It's high time the United Teachers of Richmond other CTA and CFT locals as well as parents and students groups follow the LA teachers lead. (see...
By  occupying and defending them we can SAVE OUR SCHOOLS!  It is not too late for the West Contra Costa School District.Â
-Charles RachlisApril 22, 2009...
"""In the next few weeks, special education agencies in Contra Costa County will receive more than $52.5 million, [...]. Schools can use the funds to bolster...
Yes, if the district used grants to support programs. Grants cannot support staff, or long-term endeavors, but are better used to build infrastructure or...
May 9, 2009 From: http://www.cde.ca.gov/nr/ne/yr09/yr09rel072.asp State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O’Connell today announced the release of...
Our school board voted tonight at a special meeting to lay off 124 teachers. The vote was 4 - 1 (Thurmond voted no), they had to take this vote before the May...
Taken out of context, the previous post may lead one to believe that thru a secret or poorly attended meeting the board rammed thru a layoff of an additional...
What I got from the previous post is that education is being cut and cut and no one is being outraged. We are last in funding for education, we have one of...
Eduardo, I agree. Margaret Browne _____ From: wccusdtalk@yahoogroups.com [mailto:wccusdtalk@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Eduardo Martinez Sent: Tuesday, May...
Tony Sustak
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May 12, 2009 4:11 pm
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Does anyone know how many non-teaching positions were eliminated? Andrew...
The Area Music Festival is tonight at Portola Middle School in the Gym. The music begins at 7:30 pm and will feature the elementary, middle and high school...
Portola Middle School will be kicking off it's Open House with a Student Talent Show that will be held in Portola's Little Theater on Thursday night, May 14,...
Judge halts teachers' strike 12:47 PM | May 12, 2009 A Los Angeles Superior Court judge has granted a restraining order prohibiting the city's teachers union...
Thank You Christina, I just received notice at 9:30 PM and guess I missed it. My son used to participate in many of theese activities and I enjoyed them. In...
I try to do the best I can, it's been a very busy week with meetings, work and all my kids extra curricular activities. The concert was very well attended,...
Well, I've had enough. I prefer this list to be wccusd specific. There are plenty of general education lists out there. For others who like these posts,...
Jim Cowen seems to think we live in a bubble. WCCUSD is not alone in the world. We are in the middle of the worst crisis of capitalism since the great...
Granted, everything and everyone in the world is connected to some degree to everything and everyone else. But, Jim is not suggesting that we live in a bubble....
If I may provide a different perspective; rather than posting, what has been done to coordinate this between WCCUSD and Los Angeles. If I'm not wrong, is...
... There are plenty of general education lists out there. ... of them, you can do like I just did. Add a filter for emails with the FROM containing the name,...
Thanks to Anne Palmer for the great idea of intra district organizing. Obviously intra distict organizing could lead to joint actions across the Bay Area (if...
The decimation of education has been going on for many years now. People haven't been outraged up so far, so why should they start now? I've been working for...
--People have been outraged, that is why some march 70 miles to Sacramento and had the governator treat the students and adults like they were second class...
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May 16, 2009 7:16 pm
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The statistics released by the Department of Education report that approximately 1 in 5 high school students drop out over the course of high school, while the...