Cupertino Education Association

Wishing all of you a great start to the new school year! Thank you for all of your hard work last year!

The election is official:

Neal Wooley - Vice President

Suzanne Schall - Treasurer

Susan Bachelor - Primary Director

Amy Vidunas - Intermediate Director

Katy Kronenwetter - Special Ed. Director

 

There were a number of write-in's for the Middle School Director and Communication Director and the Executive Board will contact those write-ins and see who is interested in the positions and appoint them with the Representative Assembly seconding the appointment next fall.

 

Hello everyone,

 

The Executive Board has voted to end the Work to Rule action against the district as of today.  We are still waiting for the county office of education to give the tentative agreement their "official" OK then the CUSD board will vote to ratify on May 27^th and both sides will officially sign the agreement.

 

If you have any questions please give me a call at 257-2122 or email me, matthewc@ceaweb.org

 

Thank you for all your hard work! It would not have happened without the parents and teachers working hard and making education and the teachers of CUSD a priority.

 

Matthew Cottrell

CEA Exec. Dir.

The ratification vote:

 

380 YES

53   No

 

The ratification of the Tentative Agreement by CEA has passed.  The tentative agreement is now sent to the CUSD school board for final ratification next week.

 

Stay tuned for a revised salary schedule.

CEA will be holding executive board elections from May 14-23. If anyone would like to run for these spots, please submit a short bio to the CEA office by 4:00 on May 12. These positions are open:

-Vice President

-Treasurer

-Primary Director

-Intermediate Director

-Middle School Director

-Special Education Director

-Communications Director


Help support your fellow teachers by serving on CEA's executive board council. We meet once a month on Mondays, at 4pm.

Hope to see you join the election,

Charise Walker

Support Education!  Come out and voice your support with thousands of other Bay Area Teachers and Parents!! 

SOSflyer Cupertino.doc

Thousands of Teachers and supporters are going to line El Camino from San Mateo to San Jose!  Come out and join us and tell the Governor and lawmakers that Education spending is important! 

 

 

Where: El Camino and Fair Oaks

When: May 14th from 4-6pm

We will have t-shirts for the first 500 supporters! 

Flyers regarding the California Budget Crisis from CTA:

WhytheBudgetisDifferent.pdf
 - Why this budget crisis is different than any before.

TollFreeCutsHurtHotlineFlier.pdf
 - Call your Assembly Member and State Senator today!

EdCoalitionDearLegislatorLetter.doc
 - Sample letter to Legislators


For more information, please go to the CTA website page Budget Crisis 2008-2009.

Here are more speeches made to the CUSD school board on April 8th, 2008.

 

Kathy Young

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuIp6SprAvI

Don Pearson

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Mif_uhtYP8

 Dave Villafana

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqxTUVkInUQ

 Nancy Moser

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGlFnlkQG8o

 Don Dawson

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7ZweKizRx8

Lauren Hannigan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5o1GxkQKIKE

Ashwath Raghuram

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsDH2ROG8F0

 

The March down Vista Dr.:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5_fFZSyNkg

 

The other speeches:

This is Charise's speech:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5D80mx8u51Q

This is Neal's speech:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgJcFnFlViQ

Mihir Athavale - student at Lawson who spoke at the Board Rally:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eq5PSP0Ypj8

Nayantara Patel a parent at Stevens Creek Elem.:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCUHgaiSwrU

 

Here are some of the speeches given to the Cupertino Union School Board on April 8th, 2008. 

Over the course of next week I will add on the other speeches so keep checking back to see if their are any new ones. 

The March down Vista Dr.:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5_fFZSyNkg

This is Charise's speech:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5D80mx8u51Q

This is Neal's speech:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgJcFnFlViQ

Mihir Athavale - student at Lawson who spoke at the Board Rally:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eq5PSP0Ypj8

Nayantara Patel a parent at Stevens Creek Elem.:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCUHgaiSwrU

More as I can get them on!

Here is a form letter the parents and community can print, sign and mail to the CUSD board members and let them know that you support the teachers in Cupertino.

Form letter to the Board.doc

Write your Board Members!!

 

Ben Liao

1409 Royal Ann Court

San Jose, CA 95129

 

Pearl Cheng

18467 Edminton Drive

Cupertino, CA 95014

 

Jo Lucey

857 Helena Drive

Sunnyvale, CA 94087

 

Gary McCue

1195 Wunderlich Drive

San Jose, CA 95129

 

Phyllis Vogel

12144 Covina Court

Saratoga, CA 95070

  

Copy of letter:

Dear CUSD Board Member,

 I am writing you on behalf of the teachers in the Cupertino Union School District.  There is a reason why the test scores in Cupertino are so high:  it is because of the teachers.  There is a reason the housing market continues to stay strong in Cupertino:  it is because of the teachers.  There is a reason why parents try to send their children to CUSD:  it is because of the teachers. 

I understand that COLA is needed for many things besides teacher salaries, but why is it that other districts in Santa Clara County, Districts that do not have the growing student numbers like we do, give their teachers salary and health and welfare increases and we cannot find anything for our teachers?

I understand that the California state budget faces issues for next year and that it will impact education.  I understand how CUSD is concerned about its own budget, but what I do not understand is how a school district that is supposed to be dedicated to education cannot find a settlement with its own teachers' association.  I do not understand how CUSD can balance its budget on the backs of its teachers.  We should be fighting the Governor and the Federal Government, instead, we are fighting one another.  Where is the leadership in this time of crisis?  

Teachers should be doing what they do best, educating our children.  When you as a member of the school board fail to recognize that teachers are the most important component in education it forces teachers to divert their attention away from the classroom.

I am but one community member in the Cupertino Union School District but I am sure I am not alone in asking you to work with the teachers in CUSD and treat them fairly.  They have compromised on many of their own issues in an attempt to make a settlement, why can't you? 

 

Sincerely,