March 7, 2012

ETA speaks out and disagrees with appropriate management capabilities

HERE

ETA comments begin at 12:53. We all need to understand the frame of our argument.

A Paradigm shift needed for where the board gets its information

We can do better in the way we work together

Our fight will continue for teacher pay

We have built bridges together that has made us both strong

The numbers tell the story

The child center

and other important public educational needs

February 28, 2012

Watch the video HERE.

The district office wants 2 million in cuts, and the board does not concur.

February 15, 2012

What seemed to be a school board meeting called off for lack of a quorum, suddenly became a quorum after an hour of student speeches and presentations. See the three panel discussion of cuts, and board member partialities HERE.

February 8, 2012

The Fiscal Development Plan meeting begins HERE.

February 1, 2012

Press here for the Feb 1 meeting.

December 17 ECS Board Meeting following site tour

Following the bus tour to the various sites of ECS was this meeting.

January 18, 2012 School board meeing

The meeting begins here.

I panicked when they presented the ETA topics for negotiation (three items) and the District Office list of topics (two pages worth of demands) all degrading the authority and pay of the teacher. I addressed the board thinking no one else was present for discussion and I got my first lesson in "Sunshining."

My goal is to not have to address the board. I would like to see more teachers getting together and tag-teaming board meetings. If we got 6 teachers to occupy every board meeting, our presence and our determination will have an impact on this contract's negotiations.