Update 3/5/08: This post now has 2,003 comments! However, it has exceeded the capacities of our server and has been truncated recently at about 1,529 posts. But one of our readers has stepped up to the plate and painstakingly copied all of the comments into three NEW posts:
- SAUSD-Mijares corruption thread, 2008 Comments
- SAUSD-Mijares corruption thread, 2007 Comments
- SAUSD-Mijares corruption thread, 2006 Comments
We have also started a NEW open SAUSD thread, which I hope our readers will post to regarding new SAUSD news and views.
You can also go to our home page and go to the right column. Click on “SAUSD Posts” and you can get links to ALL of our past SAUSD articles.
I must say, I am amazed at the stories that have been posted on this blog in the wake of Al Mijares’ exit from the Santa Ana Unified School District. I am posting this item merely to give SAUSD bloggers a place to post their comments. Post away my friends – we have an opportunity now to finally do away with the corruption left over from the Mijares regime. Change is at hand, but we must remain resolute.
I noted that someone affiliated with the SAUSD administration recently posted a threat on this site – alleging possible legal action against SAUSD employees who post anonymously on this site. That is despicable and a form of terrorism. Do not let fear restrain any of you from revealing the truth.
The final challenge we face in Santa Ana is to replace Mijares with someone competent. We won’t have another opportunity like this anytime soon. This process must be open and focused and whatever else happens we must keep Audrey Noji out of the Superintendent’s position. As a member of the Cerritos College faculty and a member of the teacher’s union at that campus I opposed her when she tried to get a job at our campus. If she goes after the SAUSD superintendent post I will do so again. I know we can do better!
All of my children are in the SAUSD system. For their sake and that of all schoolchildren in the district, I urge those who are rebelling against the last vestiges of Mijares’ broken empire to keep the information flowing and to do whatever it takes to ensure that our next superintendent will be up to the task. Mijares certainly was over his head throughout his doomed tenure.
Hey everyone – don’t believe #1173 was posted by a parent. It was posted by one of Bishop’s snitches. Shameful, isn’t it!
# 1173
Thank you for being a parent volunteer at your child’s school. It sends an important message to your child and to the community at large that you have a stake in the educational system in Santa Ana. Well done and thank you!
You seem to have some opinions about teachers and staffing and who is valuable and who is not.
These general guidelines are applicable whether the organization is a business that wants to maximize profits, or in a school system that wants to maximize educational results.
A manager who has huge staff turnover is crippling the organization. It means they don’t know how to be a TEAM LEADER and visionary. The manager that “churns” out staff is saying that there is no real plan in place. And in place of a real plan, there is only blame and will settle on the illusion of “doing things” in the place of doing THE RIGHT THINGS FOR THE RIGHT RESULTS.
A GOOD leader showes people how to work together. A GREAT leader gets results by doing the right things and not just “doing something”.
Brand new teachers bring with them an ethusiasm that is awesome. However, it really takes at least five years for a teacher to really know what works and what doesn’t work. That experience of many years results in doing effective things in the classroom. A good teacher who has 10-20 years experience is a gift to a school. All those years of refining behavior management, knowing what techniques work and which ones don’t, great material delivery methods, and knowing how to build professional relationships to maximize resources are too important to overlook.
Ask yourself this: When teaching staff leaves your child’s school, what kind of staff moves in for the replacement?
If you can say that teachers of 5+ years are moving into those slots, then that is fairly healthy. However, if your school continually loses those more experienced teachers and they are replaced with substitutes and newer teachers, guess who is getting shortchanged?
GOOD teachers know they are good and will leave a toxic campus at some point. Some good teachers will wait it out – hoping that bad administration will eventually be removed.
Look at the years of experience of the staff and especially the last-hires. What is your honest assessment of Willard?
One more question: Your child needs a serious surgery to get better. Which surgeon would you choose: One with 2 years of experience or one with 15 years of experience? Why?
Thanks for posting your views. Looking forward to your response, too.
Bernedette Medrano was behind in tax reporting for SAEF. She ever catch up?
What in the world is she doing over at Willard all the time, anyways?
SAUSD is posting open teaching positions BEFORE OCTOBER.
What happened to that good old tradition of pretending to find the best qualified teachers well after the start of the school year (when all the most qualified teachers ALREADY HAVE JOBS IN COMPETENT DISTRICTS THAT PLAN FOR THEIR STUDENTS’ NEEDS)and then having to resort to filling in the slots with substitutes and other underqualified or misassigned staff?
http://www.sausd.k12.ca.us/departments/personnel/Jobpostings_Certificated.asp
I see Juan Lopez is trying to find a replacement for Christine Anderson, too. Working during the summer? Say it ain’t so!
In the absence of decent management at several SAUSD sites, toxic workplace bullying has been the norm.
A number of SAUSD teachers have chosen to participate in “Bullying” studies. If you are in a bully situation and would like to participate in research, here is one study looking for candidates to tell their story:
Hello,
My name is Stacy Tye-Williams and I am a Ph.D Candidate at the
University of Nebraska-Lincoln. I have been bullied in the workplace
as well. I felt helpless and so I decided to do something about it. I
am research bullying in the workplace with the hope of finding some
answers. I hope you will consider this opportunity to help others who
are/will expereince the same pain in their own workplaces. I am
working on a study for my dissertation which looks at how individuals
who have experienced workplace bullying tell about their experience.
I am currently seeking targets of workplace bullying who would be
willing to be interviewed by me for this study. The criterion for
participating in this study include: 1) you must be at least 19 years
of age; 2) you must currently be in a workplace bullying situation or
have experienced bullying at some point in your work life. The type
of organization in which you work does not matter for this study. I
conduct phone and face to face interviews. If you are willing to
participate, please contact me at (402) 730-8472 or
styewilliams@hotmail.com. Please forward this information to others
who you feel may be interested in participating in this study.
Thank you,
Stacy Tye-Williams
Department of Communication Studies
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Most know who the author of post #1173 is, and it is not a Willard parent. These are the games that are being played out by a certain individual.
Sadly, it’s not about the kids.
#1173 was posted by a Bishop snitch?
Kinda smells like Bernedette, herself.
How funny would that be? Bernedette is the only one defending whatever she is up to over there at Willard. And pretending she is some kind of parent who is grateful for all the interference.
That would be incredibly sneaky, wouldn’t it? lol
Check out SAEF’s website at:
http://www.saefforkids.org/
Most posting are stale, however the photo album is telling. It appears the album is filled with photos of Principal Bishop and Willard students.
It’s striking to find an etiquette guide as one of the foundation’s resources. Does the foundation sponsor cotillion classes for the Willard students? I attempted to access this category, however you need some secret code to gain access.
Saturday, July 14, 2007
27 schools face sanctions
The No Child Left Behind Act requires failing schools to change leadership.
By FERMIN LEAL
THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
As many as 27 Orange County public schools are on the bubble for entering into or remaining under the toughest level of sanctions under No Child Left Behind
If in year 4 a school must develop a new alternative-governance plan, including plans to change campus leadership, then Willard is in big trouble. They’re going into year 5 and I hear that they have never discussed a new alternative-governance plan nor have any plans been discussed with the staff to change the campus leadership. Until the district deals with the top down management (bullying the staff), Willard will continue its downward spiral.
Even with the large number of teachers voluntarily transferring, the school still has so much potential that will never be realized with the current administration.
Is there anyone at the district office even remotely concerned with this school? I don’t think so.
#1187
Developing and implementing a governance plan requires the leadership of the school site principal. The several Willard-related posts that I’ve read seem to imply the principal is more devoted to the agenda of the Corporate Academy.
I’d like to know if all SAUSD intermediate schools have such a program and what is the Corporate Academy?
Thread on High School Certificates of completion:
http://o-juice.blogspot.com/2007/07/sausd-hypocrsy-regarding-high-school.html
While everyone is pointing fingers at whose fault it is at Willard I would like to point out the outcome. Here are a group of kids facing high school with no skills to make it. With the dropout rate at 67% here is what the kids are coming from. Their 5th grade year on campus were staffed either by long term subs or, if they were really lucky, their class was split up between the other 5th grade classes. In the 6th thru 8th years they had long term subs (or a revolving door of subs) in their core classes, there was no continuity. Sometimes their teachers (subs) were so crazy that even with threats of knives in the room and abuse of the kids; nothing was done because it was better to have someone in the room then the entire class sitting in the commons or in the lunch area for hours on end only supervised by noon aides. When it is deemed a higher priority to lower expulsion rates and suspension rates at the district level then actually offer help in the form of SST
Ever notice that the biggest harassers leave the substitutes alone while completely micromanaging and diciplining the “real” teachers?
That parent who was defending Ms. Medrano forgot to post the make up of the school’s teachers. If we are to believe #1190 then there are an army of substitutes at Willard.
Those kids never stood a chance.
This is a lack of oversight at the BoE and Superintendent levels.
The fact that some SAUSD intermediate schools such as Willard still have fifth graders is truly pitiful and sad. Why are ten year olds sharing a campus with 14 and even 15 year olds? Is this another money saving tactic? Please, SAUSD Board of Education and Supt. Russo, end this practice before the start of the new year.
A friend of mine from L.A County who knows Lopez history pointed me to this blog, though it might be interesting to read!
title=”Maywood, Rick Lopez”>
See what Los
Angeles County Blog says about, Rick Lopez click here!
#1192 – 5th graders are gone from Willard. The school year will begin with grades 6-8.
#1193-How did you post a clickable URL in your post? Very helpful.
Workplace Bullying is responsible for a great deal of the complaints posted to this blog. Anyone who has had to put up with a bully at work knows how badly it affects one’s health and ability to get one’s job done efficiently. But Bully behavior can be a misunderstood phenomena that requires top decision makers take time to learn about it.
To protect your own health and job from incompetent management, please look at the link and consider why an anti-bully policy would benefit the entire SAUSD system. Below is the link and a snip of Information regarding workplace bully behavir. Remember its ALL ABOUT COMPETENCE.
When faced with their own incompetence, bullies will find targets to eliminate from the workplace because it makes them feel better. Mijares did not reward competence, he rewarded loyalty. See if you administrator was one of the loyalty club where competence was not a factor.
http://www.bullyonline.org/action/policy.htm
BULLYING
Bullying differs from harassment and discrimination in that the focus is rarely based on gender, race, or disability. The focus is often on competence, or rather the alleged lack of competence of the bullied person. In reality, the target of bullying is often competent and popular, and the bully is aggressively projecting their own social, interpersonal and professional inadequacy onto their target. The purpose of projection is to avoid facing up to that inadequacy and doing something about it, and – mainly – to distract and divert attention away from the bully’s inadequacies, shortcomings and failings. In most cases, the bullying you see is the tip of an iceberg of wrongdoing by the bully.
Whilst bullying is the common denominator of all harassment, discrimination, abuse, conflict and violence, bullying varies from harassment in many ways; to see a table of the differences click here. I believe that bullying requires a separate chapter in any anti-harassment policy, as the causes are different, the perpetrator’s motives are different, the tactics are different, there are several types of bullying, the legal aspects are different, and the solution will differ according to the type of bullying. It’s essential to adopt the right solution for the type of bullying identified.
Bullying should not be confused with “tough management” or any other popular euphemisms that are employed to dismiss, diminish, rationalise or justify bullying behaviour. Pages you will find helpful include a table of the differences between management and bullying, answers to frequently-asked questions, and a deconstruction of popular myths, misperceptions and stereotypes associated with bullying.
Creating an anti-bullying ethos
Developing an anti-bullying policy is part of a wider commitment to ensuring a safe and productive work environment and a healthy workplace. Creating an anti-bullying ethos is a comprehensive and challenging objective which needs to be carefully thought through and understood before you start.
The main steps are as follows:
#1192 – a parent did not defend Ms. Medrano. That post was written by someone pretending to be a parent.
#1190 – our 5th grade students had no long term subs. All classrooms were staffed by fully credentialed teachers with years of experience in SAUSD. Your reference to a “revolving door of subs” in core classes is erroneous. There were only 2 long term subs at Willard this past school year – one in a postion filling in for a teacher who left in the fall and the 2nd sub was filling in for a teacher out on a long term illness. While I am not a supporter of the current administration’s management style, Mr. Bishop is to be commended for his tireless efforts to have all positions filled by fully credential teachers at the beginning of each school year.
#1196
Thanks for the info on long-term subs at Willard.
Your commendation of Principal Bishop, for his tireless efforts to ensure all positions are filled by fully credentialed teachers, is disingenious. NCLB dictates fully credentialed teachers. It’s the law. Principal Bishop should comply with the law and does not need your glowing commendation for such.
Anonymous Says:
7/16/2007 7:54 AM
#8 -Your comment about the “dumbing down” of teachers is unfounded. Under No Child Left Behind, school districts are prohibited from hiring unqualified teachers. All teachers must be fully credentialed in their subject area, CLAD certified, and pass either a single subject exam in their subject area or the CSET exam for teachers at the elementary level.
What is troubling is the poor choice the district makes in hiring principals. Three schools immediately come to mind – Saddleback High School, Valley High School, and Willard Intermediate School. All three schools have had years of problems with their site administrators. This blog is testament to these problems. The district either has not responded to these known situations, or in the case of Valley High School the district removed one principal and put in a new principal with a very poor track record in his career. In the case of Freddy Gomeztrejo, his main qualification for the VHS job seems to be that he was the soccer coach for the daughter of Juan Lopez.
When problems with administration at a school site are not resolved, the end result is akin to an untreated cancer. It slowly, or in some cases quickly, permeates the entire school. As teachers we have two choices. We either try to outlast the princiapl, or, in the case of Willard, large numbers of teachers voluntarily transfer. It’s frustrating to know these problems exist and see the lack of response from the Superintendent and the BOE. The community should be outraged
Miguel Pilludo Says:
7/16/2007 12:03 PM
“The former Supertinendent and the current one are only interested in protecting their administration’s corrupt culture. Unfortunately, the BoE is gutless and spineless and is derelict in holding the Superintedent accountable.”
“August will reveal further troubles for the district. There’s no hiding the 27 schools that are facing NCLB sanctions and the impending Year 3/Program Improvement status facing the district.”
This crew should not only be removed from power, but arrested and jailed. Fraud, corruption, waste and mismanagement are the norm at SAUSD
A well placed parajito claims Bishop and his fan club are seething over the recent posts on the OJ. Apparently Principal Bishop leads the pack with the most grievances filed against an administrator.
#1196 – My comments are valid. While the majority of schools do not begin interviewing and hiring teachers until they return from their summer break in Augut, Mr. Bishop begins the interviewing process in June. Check the rosters of other secondary schools in SAUSD when school commences. Many other schools have unfilled positions in Science, Math, and/or Special Ed that remain unfilled and begin the school year staffed by subs.
We may have our share of problems at Willard, but we always begin the school year with all positions filled by contracted credentialed teachers. Very few other secondary schools are able to accomplish this year after year
#1200
The cat must have gotten that “parent’s” tongue!
No further response from them.
Mr. Bishop has had more open positions filled with long term (and short term) subs, than there have been Principals in Willard
http://o-juice.blogspot.com/2007/07/sausd-hypocrsy-regarding-high-school.html#comments
Anonymous Says:
7/17/2007 7:19 AM
Gruadutation is magic at Saddleback. One week, Seniors are sad because they will not be graduating. Another week and they are streaming out of the front office whooping and hollering that they get to graduate!
The magic act works for a certain group of seniors and it works for school administrators who need a certain amount of graduates to stay under the radar.
We estimate the number this year of about 40-60 magical graduates.
Good thing, too. If the graduate numbers had been dismal, someone might have questioned the staff turnover rates and the high numbers of inexperienced staff that the principal feels comfortable with.
Anonymous Says:
7/17/2007 11:25 AM
#25
Graduation magic was sprinkled at Valley West HS as well. Lynn Kramer was begging teachers to pass students who did not have their math credits. Apparently a certain counselor, recently appointed to Godinez, failed to adequately do her job.
In the real workplace, people are let go for failing to do their job. SAUSD administrators enlist in illegal activity to secure their job position. And it’s acceptable.
Lest you forget. SAUSD entered Year 2/Program Improvement under NCLB because it did not meet its graduation rate. It’s currently sweating bullets over slippage into Year 3 and that’s the reason for *Graduation Magic.*
Anonymous Says:
7/17/2007 1:13 PM
Message to Noji —
Did Natalie Fuentes pass the math portion of the high school exit exam?
Preschools are squeezed for space
Santa Ana’s situation is typical of underserved cities in the state: not enough room, and nowhere to grow.
By Jennifer Delson, Times Staff Writer
July 16, 2007
Katelynn Hernandez and her friends are busy in their play office, punching numbers on a calculator and letters on a typewriter and forming their names in blocks.
In the suburbs, this would be business as usual for a bunch of 4-year-olds. But in Santa Ana, preschoolers mostly stay at home with their Spanish-speaking mothers or relatives.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s $50-million preschool initiative, passed in 2006, has not yet brought universal preschool education to needy cities such as Santa Ana. Despite being flush with new state money, Santa Ana still lacks the buildings, open space for playgrounds, parents who can afford the schools, and qualified providers to create a successful citywide preschool program.
About 10% of the city’s preschool-age children attend, according to Enlace, a partnership of local colleges, public schools and community organizations. Three of every four children in the city enter kindergarten to learn English.
Although Katelynn’s preschool, Hands Together, has received money to double its capacity, the school “is scrambling for a space to put the kids,” said Roseann Andrus, a child care project manager with the United Way. “In many communities, there just isn’t the space that’s needed.”
Preschool advocates in Santa Ana say there is a larger demand for preschool but there is not enough space.
Several of them are lobbying state legislators to use state bond money on preschool construction.
“That is the large-scale intervention that we will need to tackle this problem,” said Catherine Atkin, president of the nonprofit advocacy organization Preschool California.
For-profit companies have avoided opening preschools in communities where parents can’t afford the tuition and where land and rents are expensive.
“Seasoned providers want to make a center and they are competing with Starbucks for space,” said Laura Escobedo, Los Angeles County child care planning coordinator.
Economically depressed areas remain the most challenging places to create needed preschool slots, said Gary Mangiofico, chief operating officer of the Los Angeles Universal Preschool, which developed 12,000 part-time preschool slots for 4-year-olds in Los Angeles County.
Mangiofico laments that “with all the work we have accomplished, there is still only a 50% chance for kids to go to preschool” in Los Angeles County.
In poor cities, few public agencies have the expertise to find locations and develop business plans, he said.
Finding places in Bellflower and Cudahy, for example, has been very difficult because the cities are built out, said Keith Malone, Los Angeles Universal Preschool spokesman.
Using space inside public schools is the cheapest alternative, but in Santa Ana and other communities, there would still be a shortfall. For example, even if every available space in Santa Ana’s public schools were used for preschools, there would still be thousands of children unserved, according to a 2005 United Way survey.
Preschool providers working outside the public school system face other challenges, including a rigorous review by the city Planning Commission.
Providers also need a state license, which requires what many locations in Santa Ana do not have: a significant amount of outdoor space.
Kidworks could open only after receiving special permission from the state because its outdoor play space is smaller than required, said Chief Executive Ava Steaffens. Approvals took more than one year to obtain.
At Hands Together, the struggle for funding and the jumble of bureaucracy have become a tradition. Officials applied for numerous grants and solicited private donations. Without $250,000 in private donations annually, the center would close.
“We’ve always been swimming upstream. We have to raise so much money even after getting grants,” said the Rev. Brad Karelius of the Episcopal Church of the Messiah, which opened Hands Together seven years ago. The center has received $362,000 in new state funding to increase the program’s capacity but it is unclear where additional space can be found.
Yet center officials are working hard over the summer to find space to open a second center by fall. They say they are inspired to search by children such as Katelynn, who is speaking English and thriving.
“I really like coming to school,” Katelynn said. “I like practicing writing my name.”
Katelynn said that when she grows up, she’d like to be a police officer.
As visitors leave, she continues punching her calculator and says, “Thank you for visiting my classroom.”
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Union Rep, Meg Robinson at SHS is VERY close to VP E. Carrigg.
“I can’t Help you” Meg is no friend of union members – use extreme caution if she volunteers to help you with a grievance or offer to be a witness.
As many of us know, a school district doesn’t get this bad on it’s own. It takes the union to help fuel the intimidation and corruption.
Failure to represent is a serious charge and any Rep unwilling to do their duty should step down.
Just saying.
#1206
Just saying. Are Noji and Russo VERY CLOSE like Robinson and Carrigg?
Bishop’s possee is working overtime.
Another Classified employee that the union, CSEA sells down the river!
It turns out that Hector, and the rest of the union sell-outs have turned their backs on another classiffied employee!
What deal have they made sacrifising employees rights, becasue the district is bent on retaliating on employees who stand up for their rights.
How long will the employees of Santa Ana Unified, allow their Union Leaders to be sleeping with the totalitarians. How many more employees will be terminated without due process because their Union Leaders are in bed with a corrupt H.R. department.
What ever happened to; The District Will Have To Go Through Me, If They Want To Mess With An Employee! Hector!
I guess the district already mowed you down or should I say, bought you!
I suggest you all hire attorneys and sue all of csea for misrepresentation or have them all step down, now!
The Unions do what is easiest to do which is NOT to represent members with any gusto at all. If it’s a challenging case, they’ll just tell you to move somewhere else. Reps will even side with managment in conflicts. Gee, thanks a LOT for taking all our dues year after year and getting lazier and lazier year after year.
Some reps become reps because they want favors from their site management, so they turn into snitches. Disgusting but true.
If your union is hesitant or even says “no” to helping you, go up a level. They’ve got some real go-getters up a level or two who have the reputation of the whole union to uphold. The unions for this district are anemic.
Keep track of everyone you know who has NOT BEEN SERVED WITH EFFECTIVE REPRESENTATION and soon we’ll all have a big class action suit for failure to represent.
Yep, this district has had plenty of union help to get this bad. There is a developing story in Las Vegas, where the teachers turned to the teamsters to take over their dues and representation from their current union. That was because the staff turn over was horrible (sound familiar) and the kids were not being given their best deserved education (same as here) as well as the union president siphoning monies away from the members and planning for some massive building to house his office (at least we only had to take a huge multiyear paycut – and no taj mahal in sight yet).
That is no way to represent hard working staff. Make the union work for you and your fellow workers.
Expect them to do their jobs and slap down corrupt management that railroads good employees out of their jobs because there is no opposition and no due process.
1209,
you could not be more right!
The current classified leadership at the bottom of the mud-hole, there has never been a more obvious effort to not represent the membership. In the last month alone there have been at least 15 classified employees laid-off or fired without any right which are directed by the California Educational Code. The current leader, Hector Vizcaino Vice President telephone person, Ralph Sandoval (President) custodian at Saddleback which would go along with Esther Jones, Margie Strike, Labor Relations Rep. Jerry Costin Lock Smith, Robert Chavez Secretary and Luis Navarro public relations.
Four of this guys are in bed with the district and do nothing to help the employees, but everything to screw them over and side with management without hesitation.
Talk about corruption, unions and the district are very well alike, specially the classified leadership.
If you need representation you are better off retaining your own attorney or calling in the EEOC or like 1209 said, you should all get toghter sue the Union or get rid or it. You will get nowhere until change occurs.
Take it from me, I was laid off recently, I called my so-called union reps, they did nothing. I am currently talking to attorney to sue the Union for MISREPRESENTATION.
As to my job, I will hold CSEA accountable for doing NOTHING for me and holding the door open as the district personnel director Amelia Amaya pushed me out. I suggest you all do the same, sue this bastards for talking my-our moneys and laughing all the way to the bank and right before they deposit the money, turning around and still flipping you off.
IT IS TIME FOR ACCOUNTABILITY, Ralph, Hector, pay-backs a bitch, see you in court. You will know who I am as soon as you receive notice.
Have a wonderful day, don’t forget to kiss amelia’s ass before you leave for the day!
#1210
Luis Navarro? Isn’t this the same fella that was posting praises for Audrey Noji? Scroll back to the first few hundred posts and read his glowing remarks about Noji.
Now we learn Noji, Navarro and the classified union are *cozy.*
Whenever and wherever Audrey Noji is involved it’s TROUBLE. There’s a direct correlation with her 16 years on the BoE and the decline of the school district.
Say thank you to Luis Navarro and his gumba pals for selling you out
I’m certain Navarro is the same dude who thinks Jeff Bishop is the best thing for Willard.
Luis Navarro is part of the Noji/Alvarez cabal. Their only goal is to screw over Santa Ana Teachers and Employees and heap praise on Council witch Claudia Alvarez.
#1210
http://www.nrtw.org/b/nr_topics/cvi.php
National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, Inc. might be of some assistance. Please view link
Because under compulsory unionism employees are not free to represent themselves or to withdraw financial support from the union, compulsory unionism often goes hand in hand with corruption, violence and intimidation. Union officials often use their power over rank-and-file workers to engage in corruption for their personal benefit. Meanwhile, employees who refuse to toe the union bosses
Louis Navarro – Yes, he’s Bishop’s snitch and proud of it! Don’t trust him for a second. He’s part of the cancer that Bishop allows to fester.
Leapin’ Lizards, 1,213 posts in 365 days. That’s 3.32 posts per day.
Congrats to Art and his crew in keeping this story front and center.
yes,
I do think it is the same Lewis Navarro that help Noji win re-election and retain her seat to make it 20 years in the board. Wasn’t this the same person that was talking trash on chief of police and his puppet cecilia aguinaga and wasn
#1173:
I applaud parent volunteers, as parental involvement in the education of their children is of paramount importance to the success of their children. However, I hope you are not critical of teachers regarding spelling, grammar, syntax, writing or punctuation, as yours is horrendous.
Maybe as others suggest you are not a parent, but if you are, I question your attack on the teachers. While certainly there must be poor or difficult teachers, why don’t you post a SPECIFIC complaint? The teachers who were pressured into signing false statements regarding attendance and class size should be fired, period. However, so should the administration in which such widespread misrepresentations occurred.
The defense of the administration is simply inexcusable. The non-action of the Boards is inexcusable. In short, there ought to be a recall of these clearly incompetent Board members (Palacios is the only one standing up for accountability) and the corrupt and incompetent administration.
Keep on rocking, Art. You are the man for all the work you do. WE need more non-partisan bloggers out there.
#1217 —
If #1173 is a genuine Willard parent, I hope she returns to the blog. I’d like to learn more about the Corporate Academy.
I heard that hector will run for president and Ralph for chief job steward. The rumor is that if these two even stay in the union, classified will be in total and absolute disarray and anarchy. The word downtown is that hector spends more time in Mrs. Amaya
#1219
Hmmm … are Abe or Hector one of school board member Jose Henandez’s many relatives employed by SAUSD?
Being bullied at your worksite? Know someone who is being harassed and don’t know what to do about it? Got an incompetent manager? One who is jealous, insecure, corrupt, one that doesn’t follow the rules and tries to “live above the law”?
Bullies and harassers are costing this district huge amounts of money each year in turnover and lawsuits and general inefficiency caused by their chaos and incompetence. It all comes out of our paychecks and it leads to layoffs as the district runs low on funds because of ridiculously high costs of these selfish individuals who attack other employees.
If you know about this kind of ABUSE OF AUTHORITY, chances are that it has happened to others on your campus. Do not tolerate this. Get help. Teachers FINALLY have a union leadership willing to help stop illegal and destructive practices. Make sure the union has the information to approach the new management at the top district levels and make them aware of problem employees. There ARE positive changes occuring. Now we need everyone’s help to flush out the problem spots that have plagued the worst campuses for the longest times. Dont let these workplace thieves cost good employees their jobs. Their behavior costs us ALL.
Excellent link for information on bullying and mobbing (a group turns to bullying for special favors from the head bully- remember the stories from Valley?):
http://www.nobullyforme.org/
Mobbing is defined as a conscious effort to exclude, punish and humiliate a co-worker. It’s different from bullying, which is far more prevalent, is usually committed by one person targeting another and ends when the offender is transferred, fired or leaves the company. Mobbing starts with one or two perpetrators, then spreads like wildfire through an organization. You are being mobbed when colleagues attack your dignity, integrity and competence over a period of months or years. As the abuse accelerates, more co-workers unquestioningly accept the party line that you are unpleasant and inept and have no place in the organization.
Such relentless persecution is often fuelled by envy, suspicion, gossip and innuendo and thrives in tumultuous organizations where bad bosses and sadistic employees are protected by apathetic management or watertight collective agreements, a climate in which good people are afraid to speak out for fear they will also be targeted. Unfortunately, this collective silence condones and even exacerbates the bullying; without a dissenting voice, perpetrators become even more emboldened.
#1216
“What ever happened to the white overweight union fellow, I think he works at Saddleback?”
His name is Ira.
FYI
http://hackettsecurity.blogspot.com/2007/07/maxxess-systems-to-deliver-school.html
As a MAXxess Systems Partner, we at Hackett Security are proud to share with you the following release from MAXxess.
ANAHEIM, Calif. (July 2, 2007) – MAXxess Systems Inc., a leader in school safety and emergency management systems, today announced that it has received a contract from the Santa Ana Unified School District to install a Safety and Emergency Management System (SEMS) system in the District.
“SEMS allows us to get the right information to the right people at the right time”, said Jim Miyashiro, Chief of Police for the Santa Ana Unified School District (SAUSD). “The system allows us to manage the events and information flowing from our schools and enhances our ability to take the most appropriate action”.
SEMS is designed to provide a framework for situational awareness, coordination and emergency response. It is a software-based solution that collects and manages event information from all school sites and allows the district to rapidly distribute guidance and management direction back to each of the sites.
“We are very enthusiastic that SAUSD is taking this initiative. We believe that it will become a powerful tool for the district which will enable them to not only address their immediate needs, but also become a backbone as they continue to build solutions to their safety and emergency management challenges over the years to come.” said Kevin Daly, CEO of MAXxess Systems.
SEMS consists of local software clients at each school site and a server, database and virtualized information manager at a central location. All of the elements that comprise the SEMS system will be tied together using the existing network infrastructure of the Santa Ana Unified School District. SEMS incorporates a wide array of capabilities that MAXxess has developed for the commercial electronic security industry; including video management, event prioritization, remote notification and extensive reporting capabilities.
Ultimately, integrated information from multiple school sites will be coordinated by a master event management system at the Santa Ana School District Police facility.
SAUSD is one of the 100 largest school districts in the country. All of the SEMS systems ordered by the Santa Ana Unified School District will be deployed within the next 90 days.
For more information, give us a call at 314.432.4200
– The Hackett Security Team
1223 – OMG They’re going to spy on us. Unbelievalbe. With all current budgets cuts to clasified, it’s pitiful that they would invest money in something like this.
BTW, althought teachers have lost access to this blog because of the district firewall, would you be surprised to learn that administration has complete access?
What the district sees as priority is absolutely appalling.
Two items on the agenda for Tuesday’s school board meeting leapt off the pages. Both are on the regular agenda/action item:
8.0 Authorization to obtain bids for replacement of gymnasium floor at Godinez Fundamental High School.
and
18.0 Approval of declaration of need for fully qualified educators for 2007-08 school year.
Re:Item 8.0 …Taxpayers spent in excess of $100 for the new Godinez Fundamental HS. The district’s newest high school opens it’s door, for the first time, to the class of 2010 this fall. Last year Valley HS occupied this facility while its campus was undergoing a $28 million renovation.
Q. Why does this new facility need to replace the gymnasium floor?
Item 18.0 sparks the question .. why does the BoE need to approve a declaration for fully qualified educators and how do they define *fully qualified?”
Shouldn’t all SAUSD educators be fully qualified? Perhaps this declaration is the start to ensuring district administrators are fully qualified educators.
To,
Russo and the Board
How much is miyashiro getting in kickbacks?
Goes to prove one thing, piece of turd, Miyashiro costs the district several hundred K’s in sexual lawsuits and keeps his employment.
A teachers or classified employee gets a bad evaluation, next thing you know, SKELLY hearing time, and your fired.
Management do really take care of each other, when will the residents of santa ana demand accountability from this corrupt district.
Just Remember one thing, 2008, shape up or start packing your bags. As bad as it sounds, Palacios keeps on sounding better and better.
Before the schools can be fixed, restructure has to start at the Distric Office, the entire district office, classified and management
2008, Rob, Rosie and Jose, start packing!
1225 – If, afte one year of use, the gymnasium floor needs to be replaced – I’m going to assume this is the contractor’s problem. I hope that residents of Santa Ana show up at this meeting and demand an explanation. As an employee of the district, I am not in a position to be the inquirer.