BoE took action on June 28 to assign Area Superintendents. Our new Area Superintendent is:
Mitzi Merino
Area 5 (Hoover, Mission Bay, University City high school clusters)
A search on SDUSD's website reveals that Ms. Merino was recently (last year?) Principal of Carson Elementary. Her e-mail address is: mmerino@sandi.net
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Rating Teachers: What VOSD Members Think
In the last year, a national debate over whether there's a better way to judge teachers has exploded. The Obama administration has pushed schools to use what's known as "value-added data" to evaluate teachers and decide their pay.
The idea is simple: Measure how much each child improves over time, instead of simply how high they score.
It is a powerful way to examine the impact of educators and schools, proponents argue, because it strips away kids' inherent advantages and disadvantages.
The idea is also deeply controversial. Statisticians debate whether it is technically possible to tease out how a teacher impacts a student from a multitude of other factors. Teacher unions say tests are a shoddy way to measure teaching in the first place.
San Diego Unified has turned away from Obama's plan and panned the idea of using the data to rate teachers. It has embraced a softer touch: using similar information to study what gets good results.
Last week we surveyed our members (those who have donated to support voiceofsandiego.org) to ask them:
How should schools use "value-added data" to measure teacher performance?
The question is a complicated one, and it generated a lot of thoughtful and complex answers, many sharing similar opinions:
- Teachers should be measured, one way or another.
- Unions are a problem.
- It's difficult to rate teachers based upon their students' performance alone.
- Why should teachers bear most of the credit or blame, when they have little or no control over the students' lives and educations outside of school or in previous years?
http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/cafe-san-diego/article_36477052-a1b9-11e0-bab4-001cc4c002e0.html
By-Laws Passed!
We met last night and passed By-Laws. The group represented every site in the Mission Bay Cluster and included parents, principals, and community members (with past and future students).
The By-Laws are very similar to those posted earlier with a few edits. The new By-Laws will be posted shortly.
Officers and Committee Members have yet to be elected. There was a suggestion to elect Officers over the summer and Committee Members in the Fall. No decision was finalized.
The By-Laws are very similar to those posted earlier with a few edits. The new By-Laws will be posted shortly.
Officers and Committee Members have yet to be elected. There was a suggestion to elect Officers over the summer and Committee Members in the Fall. No decision was finalized.
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
City school board cuts budget, lays off hundreds (Union Trib Jun 28, 2011)
By Maureen Magee
7:35 p.m., June 28, 2011
Amid confusion over the state’s finances, the San Diego school board on Tuesday adopted a $1.04 billion budget — a grim spending plan that calls for the elimination of more than 750 teaching jobs, and 600 other positions.
The budget — and its $114 million in cost-cutting measures — will go into affect on Friday, kicking off the fiscal year and lean times for the San Diego Unified School District.
Teachers, parents and students showed up at the board meeting to wage last-ditch protests over cuts to busing, increases to class size, the elimination of teachers, and the suspension of favorite classroom programs.
Superintendent Bill Kowba lamented the state’s fiscal crisis, which he blamed for the district’s deep cuts. The budget was adopted as the state prepares to adopt its budget.
“All were looking for was a little certainty from Sacramento,” Kowba said. “And at every turn of the road, we get more uncertainty. We’re still not exactly sure what Sacramento is doing and how it will affect us.”
The school board voted 4-1 to adopt the 2011-12 budget and a rough plan for balancing the budget in the 2012-13 school year. Trustee Kevin Beiser voted no, saying the budget package paves the way for higher class sizes and cuts to public safety programs, music and art education in the 2012-2013 year.
This is the fourth straight year the district has been forced to make severe budget cuts to cope with reductions in state education funding. But this is the first time in recent memory that San Diego Unified teachers have been formally laid off.
In 2010, more than 110 pink slips were sent to teachers only to be rescinded three months later when furlough days saved their jobs. In 2009, nearly 600 faculty and staff members took advantage of an early retirement incentive, saving the district from massive layoffs. In 2008, the district issued pinks slips to more than 900 teachers, only to cancel almost all of them with unexpected state funding.
The San Diego teachers union dismissed a proposal in the spring that would have saved jobs by postponing negotiated pay raises, saying the plan undermines the concessions that some 7,000 educators already agreed to — including furlough days.
In addition to personnel cuts, the new district budget would: eliminate popular student seminars that send students to Old Town, Balboa Park and Camp Palomar; cancel bus routes to magnet schools and other campuses; raise class size from 24 to about 30 students in kindergarten, second- and third-grades (only first-grade classes will maintain 24-student classes). And although elementary schools will keep their instrumental music lessons next year, middle and high school art and music programs will be left to the whim of principals.
The district central office took a 14 percent hit in the budget. The number of area superintendents overseeing schools will drop from eight to six.
The board last week approved plans to cancel some 400 teacher layoffs should legislators approve a state budget that gives the district $36 million in revenue. But since the state budget is likely to include trigger cuts that could prompt midyear funding reductions if anticipated revenues don’t materialize, the district is uncertain whether it could rescind layoffs since it cannot terminate teachers halfway into the school year.
School board trustees are expected to meet on July 12 to discuss whether the state budget would allow them to start restoring budget cuts.
Heather Polen, a third-grade teacher at Johnson Elementary School, is hopeful her job could be saved. But just in case, she took on a second job waitressing.
“This has been the most stressful time. I am in constant fear because I won’t have a paycheck in 25 days,” said Polen, who teaches at a year-round campus. “But I am still teaching. I will look my students in the face and stay positive for as long as I can.”
Board Vice President John Lee Evans sympathized with Polen and the hundreds of other teachers who have been laid off.
“This is a crazy situation where we pass a budget before the state has told us definitively how much money we will get,” he said. “We are all very aware this (budget) is going to cause great damage to our district. But we are not going to give up on July 1st.”
7:35 p.m., June 28, 2011
Amid confusion over the state’s finances, the San Diego school board on Tuesday adopted a $1.04 billion budget — a grim spending plan that calls for the elimination of more than 750 teaching jobs, and 600 other positions.
The budget — and its $114 million in cost-cutting measures — will go into affect on Friday, kicking off the fiscal year and lean times for the San Diego Unified School District.
Teachers, parents and students showed up at the board meeting to wage last-ditch protests over cuts to busing, increases to class size, the elimination of teachers, and the suspension of favorite classroom programs.
Superintendent Bill Kowba lamented the state’s fiscal crisis, which he blamed for the district’s deep cuts. The budget was adopted as the state prepares to adopt its budget.
“All were looking for was a little certainty from Sacramento,” Kowba said. “And at every turn of the road, we get more uncertainty. We’re still not exactly sure what Sacramento is doing and how it will affect us.”
The school board voted 4-1 to adopt the 2011-12 budget and a rough plan for balancing the budget in the 2012-13 school year. Trustee Kevin Beiser voted no, saying the budget package paves the way for higher class sizes and cuts to public safety programs, music and art education in the 2012-2013 year.
This is the fourth straight year the district has been forced to make severe budget cuts to cope with reductions in state education funding. But this is the first time in recent memory that San Diego Unified teachers have been formally laid off.
In 2010, more than 110 pink slips were sent to teachers only to be rescinded three months later when furlough days saved their jobs. In 2009, nearly 600 faculty and staff members took advantage of an early retirement incentive, saving the district from massive layoffs. In 2008, the district issued pinks slips to more than 900 teachers, only to cancel almost all of them with unexpected state funding.
The San Diego teachers union dismissed a proposal in the spring that would have saved jobs by postponing negotiated pay raises, saying the plan undermines the concessions that some 7,000 educators already agreed to — including furlough days.
In addition to personnel cuts, the new district budget would: eliminate popular student seminars that send students to Old Town, Balboa Park and Camp Palomar; cancel bus routes to magnet schools and other campuses; raise class size from 24 to about 30 students in kindergarten, second- and third-grades (only first-grade classes will maintain 24-student classes). And although elementary schools will keep their instrumental music lessons next year, middle and high school art and music programs will be left to the whim of principals.
The district central office took a 14 percent hit in the budget. The number of area superintendents overseeing schools will drop from eight to six.
The board last week approved plans to cancel some 400 teacher layoffs should legislators approve a state budget that gives the district $36 million in revenue. But since the state budget is likely to include trigger cuts that could prompt midyear funding reductions if anticipated revenues don’t materialize, the district is uncertain whether it could rescind layoffs since it cannot terminate teachers halfway into the school year.
School board trustees are expected to meet on July 12 to discuss whether the state budget would allow them to start restoring budget cuts.
Heather Polen, a third-grade teacher at Johnson Elementary School, is hopeful her job could be saved. But just in case, she took on a second job waitressing.
“This has been the most stressful time. I am in constant fear because I won’t have a paycheck in 25 days,” said Polen, who teaches at a year-round campus. “But I am still teaching. I will look my students in the face and stay positive for as long as I can.”
Board Vice President John Lee Evans sympathized with Polen and the hundreds of other teachers who have been laid off.
“This is a crazy situation where we pass a budget before the state has told us definitively how much money we will get,” he said. “We are all very aware this (budget) is going to cause great damage to our district. But we are not going to give up on July 1st.”
More Than 1,400 Jobs Cut, Classes Sizes Balloon in San Diego Schools (Voice of SD Jun 28, 2011)
by Emily Alpert
After months of agonizing over budget cuts, San Diego Unified quickly passed a budget Tuesday night that will lead to ballooned class sizes in kindergarten, second and third grade; suspended beloved programs that take students to places like Balboa Park; thinned bus routes and a slew of other cuts.
More than 1,400 positions were cut from the payroll, including more than 800 teachers, counselors, nurses and other educators. That accounts for more than one in 10 educators in the school district. All in all, the school district budget shrunk from $1.22 billion this year to $1.057 billion.
"Make no doubt about it, this board is very, very aware that passing this budget is going to cause grave damage to our schools in San Diego," school board member John Lee Evans said.
This is technically the final budget for San Diego Unified next school year. But it could still be rewritten, depending on how the state budget shakes out for San Diego Unified. State lawmakers could vote on a budget deal as soon as tonight, one that relies on higher projections for revenue.
The school board has pledged that if it gets another $36 million in state revenue from the final state budget, it will spare more teachers and other employees. It already scrounged around to find savings from solar power and fewer area superintendents to spare arts and music teachers.
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But the state budget deal could also mean bad news for San Diego Unified. It hinges on more projected revenue — and if that revenue doesn't come it could mean more cuts in the middle of the school year. Legislators have warned that schools could be forced to slash another week from their calendars if that happens, shortening an already shortened school year. It is unclear how San Diego Unified will weigh that uncertainty against its promise to spare jobs.
Other cuts included:
• Fewer area superintendents to oversee principals.
• Ending a pilot program that had tested out tiny classes in some of its neediest schools.
• Reducing oversight for its gifted and talented programs.
And the school board will have to come back and make more budget cuts next year. The school district faces an estimated $91 million shortfall, one that rivals the $114 million in cuts it made this year.
Its tentative plans to close that gap include shuttering nearly a dozen schools, selling off property, squeezing more savings from its central offices, and swaying its labor unions to make more concessions — something that is far from guaranteed. San Diego Unified had to include those plans in its budget, even though those decisions are still a year away and could change dramatically before then.
The only board member to vote against the budget was Kevin Beiser, who objected to some of the proposed cuts that San Diego Unified said it might make for the year after next, such as hiking first grade class sizes back up again.
Beiser said it would make more sense to increase middle and high school class sizes even more instead. He also objected to vague "central office cuts" that he feared would mean cutting police and arts teachers, who are centrally funded.
Please contact Emily Alpert directly at emily.alpert@voiceofsandiego.org or 619.550.5665 and follow her on Twitter: twitter.com/emilyschoolsyou.
After months of agonizing over budget cuts, San Diego Unified quickly passed a budget Tuesday night that will lead to ballooned class sizes in kindergarten, second and third grade; suspended beloved programs that take students to places like Balboa Park; thinned bus routes and a slew of other cuts.
More than 1,400 positions were cut from the payroll, including more than 800 teachers, counselors, nurses and other educators. That accounts for more than one in 10 educators in the school district. All in all, the school district budget shrunk from $1.22 billion this year to $1.057 billion.
"Make no doubt about it, this board is very, very aware that passing this budget is going to cause grave damage to our schools in San Diego," school board member John Lee Evans said.
This is technically the final budget for San Diego Unified next school year. But it could still be rewritten, depending on how the state budget shakes out for San Diego Unified. State lawmakers could vote on a budget deal as soon as tonight, one that relies on higher projections for revenue.
The school board has pledged that if it gets another $36 million in state revenue from the final state budget, it will spare more teachers and other employees. It already scrounged around to find savings from solar power and fewer area superintendents to spare arts and music teachers.
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But the state budget deal could also mean bad news for San Diego Unified. It hinges on more projected revenue — and if that revenue doesn't come it could mean more cuts in the middle of the school year. Legislators have warned that schools could be forced to slash another week from their calendars if that happens, shortening an already shortened school year. It is unclear how San Diego Unified will weigh that uncertainty against its promise to spare jobs.
Other cuts included:
• Fewer area superintendents to oversee principals.
• Ending a pilot program that had tested out tiny classes in some of its neediest schools.
• Reducing oversight for its gifted and talented programs.
And the school board will have to come back and make more budget cuts next year. The school district faces an estimated $91 million shortfall, one that rivals the $114 million in cuts it made this year.
Its tentative plans to close that gap include shuttering nearly a dozen schools, selling off property, squeezing more savings from its central offices, and swaying its labor unions to make more concessions — something that is far from guaranteed. San Diego Unified had to include those plans in its budget, even though those decisions are still a year away and could change dramatically before then.
The only board member to vote against the budget was Kevin Beiser, who objected to some of the proposed cuts that San Diego Unified said it might make for the year after next, such as hiking first grade class sizes back up again.
Beiser said it would make more sense to increase middle and high school class sizes even more instead. He also objected to vague "central office cuts" that he feared would mean cutting police and arts teachers, who are centrally funded.
Please contact Emily Alpert directly at emily.alpert@voiceofsandiego.org or 619.550.5665 and follow her on Twitter: twitter.com/emilyschoolsyou.
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Union-Tribune Article, RE: Area Superintendents
SCHOOL BOARD ATTEMPTS TO SAVE TEACHER JOBS - JUNE 22, 2011
San Diego
The San Diego school board is scrambling to keep teachers employed next year through last-ditch efforts to cancel layoff notices — a little more than a week before it must adopt a final budget.
On Tuesday, Superintendent Bill Kowba presented the latest version of the budget for the San Diego Unified School District, a spending plan that has been severely cut to cope with the state's fiscal crisis. The budget comes with $114 million in cost-cutting measures — including the elimination of 808 teaching positions and 604 other jobs — to balance next year's $1.04 billion operating budget.
The teachers union dismissed a proposal that would save jobs by postponing negotiated pay raises, saying the plan undermines the concessions that its some 7,000 teachers already agreed to — including furlough days.
Trustees agreed to salvage its elementary school music program with about $1.3 million in energy savings it stands to get from a new solar panel system next year, and about $300,000 it will save by eliminating two area superintendent positions. That means every elementary school will continue to offer instrumental music lessons, and two magnet schools — Oak Park and Crown Point — will each keep a full-time music teacher.
The district budget relies on the state's May budget proposal, an uncertain document itself since legislators are at odds over California's finances. Should the district receive $36 million in additional revenue once a state budget is approved, the board voted to use that money to restore about 300 teaching jobs and prevent spikes in class size through grade three. Trustees also agreed to use that money to cancel plans to eliminate 100 nonteaching jobs and restore money for some magnet schools and other programs. The board is set to vote on a final budget Tuesday.
Maureen Magee • U-T
San Diego
The San Diego school board is scrambling to keep teachers employed next year through last-ditch efforts to cancel layoff notices — a little more than a week before it must adopt a final budget.
On Tuesday, Superintendent Bill Kowba presented the latest version of the budget for the San Diego Unified School District, a spending plan that has been severely cut to cope with the state's fiscal crisis. The budget comes with $114 million in cost-cutting measures — including the elimination of 808 teaching positions and 604 other jobs — to balance next year's $1.04 billion operating budget.
The teachers union dismissed a proposal that would save jobs by postponing negotiated pay raises, saying the plan undermines the concessions that its some 7,000 teachers already agreed to — including furlough days.
Trustees agreed to salvage its elementary school music program with about $1.3 million in energy savings it stands to get from a new solar panel system next year, and about $300,000 it will save by eliminating two area superintendent positions. That means every elementary school will continue to offer instrumental music lessons, and two magnet schools — Oak Park and Crown Point — will each keep a full-time music teacher.
The district budget relies on the state's May budget proposal, an uncertain document itself since legislators are at odds over California's finances. Should the district receive $36 million in additional revenue once a state budget is approved, the board voted to use that money to restore about 300 teaching jobs and prevent spikes in class size through grade three. Trustees also agreed to use that money to cancel plans to eliminate 100 nonteaching jobs and restore money for some magnet schools and other programs. The board is set to vote on a final budget Tuesday.
Maureen Magee • U-T
Monday, June 20, 2011
Mtg: April 21 - Review of Budget Status
The current budget situation at the state level was reviewed.
Restrictions on how 501(c)3 funds can be used was explored with an attorney on staff at SDUSD. These constraints are outlined in the slides below.
Budgets for individual sites were reviewed. Site funding varies dramatically.
A. Some sites have large contributions from Title 1 and EIA. Other sites benefit little from this funding.
B. Elementary schools have little funding to "buy" more teachers either from Title 1, EIA, or X-Factor funding.
C. Middle and High Schools have much more funding to add teachers using X-Factor funding merely because they have larger enrollment and larger overall budgets. However, per pupil funding is typically less in a high school than in a small elementary school.
Individual site budgets will be posted at a later date.
(Sorry for the typo regarding the date. These slides were presented on April 21)
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Restrictions on how 501(c)3 funds can be used was explored with an attorney on staff at SDUSD. These constraints are outlined in the slides below.
Budgets for individual sites were reviewed. Site funding varies dramatically.
A. Some sites have large contributions from Title 1 and EIA. Other sites benefit little from this funding.
B. Elementary schools have little funding to "buy" more teachers either from Title 1, EIA, or X-Factor funding.
C. Middle and High Schools have much more funding to add teachers using X-Factor funding merely because they have larger enrollment and larger overall budgets. However, per pupil funding is typically less in a high school than in a small elementary school.
Individual site budgets will be posted at a later date.
(Sorry for the typo regarding the date. These slides were presented on April 21)
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Mtg: Mar 22, 2011- Budget Meeting
During this meeting, SDUSD CFO (Ron Little) discussed with us the methodology for creating the 2011-12 budget. The main points were:
A. Teachers were guaranteed for all sites using a maximum class size negotiated with the SDEA in the current contract.
B. After meeting all other commitments (e.g. Title 1, MAGNET, SDUSD administration ...) all remaining funds were distributed to all campus. Funding per pupil was different for larger, medium, and small schools
C. Sites could use X-Factor funding to buy: teachers, administrative staff, other labor.
Introduction
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Ron Little (SDUSD CFO) presentation
XFactorPresentation3
Below is a copy of the Budget Book that summarizes funding for 2010-11.
Budget Book 2010
A. Teachers were guaranteed for all sites using a maximum class size negotiated with the SDEA in the current contract.
B. After meeting all other commitments (e.g. Title 1, MAGNET, SDUSD administration ...) all remaining funds were distributed to all campus. Funding per pupil was different for larger, medium, and small schools
C. Sites could use X-Factor funding to buy: teachers, administrative staff, other labor.
Introduction
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Ron Little (SDUSD CFO) presentation
XFactorPresentation3
Below is a copy of the Budget Book that summarizes funding for 2010-11.
Budget Book 2010
Mtg: Mar 08, 2011 - Results from Brainstorming
Using the Nominal Group Technique for brainstorming, important issues for the cluster were exposed.
Far above all other issues was academics!
Every idea was recorded and grouped. Group labels appear at the top of each column.
(Sorry it is rotated 90 degrees. Save to your local computer and you can rotate it for easy viewing)
Cluster Nom. Group Technique
Far above all other issues was academics!
Every idea was recorded and grouped. Group labels appear at the top of each column.
(Sorry it is rotated 90 degrees. Save to your local computer and you can rotate it for easy viewing)
Cluster Nom. Group Technique
Mtg: March 08, 2011 - Cluster Vision
This is my personal vision for the MB Cluster. It includes a description of why I am involved, what I think the power of the cluster can be, and what areas of expertise and effort are needed to be effective as a cluster.
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Old SDEA Contract (Teacher's Union Contract)
This was the most recent copy of the SDEA contract I could find on the web. It is illustrative of the provisions negotiated for:
A. Automatic pay raises based on years of service
B. Pension benefits
C. Post/bid constraints for hiring teachers
D. Grievance process and rights for complaints filed against teachers
I will endeavor to get a copy of a more recent contract.
SDEA Contract 2006 2008
A. Automatic pay raises based on years of service
B. Pension benefits
C. Post/bid constraints for hiring teachers
D. Grievance process and rights for complaints filed against teachers
I will endeavor to get a copy of a more recent contract.
SDEA Contract 2006 2008
Trends in API Test Scores with Various Student Characteristics
This document is provided by the State of California and illustrates that API scores are correlated with specific traits found among students. These traits include:
A. English learners (negative correlation)
B. Title 1 status (negative correlation)
C. Parent's education level (positive correlation)
The correlations for these three are extremely strong. Negative correlation means that the scores are lower with this trait while positive correlation means that scores are higher with this trait.
This is a post hoc analysis. This means that is not a prediction of performance or a controlled experiment. It is merely an analysis of history.
The tables of correlations are found in the back of the document.
API Trends - CA State Report 2008-09
A. English learners (negative correlation)
B. Title 1 status (negative correlation)
C. Parent's education level (positive correlation)
The correlations for these three are extremely strong. Negative correlation means that the scores are lower with this trait while positive correlation means that scores are higher with this trait.
This is a post hoc analysis. This means that is not a prediction of performance or a controlled experiment. It is merely an analysis of history.
The tables of correlations are found in the back of the document.
API Trends - CA State Report 2008-09
IB Acceptance Rates
This document was found on the web. It illustrates that those students with an IB Diploma tend to experience higher acceptance rates at private and public colleges.
Note that the difference between those students with and without IB Diplomas is quite significant at Univ. Calif. and other public institutions. Top private schools (e.g. Princeton, Yale, MIT, Caltech) show smaller differences in acceptance rates.
IB University Acceptance Rates
Note that the difference between those students with and without IB Diplomas is quite significant at Univ. Calif. and other public institutions. Top private schools (e.g. Princeton, Yale, MIT, Caltech) show smaller differences in acceptance rates.
IB University Acceptance Rates
Mtg: Feb 24, 2011
These charts represent research into the demographics of schools in the MB Cluster. Data include:
A. Number of students from inside and outside the attendance zone
B. CST scores for students from inside and outside the attendance zone
The trends include high local attendance at the elementary level, declining as students enroll at the high school level. High schools that send students to MBHS generally have lower test scores than MBHS. High schools (e.g. Lincoln, Hoover, San Diego) that send students to MBHS are NOT at capacity and have 100's of open seats.
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A. Number of students from inside and outside the attendance zone
B. CST scores for students from inside and outside the attendance zone
The trends include high local attendance at the elementary level, declining as students enroll at the high school level. High schools that send students to MBHS generally have lower test scores than MBHS. High schools (e.g. Lincoln, Hoover, San Diego) that send students to MBHS are NOT at capacity and have 100's of open seats.
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La Jolla High School Autonomy Agreement
Here is an old document defining LJHS' Autonomy Agreement. This was apparently negotiated under Alan Bersin in an effort to appease parents/staff of LJHS that wanted to change the school to a charter school.
It is not clear how such an agreement could be made without agreement by the SDEA (teacher's union). Provisions in the agreement directly impact collectively bargained provisions of the contract with the SDEA.
Regardless, this may serve as a template for a future autonomy agreement for the MB Cluster. Such an autonomy agreement might have features that include exceptions to post/bid to retain teachers trained at the expense of PTO's or the MB Cluster. It may also include provisions to protect the IB program and curriculum or require that students attending from outside the attendance boundary enroll in the IB diploma program.
La Jolla Agreement
It is not clear how such an agreement could be made without agreement by the SDEA (teacher's union). Provisions in the agreement directly impact collectively bargained provisions of the contract with the SDEA.
Regardless, this may serve as a template for a future autonomy agreement for the MB Cluster. Such an autonomy agreement might have features that include exceptions to post/bid to retain teachers trained at the expense of PTO's or the MB Cluster. It may also include provisions to protect the IB program and curriculum or require that students attending from outside the attendance boundary enroll in the IB diploma program.
La Jolla Agreement
Friday, June 3, 2011
Definition of a Cluster
The following definition was provided by SDUSD. It is one possible definition of a Cluster.
Mission Bay Cluster Development San Diego Unified School District
Mission Bay Cluster Development San Diego Unified School District
Inauguration of MB Cluster Blog
Hi,
I started this blog at the end of my first year as the chair of the Mission Bay Cluster in SDUSD (http://www.sandi.net). I intend to use this blog to post documents to communicate with people interested in the Mission Bay Cluster.
Brian
I started this blog at the end of my first year as the chair of the Mission Bay Cluster in SDUSD (http://www.sandi.net). I intend to use this blog to post documents to communicate with people interested in the Mission Bay Cluster.
Brian
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