Kevin Steele
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Jul 15
VCUSD Payroll Deadlines
Teachers, If you click on the “Teachers” menu option, you can view the “Payroll Deadlines” document sent by VCUSD. Alternatively, this post will have the “tag” of “Payroll” and also placed in a “Payroll” category. As VEA receives these documents, we will make every effort to place them on the website for easier access.
Jul 13
Voices of Wisconsin Teachers
Wisconsin was the first state to grant collective bargaining rights to its teachers. This happened in 1962. In 2011, collective bargaining rights were stripped from them. Watch the video below. Do not let what happen in Wisconsin happen to teachers in California. Vote NO on Prop 32!
May 29
URGENT UPDATE!! District Agrees not to Extend Duty Day
Update: Per Cheri Summers, school site administrators at VCS, Cooper, Mare Island and Wardlaw were notified this morning that the duty day could not be extended. For the remainder of the school year, all schedules will remain the same and no extra minutes have been added to the duty day. However, we may run into …
May 28
District Administration Outright Violates Bargaining Agreement
E-mail sent to Board President Adrienne Waterman, Vice President Hazel Wilson, Trustee Ace Stewart, Trustee Raymond Mommsen, Trustee Tony Ubalde on Monday, May 28, 2012: Please see the e-mail sent to Cheri Summers with a cc to Dr. Ramona Bishop along with an e-mail from Mr. McKelvy, Principal at Cooper Elementary. It needs to be …
Jan 12
A Cautionary Tale: QEIA Waiver Denial
On Wednesday, January 11, 2012, the California State Board of Education (CSBE) denied the waiver that the Vallejo City Unified School District had requested in regards to QEIA funding. Most of us who went to Sacramento to testify knew going in that it was a long shot. None of us believed that it would be …
Nov 14
School Site Safety: A concern for students, teachers, and staff
On Thursday, November 3rd, the teachers at Steffan Manor took a courageous step. After a student brought a hammer to school and threatened the teacher with it, the student was suspended for three days. The student was supposed to return to the same classroom where the assault occurred. The teachers decided together that parents at …
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