School Board Voted

The San Diego Unified School Board voted for the first time since 1918 to lay off permanent and probationary SDEA members. 617 total layoffs were issued.

Under increasing pressure, District administration decided to rescind a total of 286 SDEA bargaining unit members as follows (This vote was approved 4-1, with Luis Acle in opposition):

• 93 members whose cases were addressed by the Administrative Law Judge (including elementary teachers with a start date of August 25, 2003 and earlier, as well as others who were improperly noticed with a RIF)
• 76 counselors
• 102 high school English teachers  (SDEA takes this to mean “secondary” English teachers, not just high schools but we are seeking clarification on this issue)
• 15 librarians
• Under the resolution, 617 certificated employees will receive notices that they will not be offered contracts for the 2008-09 school year because of state funding reductions.
• Probationary employees: SDEA is still in the process of defending probationary employees through the grievance process.
• SDEA President has requested from SDUSD a list of all 286 unit members whose layoff notices are to be rescinded. That list will be posted on the SDEA web site as soon as we receive it.
• While the change in seniority date cutoffs for elementary teachers may appear to have been an arbitrary move to protect Jackson Elementary, Superintendent Grier was clearly responding to pressure from union members. Other schools and members with earlier seniority dates also benefited from this change and there are still four layoffs at Jackson. We ALL have to act like Jackson teachers! Their tireless efforts to protest the layoffs and budget cuts and resulting layoff rescissions are evidence that pressure works!

The actions taken by the School Board are not the final word on layoffs. SDEA members will continue to fight until every laid off member is back to work.

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