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SCTA Organizing Committee Weekly Update March 13, 2012

March 13, 2012 at 3:14 pm Staff3 Comments off

SCTA ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Action Alert

WEEK OF March 12, 2012

Thursday, March 15^th is the deadline for school districts to issue lay-off notices to teachers for the coming school year. In this district, nearly 400 teachers will have received their pink slips by then, the shameful result of years of state budget instability and overspending by our own school board. This deserves repeating: SCTA serves all teachers—pink slips are disruptive to the teaching staff of every school and every school program in this district—and we are committed to returning our pink-slipped members as quickly as possible to minimize such disruptions.

We are asking all of our members to wear pink this Thursday, March 15^th in a simple act of solidarity with our pink-slipped colleagues.

But we have more to ask, too.

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SCTA Organizing Committee Weekly Update – Week of March 5, 2012

March 7, 2012 at 6:04 pm admin Comments off

SCTA ORGANIZING COMMITTEE WEEKLY UPDATE

WEEK OF March 5, 2012

Action is the foundational key to all success.
~Pablo Picasso

The District is facing a potential of a $43 million budget deficit in 2012-2013. However, if we all take action, we can reduce the potential harm that this will cause to us and our students. Let’s look at the budget, as it has two distinct parts and requires different types of action by all of us.

The “first interim” budget just passed by the District is in response to a $28 million “structural” deficit. The proposed budget includes: cutting all high school counselors, increasing class sizes to the maximum contractual limit, eliminating music teachers and librarians, ending all funding for sports and extracurricular activities, and essentially wiping out adult education. The District will also issue nearly 400 pink slips by March 15th in response to this “balanced” budget. SCTA, with the support of its members, will continue fighting against wasteful spending on outside consultants and advocating for school closures/consolidations. We will insist that the school board act to address its own $28 million spending problem and return these essential services and teaching positions.

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