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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>This petition is being circulate to mandate school counselors in all K-12 schools. Please follow the link below to sign, and please forward to your colleagues and friends who may not have received this message.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><a href="https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/mandate-school-counselors-grades-k-12/lV6SHgCR"><span style='color:windowtext'>https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/mandate-school-counselors-grades-k-12/lV6SHgCR</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Thank you!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Christine Suniti Bhat, Ph.D., P.C<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>President, Ohio Counseling Association (OCA), 2012-2013 <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Associate Professor, Counselor Education <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Department of Counseling and Higher Education <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The Gladys W. and David H. Patton College of Education <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Office: McCracken Hall, 374<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Phone: 740-593-4425<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Fax: 740-593-0477<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Email: <a href="mailto:bhatc@ohio.edu"><span style='color:blue'>bhatc@ohio.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Website: <a href="http://www.cehs.ohio.edu/facultystaff/bhatc/"><span style='color:blue'>http://www.cehs.ohio.edu/facultystaff/bhatc/</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Media: <a href="http://www.ohio.edu/ucm/media/experts/ohioexpert.cfm?formid=1822088&pageid=1844292"><span style='color:blue'>http://www.ohio.edu/ucm/media/experts/ohioexpert.cfm?formid=1822088&pageid=1844292</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>OCA Website: <a href="http://www.ohiocounseling.org/"><span style='color:blue'>http://www.ohiocounseling.org/</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>