1,000+ March against Education Cuts and Layoffs

May 03, 2012

More than 1,000 SDEA members and parents marched from Roosevelt Middle School to the SanDiego Unified school board meeting on Tuesday to protest education cuts and pre-K-12 layoffs across the county. Educator layoffs across the county number more than 2,500, with nearly 1,700 in San Diego...

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May 1st Community March Against Education Cuts!

Apr 23, 2012

More than 1000 educators, parents, and students will take to the streets on Tuesday, May 1st, marching from Roosevelt Middle School to the SDUSD Education Center to protest education cuts and layoffs. San Diego Unified issued pink slips to almost 1,700 educators – that’s nearly 1 in 4!  But...

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Layoff Meeting Dates and RIF Seniority List Online

Mar 17, 2012

Information regarding the rights of noticed educators has been posted to our Layoff Resources tab. This page also contains the Layoff Informational meeting dates, a seniority list of all noticed educators and other important information. Please continue to refer to our Layoff Resources tab for...

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District Votes to Issue Unnecessary Layoff Notices

Mar 09, 2012

SDEA Members,  As you are most likely aware, the San Diego Unified School Board met on Tuesday night and unanimously voted to issue layoff notices to nearly 1,700 educators throughout the District.  The District is playing a budget game in which the school board issues layoff notices in the...

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SDEA Deconstructs District Budget, Asks Board to Stand With Us

Feb 08, 2012

As emailed to SDEA members: With the release of the 2012-2013 budget books to principals on Friday, our District has launched its now annual cycle of budgeting from a projected worst-case scenario that historically has never come to pass. The District has publicly stated that they are preparing...

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District’s Budget Spin Begins

Jan 18, 2012

Note: The following letter was shared with all SDEA members this afternoon. SDEA Members— Yesterday Superintendent Bill Kowba sent all of us an email doing exactly what I suggested he would in my own email to you last week: He has begun to call for deep contract concessions based on unknown...

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Welcome Back with Some Welcome News

Jan 03, 2012

The new year brings with it some good news already. SDUSD could be looking at millions of dollars in increased revenues following a California Supreme Court ruling last week that heralds the final elimination of redevelopment. Coming on the heels of last month’s good news about our District...

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SDEA Office Holiday Hours

Dec 16, 2011

Due to SDEA staff furlough days and the upcoming holidays, the SDEA office will be staffed only by a skeleton crew for emergency purposes Monday through Wednesday during the weeks December 19 and 26, and will be closed entirely Thursday and Friday of those weeks. Non-emergency issues will be...

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ALERT: SDEA Advises against Verifying Your Seniority Date

Nov 21, 2011

Late Friday afternoon, the District opted to give its employees a Thanksgiving send-off that seems a little lacking in holiday cheer: a request that employees verify our seniority dates (a now-annual request that is not necessarily a precursor to spring layoffs). The District sent out an email...

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SDEA Office Thanksgiving Holiday Hours

Nov 18, 2011

The SDEA office will be closed Thursday, Nov. 24 and Friday, Nov. 25 for Thanksgiving. Due to SDEA staff furlough days on Monday, Nov. 21 through Wednesday, Nov. 23, the SDEA office will be staffed by a skeleton crew for emergency purposes. Non-emergency issues will be addressed when the office...

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