Jul 28, 2011
SDEA Representative Council meetings take place the third Wednesday of every month at 4:15 at the SDEA office, unless otherwise specified. ARs and CRs should check the website periodically for information about special Rep. Council meetings, which may be held the first Wednesday of every month....
Jul 12, 2011
The billionaire-funded attempt to take over the San Diego Unified School Board has ended, due to its sponsors’ failure to get enough valid signatures to qualify for the ballot. The ballot measure would have added four appointed members to SDUSD’s current five-member elected school board. The...
Jul 08, 2011
Today Superintendent Bill Kowba held a press conference to announce that the District will restore class sizes to 24:1 in grades K-3 for the 2011-2012 school year, and further reduce K-3 class sizes to 20:1 at 29 high-poverty schools. In order to reduce these class sizes, the District will restore...
Jul 06, 2011
Last night’s School Board vote regarding layoffs is perhaps best described as anti-climactic. The Board voted 4-0 (with Barnett absent) to essentially reiterate what they already voted for on June 21 — to utilize additional funds that are coming from the state to recall layoffs. Last night’s...
Jul 01, 2011
The School Board meeting agenda for the Tuesday, July 5 Board meeting has been amended to include a new item: "RECOMMENDATION: Direct staff to expedite recall of staff allowed by changes in state funding and attrition." This agenda item was entered by Trustee John Lee Evans, who to date has...
Jul 01, 2011
As part of the recent state budget signed by Governor Brown, CTA-endorsed legislation (Assembly Bill 114) was included and may have profound impacts on SDUSD’s continued refusal to recall all laid off educators. While CTA and SDEA have not yet completed an analysis of AB 114 in its final form,...
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