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CUTA’S speech to the school board ~ May 9, 2012

Today we gather to celebrate those who represent the best in us.  Today we honor people whose efforts and dedication have produced measurable and lasting positive influences on their students.  Today we honor and acknowledge teachers and the students they serve.  And so I find it heartbreaking that, instead of standing here extolling the amazing [...]

Teanna Evans’ (and Sue Wooley’s) Speech to the Board Teanna ~ RIF’d teacher at CHM, and Sue ~ rescinded teacher at CHM

Seven years ago, I came to this district in hopes of growing and developing my practice, a practice that I whole heartedly believed that if you educated the young on how to make informed decisions, we could have a nation of change. I left behind my tenure and willingly took a pay cut to work [...]

CUTA’s Speech to the CUSD School Board ~ April 18, 2012

Good Evening. When the board took action to RIF over 100 of our dedicated teachers, we were all told the number of RIF’d teachers equals CUTA’s share of the budget deficit.  Yesterday, our RIF’d  teachers participated in a hearing to determine the validity of the district’s actions.  The district’s attorney stated that there is not [...]

CUTA President’s Speech to the School Board ~ March 28, 2012

For the last 8 years, the over 500 members of Carlsbad Unified Teachers Association have tried to approach agreements with the district in a deliberate and measured manner, thus countering the panicky “the sky is falling” approach this district has employed year after year.  And now that we are, in fact, facing true financial challenges, [...]

CUTA’s Response to CUSD’s Threat to Lay Off Over 100 of Our Valued Teachers

 Each CUTA member’s job is important to us as a union and as teachers. Lay-offs impact the integrity of our profession, our class sizes, our programs, our students and families. CUSD’s decision to notice over a hundred teachers is unwarranted from an operational and budget perspective. CUSD’s lay-offs amount to significantly more in savings than [...]

Sally Estep’s Speech to School Board ~ Feb. 8, 2012

Defining values in a world where money is the measure of everything is a tricky proposition.  How do you put a price on things that are priceless? Our students are priceless.  Their learning is priceless.  And yet teaching them undeniably costs money.  So we are faced with putting a price on priceless things—a contradiction. Contradictions [...]

Sally Estep’s Speech to the Board on January 11,2012

These are times of great change in our district, and much of it is extremely scary.  Our hands are consistently forced to change class size, change programs, change teaching approaches, change assignments, change sites, change designation, reduce, include, expand, budget….  And ultimately, we are forced to finally look at not just reducing and budgeting, but [...]

CUTA Bargaining Update 12.19.11 Negotiations

Facts CUSD Revenue has increased by $1.9 million since 9/14/11. CUSD decided to increase the Reserve Fund with this revenue increase. CUSD moved $500K from Tier III Funding to the General Fund. Due to this budget move, the projected shortfall is now at $7.8 million for 2012-13. Mid-Year Trigger Language from Sacramento only will affect [...]

Dane Stitts’ Comments to CUSD Board of Trustees 12.14.11

(The following was spoken by Carlsbad High School teacher Dane Stitts,  at the last CUSD School Board meeting, after consultants at the superintendent’s request gave a presentation about how an endowment could be set up to bring in money to be used primarily for purchasing more technology for the school district. Their presentation ended with [...]

Sally Estep’s Board Speech on December 14, 2011

Good Evening.  I don’t think any of us could have predicted that this recession would last this long, but it has. And while this district has made many excellent long-term plans, “even the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry.”  And so, here we are with the reality of today Today we [...]

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