is strictly pro-public education. We are an independent group with no affiliations to the BASD school board or any political parties. Our goals are to help parents stay informed about educational policy discussions and to facilitate ways for any of us who would like the chance to have our voices heard, to get more involved in those policy conversations.