Comments on: Other school districts are reducing teacher layoffs, why isn’t the SAUSD?

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 00:02:53 +0000

I think you are being led astray by some of the school districts when they say,” We will not be laying off teachers.” Any teacher that is not tenured or on a temporary contract can officially loose their job by “non-reelect”. The School districts on your list have hired many teachers that fit this scenario in the last two years. I work for a school district on your list of schools that have misled you and I lost my job. I know of six others at my high school that did also. We have six high schools in the district. You haven’t heard the worst of it yet. There will be a lot less teahers in classrooms everywhere.

By: SAUSDTeacher

SAUSDTeacher — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 17:19:23 +0000

Palacios has consistently been open and encouraging to any who question what is going on in the district or speak out against it, and has also been very informational- we as employees thank him for that. As an employee of the district who has been RIFed twice and had to take that 4% pay cut (which the elementary school people voted for and the majority of high school people didn’t), I can say that people like him, who are open to constructive criticism and truth, are the people who are going to make this better. I have been surprised, pleasantly, by Avila’s stance and hope she continues to support Palacios’ questioning. Other members on the board seem to want to keep their blindfolds on and throw up their hands as if there is nothing they can do. How about taking a look at whether or not the programs they throw into place will actually work before trying them and then having to abandon them several thousands of dollars in? While things are starting to shape up, they still have a long way to go and they should learn from districts like Garden Grove who have a similar population and yet don’t have the money troubles we have.

By: Sarah Michelle Spinosa

Sarah Michelle Spinosa — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 22:09:44 +0000

#1 -

As I always say: doing the right thing is above politics… especially in Rosie Avila’s case since she needs all the centrist credibility she can get right now.

SMS

By: Anony

Anony — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 21:51:33 +0000

With all the prolific writers posting today this one almost slipped by me. Strange? The SAUSD site makes no mention of this meeting. They do mention a “smart board meeting” from 3-5pm that day, but nothing about this meeting at 5:30. I wonder why.

Palacio continues to surprise me from his earlier years under Nativo’s wing. Even Avilla, whom many consider a right wing whack, continues to surprise me as she teams up with Palacio to fight the rest of the board.

I wonder what will happen if the general public actually shows up at this meeting.