Archive for budget cuts
Outrageous!
Last Wednesday, the school board agreed to send out pink slip to 190 of our unit members. Imagine our surprise when we received in our district e-mail this morning a posting for a brand new administrative position! The district continues to advertise for Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum, Instruction and Student Support at the starting salary of $148,825 a year and now they are advertising for Assistant Director of Elementary Education with a salary range of $86,453 to $91,853.
How many teaching positions would these two positions pay for? It is amazing to that the district seems to have plenty of money to pay for more administrative positions but no money to keep teachers in the classroom.
Pink Slipped
(Music is playing on this video. Not Ready to Make Nice by the Dixie Chicks)
Stand Up for Schools!
Show your support to fellow teaching colleagues across the state and in our District who are facing the very real possibility of receiving RIF notices. The deadline for districts to give notice to teachers that they may be laid off is on Friday, March 13th. What can you do? Join Stand Up for Schools and spread the message to your friends via e-mail, facebook and myspace.
Cuts to Transportation
In today’s edition of the Times Herald, VCUSD discusses some of its options in cutting transportation services. Some of these cuts include figuring out new routes to “optimize” service and the possibility of eliminating some services to special education students.
Read the article, then come here and post your comments.
Budget Deficit
With the budget crisis in Sacramento and today’s article in the Vallejo Times Herald regarding the cuts and its effects on the District’s budget, what are your thoughts regarding this issue?