A couple of other Web sites and folks around have some thoughts on what's going on in Capistrano Unified School District. Here's a couple.
"We need to support and encourage them for the sake of our children and grandchildren. This current board is trying to hold steadfast to being fiscally conservative and responsible. The school district is facing severe cutbacks again and the Teachers Union is placing tremendous pressure on individual Board members.
The Board has pronounced that all programs and administrative cuts possible have been made but they still fall short of meeting the budget. Unfortunately, it is now time for the teachers to take a cut in some sort of combination of salaries, benefits, and/or retirement benefits to make up the difference. This is a hard pill to swallow and the Teachers Union is irritated and rising up."
That's from a Meet Up site urging folks to attend the meeting. Here's that Web site.
Over in Ladera, meanwhile, one-time CUSD candidate Ram Mukherji is writing a column for the Ladera Times on CUSD.
"The Board approved retaining an attorney at a cost of $25,000 to change the voting by district from June 2010 to November 2010. The Trustees are wasting precious money at the expense of our students’ education.
This is another example of officials misusing their elective power to whatever they want against the will of the voters, and the students they were elected to serve. It was this behavior that the "reform candidates" ran to stop. But once in the majority, the so-called “reformers” have simply given us more of the same. "
One part of the parent education campaign should include OCRegister online. Here's the next opportunity: http://www.ocregister.com/news/district-226861-teachers-strike.html
Posted by: Reality Check | January 04, 2010 at 10:46 PM