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GREENSBORO -- Community education supporters in Guilford County are standing up saying "no more" to cuts to education from the state.

The group that now call themselves "Team Kids" rallied in Downtown Greensboro Thursday, in an effort to raise awareness of what the pending cuts could mean for students in their school.

"We are 46th in the nation for spending per pupil. If this budget passes, we are going to be last, dead last. This is embarrassing. This is North Carolina. You know, we need to be proud of our state, proud of our children, and it's not happening,” said mother Kristine Potochar.

A number of speakers took the stage including Guilford County Superintendent Mo Green, who says state funding makes up 60 percent of his school system's budget.

"If we continue to suffer on through the types of cuts that we've had the last few years, it's going to have a dramatic impact on our schools," said Green.

In addition to raising class sizes, Green says they're been doing what they can to save money as they wait to see how deep the state reductions will be.

"We're doing things like rebinding textbooks. We've cut instructional technology. We've changed our transportation system to save money. We've eliminated a lot of central office administrative positions," Green added.

But those rallying say they refuse to sit back and watch cuts like these continue year after year.

"This is something we need to standup, rally around, make our voices heard, and we also know that you can make a difference,” said mother Carol Camp.

But the work won't stop here, organizers say they will continue to push for funding for education.

"Education affects our whole economy, this is such a huge issue. Even if you have kids in private school this is going to affect you down the road,” organizer and mother Lisa Donato added.

The group also launched a writing campaign to allow students to express their concerns directly to state legislators.

They hope to continue collecting the notes for a few more days before hand delivering them to the state capital.