Thought I would do my sons Teachers a favor and post this on my FB. haha more exposure. From: LAUREEN RAMIREZ (Santa Teresa High School) To: CC: Date: 11/18/14 1:00 PM Subject: Work to Rule Dear parents and students, Im writing to solicit assistance on an urgent matter. Despite a significant increase in funding to our school district, the teachers have not yet been given a new contract. Our union, the East Side Teachers Association, is pushing to reduce class sizes that were increased to save money during the economic downturn and is seeking a long-awaited pay increase for teachers. Because the district seems unwilling to negotiate these issues in good faith, our union leadership has called for all teachers in the high schools of the East Side Union High School District to stage a protest that is called “Work to Rule. This protest is designed to bring the negotiators back together to work out issues about class size and teacher salary. The phrase “work to rule” means that teachers follow the letter of the contract and stop doing any activities that are outside of it, such as working with students during break and lunch or before or after school. The goal of this protest is to encourage students and parents to contact the superintendent and school board to urge that negotiations be conducted in earnest and in a timely manner. Before I engage in this protest, I am asking students and parents to email the superintendent and/or board members as soon as possible to try to limit the negative impact of this protest. Your email can simply say something like, Please, negotiate with the teachers immediately to get them a fair contract. I believe that class sizes should be capped at the level they were before the last round of budget cuts and that teachers deserve a fair share of the increased funding that has come to the district. Of course, I encourage you to use your own words and to speak from the dictates of your own conscience. Thank you for your time and support, Laureen Ramirez All board email addresses can be found on the district website at: esuhsd.org/BoardAdmin/Board-of-Trustees/index.html Key email addresses are: Superintendent Chris Funk, [email protected] Recently re-elected board members: Board President J. Manuel Herrera, jmanuelherrera@aol Board Member Frank Biehl, [email protected] Board Member Van T. Le, [email protected]
Posted on: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 23:04:14 +0000
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