June 27, 2009

Can you Afford Lower Pay?

I got a letter for the superintendent, as did everyone in the district. It states George Perez now has the board’s approval to bargain with all unions for the employees of Mt. Pleasant to get lower pay. Ugg!! That means more students, more work, less help, and less pay. Not sure what will happen if it comes to strike, or lower pay. Going on Strike is a huge hassle. But lowering our pay is not really necessary at this point. We are in the bottom 5 in our county for pay, meaning we are already the lowest paid in this area. Our contract expires this month, and this upcoming school year is a contract negotiation year, and it looks like it will be a battle. Good thing we are taking 10 members to UCLA this year.

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June 22, 2009

MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AGENDA

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10.2 Resolution 08/09-28 – Salary Reduction Proposal

It is the recommendation of the Administration that the Governing Board adopt

by a roll call vote Resolution #08/09-28 – Salary Reduction Proposal.

Mt. Pleasant School District

MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

AGENDA


June 24, 2009 @ 6pm

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1. CALL TO ORDER (5:00 p.m.)

ROLL  CALL

2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA

3. PUBLIC COMMENTS ON CLOSED SESSION ITEMS

4.    RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION

(a)  Public Employee Appointment/Employment – Items listed in 8.0 below

(b)  Public Employee Discipline/Dismissal/Release – Items listed in 8.0 below

(c)  Interdistrict Transfer Appeals Filed on Behalf of Resident Students

(d)  Negotiations

(Open Session portions of Regular Board Meetings are audio taped.)


5. RECONVENE TO OPEN SESSION (6:00 pm)


Pledge of Allegiance

Report from Closed Session if needed

ELECTION OF OFFICERS OR SEATING OF NEW MEMBERS WHEN REQUIRED

6. LITIGATION (report out when required)

6A. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Minutes of the Regular Board Meeting of June 10, 2009. (Action)


7A. SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT

(a)  2009/2010 Budget – Laura Phan, Asst. Supt. of Business & Operations

7B. STAFF REPORTS

7C. COMMUNICATIONS

7D. SUGGESTIONS AND COMMENTS FROM AUDIENCE

(Items must be submitted to the Board President on forms available prior to Pledge of Allegiance and immediately

following Closed Session.)  This portion of the Agenda provides an opportunity for members of the public to directly

address the Governing Board on any item of interest to the public; however, provisions of the Brown Act

[Government Code Section 54954.2(a) and .3] preclude any action being taken on any item not appearing on the

posted Agenda.  Time limits allocated to public testimony are three (3) minutes per person and twenty (20) minutes

per topic.  Speakers are asked to give their name, address and affiliation so that an accurate record is reflected in the

Minutes.



8.0 PERSONNEL ACTION

Certificated

8.1 Certificated – Extended School Year Teachers

Migrant Algebra Teacher

Substitute Teacher

9. CONSENT AGENDA

All matters listed under the Consent Agenda are considered by the Board to be routine and will be enacted by

one motion.  There will be no discussion prior to the time the Board votes on the motion unless members of the

Board, staff or public requests specific items to be discussed and/or removed from the Consent Agenda.  The

Superintendent and staff recommend approval of the following asterisked items:

9.1 Warrant   List   covering   the   period, June 1, 2009 to June 14, 2009 is presented for

Board approval.

10.             OTHER ITEMS REQUIRING BOARD ACTION

10.1 Public Hearing

The Board of Trustees is required by law to hold a formal Public Hearing on the

proposed 2009/2010 School District Funds Budget, which includes Special

Education Budget Allocation Plan, prior to adoption.  The Board will receive

comments from interested members of the community and employees.

10.2 Resolution 08/09-28 – Salary Reduction Proposal

It is the recommendation of the Administration that the Governing Board adopt

by a roll call vote Resolution #08/09-28 – Salary Reduction Proposal.

10.3 Resolution 08/09-29 – Plan for State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (SFSF) Under the American

Recovery and Reinvestment Act

It is the recommendation of the Administration that the Governing Board adopt

by a roll call vote Resolution #08/09-29 – Plan for State Fiscal Stabilization Fund

(SFSF) Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

10.4 Resolution 08/09-30 –2009/2010 Budget Adoption

It is the recommendation of the Administration that the Governing Board adopt

by a roll call vote Resolution #08/09-30 – 2009/2010 Budget Adoption.


10.5 August Boeger Middle School Proposal for Early Release Day

It is the recommendation of the Administration that the Governing Board

approve the August Boeger Middle School Proposal for Early Release Day to

continue early release days on Wednesdays for the 2009/2010 school year.

10.6 Mt. Pleasant Elementary School Proposal for Early Release Day

It is the recommendation of the Administration that the Governing Board

approve the Mt. Pleasant Elementary School Proposal for Early Release Day to

continue early release days on Wednesdays for the 2009/2010 school year.

10.7 Robert Sanders Elementary School Proposal for Early Release Day

It is the recommendation of the Administration that the Governing Board

approve the Robert Sanders Elementary School Proposal for Early Release Day to

continue early release days on Wednesdays for the 2009/2010 school year.

10.8 Valle Vista Elementary School Proposal for Early Release Day

It is the recommendation of the Administration that the Governing Board

approve the Valle Vista Elementary School Proposal for Early Release Day to

continue early release days on Wednesdays for the 2009/2010 school year.

10.9 Ida Jew Elementary School Proposal for Early Release Day

It is the recommendation of the Administration that the Governing Board

approve the Ida Jew Elementary School Proposal for Early Release Day to

continue early release days on Wednesdays for the 2009/2010 school year.

10.10 Single Plan for Student Achievement for August Boeger Middle School

It is the recommendation of the Administration that the Governing Board

approve the 2009/2010 Single Plan for Student Achievement for August Boeger

Middle School.

10.11 Single Plan for Student Achievement for Mt. Pleasant Elementary School

It is the recommendation of the Administration that the Governing Board

approve the 2009/2010 Single Plan for Student Achievement for Mt. Pleasant

Elementary School.

10.12 Single Plan for Student Achievement for Robert Sanders Elementary School

It is the recommendation of the Administration that the Governing Board approve

the 2009/2010 Single Plan for Student Achievement for Robert Sanders Elementary

School.

10.13 Single Plan for Student Achievement for Valle Vista Elementary School

It is the recommendation of the Administration that the Governing Board approve

the 2009/2010 Single Plan for Student Achievement for Valle Vista Elementary

School.

10.14 Single Plan for Student Achievement for Ida Jew Elementary School

It is the recommendation of the Administration that the Governing Board approve

the 2009/2010 Single Plan for Student Achievement for Ida Jew Elementary School.

10.15 Job Description – Middle School Principal

It is the recommendation of the Administration that the Governing Board approve

the Job Description – Middle School Principal.

10.16 Request for Excused Absence

It is the recommendation of the Administration that the Governing Board approve

the Request for Excused Absence made by Betty Martinez retroactively from the

June 10, 2009 meeting due to illness.

11. INFORMATION ITEMS NOT REQUIRING BOARD ACTION OR PRESENTED FOR

THE FIRST TIME

The Board reserves the right to act on any item appearing on the Agenda.

11.1        Sunshine of the Initial Bargaining Proposals from Mt. Pleasant School District to California

School Employees Association Mt. Pleasant Chapter #463 for a Successor Contract

The Mt. Pleasant Elementary School District is “Sunshining” the initial bargaining

proposals for the purpose of negotiation.

11.2 Sunshine of the Initial Bargaining Proposals from Mt. Pleasant School District to

Confidential Employees for a Successor Contract

The Mt. Pleasant Elementary School District is “Sunshining” the initial bargaining

proposals for the purpose of negotiation.


11.3 Sunshine of the Initial Bargaining Proposals from Mt. Pleasant School District to

Management Employees for a Successor Contract

The Mt. Pleasant Elementary School District is “Sunshining” the initial bargaining

proposals for the purpose of negotiation.

12. DISCUSSION ITEMS

13. SUGGESTIONS AND COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS OF THE BOARD

14. CLOSED SESSION WHEN REQUIRED FOR NON-ROUTINE MATTERS

The next regularly scheduled Board meeting will be held on Wednesday, August 12, 2009 6:00 p.m.,

at Mt. Pleasant School District Office Board Room, 3434 Marten Avenue, San Jose, CA 95148.

15. ADJOURNMENT

Should you need a disability-related modification or accommodation to review this agenda or to participate in the public

meeting, please call (408) 223-3710 at least 72 hours prior to the scheduled Board meeting.

Public Record Writings related to an agenda item for open session regular meetings of the Mt. Pleasant School District

Board of Trustees distributed within 72 hours can be viewed at the Mt. Pleasant School District Office, 3434 Marten

Avenue, San Jose, CA  95148.

May 30, 2009

Schwarzenegger plans $2.8 billion more in state cuts

 

Reporting from Sacramento — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger proposed $2.8 billion in additional cuts to state government this morning that would slice deeper into funding for education, health and welfare programs.
Schools would be hit by $680 million in new cuts, while the state’s social safety net would lose $1 billion more in funding for the poor, disabled and aged. A 5% salary reduction for state employees, reported by The Times on Thursday, would save the state $470 million.
 

LA Times May 29, 2009 

School, healthcare and welfare programs face deep cuts. The latest proposal would affect nearly all quarters of state operations.

Reporting from Sacramento — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger proposed $2.8 billion in additional cuts to state government this morning that would slice deeper into funding for education, health and welfare programs.

Schools would be hit by $680 million in new cuts, while the state’s social safety net would lose $1 billion more in funding for the poor, disabled and aged. A 5% salary reduction for state employees, reported by The Times on Thursday, would save the state $470 million.

“We really scrapped the bottom of the barrel here,” said Mike Genest, Schwarzenegger’s finance director. “We cut everything we could think of. . . . It’s unfortunate, but it is what it is — and we have to live within our means.”

The new proposals come on top of more than $21 billion in slashed spending plans announced by the governor little more than a week ago. State economists forecast California’s budget deficit at more than $24 billion for the fiscal year that will begin in July. Several of the cuts, including those for schools, would be contingent on whether the state’s tax revenues in the coming months dip as deeply as the forecasts suggest.

Schwarzenegger’s latest bid to save money would affect nearly all quarters of state operations. Mass transit funding would take a $315 million hit in the new plan; roads and other transportation projects would lose an additional $242 million.

The healthcare cuts would include the elimination of the adult day-care program in its entirety, which would net $117 million in savings. Also eliminated will be a $10.5-million caregiver program that helps the severely disabled, such as people with traumatic brain injuries.

State officials also face additional pressure to solve the deficit quickly because, without solutions, California is on pace to run out of cash by the end of July. On Friday, state Controller John Chiang wrote a letter to lawmakers and Schwarzenegger warning that the state’s cash balance would dip below zero on July 29.

But much of the attention on Friday was on the governor’s proposed additional cuts. They included the following:

– $117 million – Eliminate the Adult Day Health Care program offered under the Department of Aging.

– $550 million – Reduce funds to counties for certain health and social services.

– $230.8 million – Restrict the In Home Support Services program to the most severely disabled such as those who can’t breathe on their own and are partially paralyzed.

– $680 million – Additional cuts for K-12 schools.

– $315 million – Redirect transit funds earmarked for school buses to pay transit bond debts.

– $100.3 million – Suspend various state mandates requiring counties to make mail ballots available to all voters, hold animal shelter strays for six days, and collect DNA from unidentified bodies for the state Department of Justice.

– $470 million – Reduce state worker pay by 5 percent.

 

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May 19, 2009

Teacher Of The Year

Congratulations to the following wonderful teachers who were voted by their peers as their school’s Teacher of the Year

Ida Jew- Virginia Bailey

Robert Saunders- Laura Conway

Valle Vista-Katie Adams, Kelly Bay, Kerry Cornejo, Kim Cosmas, Josh Schaa, Jamie Tattersall, Tim Thompson, Amy Wu

Mt. Pleasant- Liz McDavit

And the Mount Pleasant School District Teacher of the Year from

August Boeger- Laura Alvarez

August 23, 2008

Welcome!

The Mount Pleasant Education Association is the sole representative of the certificated employees of the Mt. Pleasant School District. We have over 150 members and are affiliated with the California Teachers Association and the National Education Association.

As a union, it is our responsibility to negotiate the working conditions and wages of our bargaining unit members, and to make certain that contract obligations are fulfilled. We are dedicated to supplying continuing support and training for our members and encouraging active involvement in our organization. We want to promote and protect the interests of our members and work to advance the cause of public education.

Within this site you will find a calendar of events, members benefits, hot topics, contract negotiation news and other information. We hope you find this site both useful and informative and remember, help is only a click, or a call away. Thank you for visiting MPEA’s new website.  Here, you will find information pertaining to Mount Pleasant teachers and teacher rights.  Please bookmark this page and visit again.

August 7, 2008

Cuts Hurt Video