URGENT UPDATE TO CUSD COMMUNITY: Reform Trustees Protect Teachers' Jobs & Refuse To Increase Class Sizes
An open letter to the community by the CUSD Reform
Trustees
Dear CUSD Community,
The Capistrano Unified School District (CUEA) and
Capistrano Unified Education Association (CUEA),
which represents certificated employees including
teachers, have been involved in contract negotiations
since June 2009. The Board of Trustees and
negotiating teams have worked continuously, up to
this point, through this process. Specific
information regarding the negotiations process can be
found on the district’s website at
www.capousd.org.
We now find ourselves at
a time of year when some of our most important work
with students lies before us. Trustees have reflected
on where we are, what lies before us, and feel it is
in the best interest of our district to move forward
with finalizing the negotiations process.
At its meeting on Wednesday, March 31, the Board of
Education will consider the adoption of a resolution
to unilaterally implement limited
provisions
from its pre-impasse proposal which:
•
Maintain class size
•
Preserve teachers’ jobs
•
Provide a balance of temporary & ongoing
financial savings
• Recognize
concerns of the CUEA bargaining
team
The advisory recommendations included within the
fact-finding report were utilized to modify the
provisions of the pre-impasse proposal as outlined
below:
Class Size: How Large Is Too Large? An Essay By the CUSD Recall Committee
Once class sizes are increased and programs are lost, they don't come back. How many students in a classroom are too many students: 36, 40, 50 or 100?
The line in the sand has been drawn and you MUST decide which side you will stand on. Your kids, our kids, want you to stand on their side.
The choice is yours… Read More...