PVFT Newsletter, May 2011

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May 201

In This Issue... Page

• Week of Action ............................................................................. 1• End of Year Rights ....................................................................... 1• PVFT Joins Statewide Action Week, May 9-13 ......................... 2-6• PVFT End of Year Celebration! .................................................... 8• PVUSD 2011-2012 Calendar Voting Results ............................... 9• PVFT Upcoming Events ............................................................... 9• Local Businesses Support Unionized Teachers .......................... 11• Connect Online ........................................................................... 12• Comics, Puzzle & More .............................................................. 12

See ACTION • page 6

Local 1936

Pajaro Valley Federation of Teachers • AFT-CFT AFL-CIO

NEWSLETTERNEWSLETTER

By Francisco Rodriguez

Know Your Year-End Rights

Summer is almost here, but before

you pack up and leave, it’simportant to take the opportunity toreview your site file. Make anappointment with your principaland ask to see your site "working"file. It should be cleaned out at thispoint except for any officialevaluation forms.

Know your contract:Article IX. B.4 No later thanthree (3) weeks before the endof each academic year, theprincipal/supervisor shallreview the working file.Materials in the working fileshall be either sent to theemployee’s official personnelfile or destroyed at that time.

By Gabriana Marks

On April 16, the California

Federation of Teachers ExecutiveCouncil voted to support the May9–13 Education Week of Action.This week of collective action bymembers and locals of CFT ismeant to send a message to thepeople of California and our

legislators that the educationcommunity won’t stay silent in theface of massive budget cuts toeducation and vital services.

What are the goals?

1. Pass tax extensions in currentbudget: We must convince 2/3 of the legislature to vote to pass thetax extensions. This will require thesupport of two Republicans in eachhouse. Without the extension of thetaxes that will expire on June 30,the state general fund revenueswill decrease by $8.5 billion. Thiswill then cause funding for education to be cut at least $2billion at a minimum and up to $4.5billion by most projections. This ison top of the more than $18 billiondollars over the last 3 years and$1.5 billion cut to higher educationfor next year alone. To prevent thiscontinuous slide backwards, the

legislature must vote to extendthese about-to-expire taxes.

2. Progressive Tax Education: Wemust educate our members andthe community at large on the needto build local and statewidecoalitions for progressive taxreform that force the corporationsand the wealthy to pay their fair share. Over the past 30 years, thetax burden has shifted to workingand middle class Californians whilethe corporations and the wealthyhave seen their tax rates cutleaving the state unable to pay for education and other vital socialservices.

3. Pass AB 1130: “1% on the top

Week of Action: May 9-13

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No. of members represented by AmericanFederation of Labor-Congress

of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)

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LegislativeOur California State Representatives:Senator Sam Blakeslee Senator Anthony CannellaCapitol Address District Address Capitol Address District OfficeState Capitol, Room 4070 1104 Palm Street State Capitol, Room 3048 369 Main St., Ste. 208Sacramento, CA 94228 San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 Sacramento, CA 95814 Salinas, CA 93901916.651.4015 805.549.3784 916.651.4012 831.769.8040

Assembly Member Luis Alejo Assembly Member Bill MonningCapitol Address District Address Capitol Address District OfficeState Capitol, Room 2137 100 W Alisal Street, Ste. 134 State Capitol, P.O. Box 942849 701 Ocean St., 318-BSacramento, CA 94249 Salinas, CA 93901 Sacramento, CA 94249 Santa Cruz, CA 95060916.319.2028 831.759.8676 916.319.2027 831.425.1503

Monday, May 9: Focus on Legislative Activities

What Can You Do?Contactyour statelegislators!

Tell them to

pass the taxextensions tomaintainrevenue. Tellthem to passAssembly Bil1130 to restortax equality.Go to cft.org to fill out a carof support thawill bedelivered to thState Capitol.

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Every parent

Tuesday, May 10: Educate

Who PaysTaxes inCalifornia?

Former Supreme Court Justice

Oliver Wendell Holmes once notedthat, “Taxes are what we pay for civilized society.” State and localtaxes support our public schools,streets and highways, public

hospitals that form the backbone of the state’s trauma care system,parks and beaches, the publichealth infrastructure that ensuresthat our food is safe to eat and our water is safe to drink (and thatdelivers water to homes acrossCalifornia), as well as a range of other services. While the primarypurpose of a tax system is to raisethe money needed to supportpublic services, tax policy can alsoserve as an end in itself, providing

incentives for taxpayers to engagein desired activities or providingcash assistance to certainindividuals. Tax day — the dayCalifornians are required to filetheir income tax returns —provides an opportunity to look atwho pays taxes in California, who

spent 7.8 percent of their incomeon state and local taxes.

doesn’t and how California’s taxsystems compare to those of other states.

Measured as a share of familyincome, California’s lowest-incomefamilies pay the most in taxes. Thebottom fifth of the state’s non-

elderly families, with an averageincome of $12,600, spent 11.1percent of their income on stateand local taxes. In comparison, thewealthiest 1 percent, with anaverage income of $2.3 million,

11.1%

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The Lowest-Income Families Pay the Largest Share of Their Income in State and Local TaxesIncludes the Temporary Tax Increases Enacted in the February 2009 Budget Agreement

Note: Includes offset for federal deductability of state taxes.

Source: Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy

How much do Californians pay in state and local taxes?

Excerpted from California Budget Project Policy Points, April 2011

The California Budget Project (CBP) was founded in1994 to provide Californians with a source of timely,objective, and accessible expertise on state fiscal and economic policy issues. The CBP engages inindependent fiscal and policy analysis and public education with the goal of improving public policies

affecting the economic and social well-being of low- and middle-income Californians. General operating support for the CBP is

provided by foundation grants,subscriptions, and individual donations. Please visit the CBP’swebsite at www.cbp.org.

What Can You Do?

Attend tonight’s

Watsonville City CouncilMeeting, which beginsat 6:30 p.m. and is held at:

Civic Center Plaza275 Main Street, Suite 400Watsonville, CA

Attend the All PVFT End-

of-Year Meeting onThursday, May 19 at theDistrict Office Board Room(see page 9 for more info).

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Appreciationand allies

Wednesday, May 11: Day of the Teacher

Please join the Association of

Mexican American Educators,Pajaro Valley Chapter, for a Day of the Teacher Celebration from 4 to 6p.m. at Jalisco Restaurant inWatsonville.

Watsonville Mayor Daniel Dodgewill also be in attendance. AMAEwill be collecting donations for theArmando S. Quintana Memorial

Scholarship for Special Educationstudents pursuing their post-secondary education. Any and allcontributions will be appreciated.

For more information, contact AbelMejia at [email protected] or 831.728.8452.

Winning Poster Design 2010 Winning Poster Design 2008

California’s Day of the Teacher, a

special day of celebration set for May 11 this year, was establishedto honor our teachers and theteaching profession in California.It’s a day to remember the goodteaching in our classrooms andhow our teachers truly make adifference by encouraging andinspiring their students to work tothe best of their abilities.

Twenty-nine years ago, AMAE,(Association of Mexican American

Educators) sponsored the billproclaiming “Dia del Maestro / Dayof the Teacher.” Senator JosephMontoya (D-El Monte wrote the bill)and it was adopted in 1982 asSenate Bill 1546. AMAE wantedCalifornia to celebrate this day as itis traditionally observed in Mexicoand other Latin Americancountries.

Each year, a special poster isdesigned to commemorate this

day. This year, to celebrate the29th anniversary of California’s

Great Teaching Lasts a Lifetime

Day of the Teacher, the poster reminds you that Great TeachingLasts a Lifetime.

Which teachers in your lifetimehave inspired you?

(Special thanks to SCHS’ Ms. Migdall,an excellent writing teacher. —gm)

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Día del Maestro/Day of the Teacher Local Celebration

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Revenue

Thursday, May 12: Revenue

47th

California’s national ranking

in K-12 per student spending

(and sinking!)

How are cuts affectingK-12 students?

Talking Taxes: Fixing Our Future

For moreinformation:

www.cft.orgCalifornia Federation of Teachers

www.cbp.orgCalifornia Budget Project

www.caltaxreform.orgCalifornia Tax Reform Association

California has an ongoing budget

crisis. Public education and other

vital social services have been cutby many billions of dollars.

The core of California’s budgetcrisis is a revenue problem. Hereare a few of the obstacles toadequate funding:

1. Lower tax rates for thewealthy, and for corporations,than before

2. A transformed economy with

greater inequalities3. Unfair/undemocratic state tax

rules

4. Public misunderstanding of issues

Obstacle 1:

• 15 years ago: Those who made

at least $250,000/year paid10%, and those who made$500,000/year paid 11%

• Today, both pay 9.3%

• The difference: 2.5 to 6 billiondollars less per year for education and other services

Obstacle 2:

• Richest 1% of population ownsmore than a third of the country’swealth

• Richest 1% averages $1.8million per year in income

• Richest 1% in CA receives $14billion per year due to federal taxcut extensions last year.

Obstacle 3:

• The State Legislature needs atwo-thirds margin to pass any

new tax, instead of a simplemajority

• California is one of a handful of states to require a 2/3supermajority margin to pass anew tax or higher rate

• It only takes a simple majority toreduce or eliminate an alreadyexisting tax

Public Attitudes

Most likely state voters would choose toadd fair taxes on the wealthy in order tomaintain school funding.[PPIC poll, 4/30/08]

C l o s e l o o p h o l e s

n o t s c h o o l s !

Obstacle 4:

• Lack of knowledge of tax issues

• Lack of awareness about extentand growth of unfair wealthdistribution

• Lack of knowledge of causesand effects

• Lack of consistency and focusfrom our side compared to theother side

• Larger class sizes

• Fewer resources in the classroom

• Few full time library clerks, few nurses

• Fewer classified staff, reduced busing

• Little elementary music or art

• Pay to play sports programs

• Reduced or eliminated summer school

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Friday, May 13: It’s Not Business As Usual

Educators around the state are

organizing locally to showCalifornia communities that it’s notbusiness as usual. Here in PajaroValley and Santa Cruz, rallies AREbusiness as usual. So join localteachers for a grade-in.

Rather than simply rally, let’sremind our community that whilethey’re spending their “free” timeshopping and socializing, teachersspend their personal time in a verydifferent manner — gradingpapers, planning lessons andenriching the lives of students!

Get your grading done whilemaking a point! Let’s restore

Local Teachers Gather for Grade-In

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respect for the work

done by teachers.Bring your stack of grading andbenchmark tests —come and “bubble”together!

Grade-ins will betaking place thisafternoon, Friday,May 13 from 3:30 to5 p.m., in threelocations around the

county:

1. Starbucks Watsonville (Town &Country / Target ShoppingCenter)

1415 Main StreetWatsonville, CA

2. Watsonville PlazaCorner of Main and Beachstreets

3. Aptos Safeway16 Rancho Del Mar Aptos, CA

If you would like to help withplanning any of the Grade-Inevents, please contact Jenn Laskinat [email protected] or calthe PVFT Office at 831.722.2331.

Tables, chairs, red grading pensand signs will be provided.

“We mean touphold the

dignity of

labor”

— Initiation oath of the

Knights of Labor, 1869

1%.” We must work with our

coalition partners and thelegislators to secure the 2/3 voteneeded to pass this progressivetax measure that supports vitalservices and education inCalifornia. Assembly Member Skinner has introduced AB 1130,which increases the personalincome tax by 1% on the top 1% of income earners in California, thosethat make more than $500,000 per year.

Why the Week of Actionduring May 9 – 13?

The week of May 9 - 13 wasselected for the following reasons:1. It is the week prior to the May 15deadline for notifying faculty andstaff of layoffs, 2. It is the normaltime for the release of theGovernor's May Revise (which hasnow been moved to May 16), and3. It is the last few days of theschool year throughout the state.

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Ann Arbor, MI Teacher Grade-InPhoto Credit: AnnArbor.com

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Redesigned Newsletter Debuts to Rave ReviewsLast month, PVFT published a

redesigned, 12-pagecolor newsletter tocommunicate withPajaro Valleyteachers, and we wereoverwhelmed by your wonderful responses!

“Superior job on the newsletter”— Ann May

“Nicely formatted newsletter withgood info.”

— Nancy Claspill-Navarro

“Great newsletter! I reallyappreciate the anti-bullying articleon the front page. Thanks for thegreat job.”

— Mamiche Young

“Thanks for the excellentnewsletter. My staff at PMS were

very impressed, especiallywith the front page and thecharts and graphs inside.I’m thrilled too.”

— Sarah Ringler

“What a very niceelectronic newsletter! It is

so informative in so many ways. Ithink you have another award-winning publication in addition tothe valuable service to themembers. Congrats!”

— Lowell Hurst

“What a difference in thenewsletter! Love the photos of thePVFT staff.”

— Pat Lerman

“The bullying article was reallyhelpful. I liked the layout, wordsearch, color and the feel of it inmy hands.”

— Mar Vista teacher

“Teachers LOVED the newsletter last month! They especiallyappreciated the cartoon and articleabout bullying... Many noticed

some signs of bullying at their ownwork sites.”— North Zone teacher

“The historical articles about thelabor movement were great! It’s soimportant to understand thestruggles that were fought beforeus.”

— Jenn Laskin

“Incredibly informative. Loved it!”— Nubia Padilla

Addendum toLayoff Update

“Union Negotiates Settlement in

Layoffs” article in the Aprilnewsletter should have read (onpg. 9):

• All temporary teacherswithout a seniority date or with lapsed rehirerights who want tomaintain a position withPVUSD should submit aletter of intent to their principal, with a copy to

PVFT for verification.• A list of laid-off unitmembers with 24- or 39-month rehire rights will beused to fill any remainingvacancies with all“Permanents” placedbefore “Probationaries” inorder of seniority.

Questions? Call the PVFT Officeat 831.722.2331.

"All-Cuts" Budget WouldRequire Deep Reductionsin Public School FundingCalifornia Budget Bites, the CBP Blog

How would an "all-cuts" budget

affect California's public schools?In February, the LegislativeAnalyst's Office outlined a path for closing the state's $26.6 billionbudget shortfall that included a$4.6 billion reduction to publicschool funding - a cut of approximately $764 per student.Two new CBP fact sheetsdocument the local impactof an "all-cuts" budget onschools, by district andcounty.

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Responding to the attacks on

public-worker unions, Teacher,speak out! with Sandra Nicholslooks at the impacts on localteachers. Joining the panel areunion presidents from the county’stwo largest teacher organizations:Greater Santa Cruz Federation of Teachers’ Barry Kirschen andPVFT’s Francisco Rodriguez, aswell as alternative high schoolteacher Louie LaFortune.

This episode of the half-

hour television series airs onCommunity TV cable channels 25and 71, Mondays at 7:30 p.m. andFridays at 5:30 p.m. through May13.

Teacher, speak out! is a co-production of Peter Nichols and thePVFT. For viewers without cable,programs are streamedsimultaneouslyat www.CommunityTV.org, andepisodes of Teacher, speak out!

By Peter Nichols

are archived onlineat: www.TeacherSpeakOut.com.

“Our Community in Crisis,” adocumentary based on the forumwhere community leaders cametogether to mobilize toward findingsolutions for families and workingpeople hit hard by the sluggisheconomy, will also air onCommunity TV cable channels 27and 73 through May 7.

“It is soinformative in

so manyways.”

http://www.teacherspeakout.com/

http://www.teacherspeakout.com/

http://www.communitytv.org/

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End of Year Celebration

Win prizes, gift cards & more generously donated by

local businesses supporting unionized teachers...

Friday, May 27th from 4 to 7 p.m.

Jalisco Restaurant Garden Patio618 Main StreetWatsonville, Calif.

For fun... celebrate the end of theschool year, win prizes & socializewith other local teachers and friends!

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Date Event Location

Fri., May 6at 2 p.m.

Adult Education Meeting PVFT Office

Fri., May 6at 6 p.m.

Early Childhood EducationMeeting

District OfficeBoard Room

Mon., May 9at 4:30 p.m.

Building Rep & GeneralMembership Meeting


Wed., May11, 4-6 p.m.

Day of the Teacher Celebration

Jalisco’sRestaurant

Thurs.,May 19,3:30-5:30p.m.

All PVFT End-of-Year MeetingFinancial Presentation byJack Carroll, PVFT Chief Negotiator: “Where does themoney go in PVUSD?”Food, Networking,Solidarity, State Budget &Job Update


Wed., May25

PVUSD School BoardMeeting


Fri., May 27 PVFT End of the Year Celebration (see pg. 9)

Jalisco’sRestaurant

Fri., June 3 Last Day of School Hooray!

Upcoming EventsPajaro Valley Federation of Teachers

Council ofRepresentatives

& General MembershipMeeting

Monday, May 9, 20114:30 p.m.

District Office Board Room

294 Green Valley Rd.

Watsonville, CA

Pizza included!

JULY JANUARYM T W T F 4th of July - Holiday M T W T F 2nd New Years Day

1 CODE: State Testing Window 2 3 4 5 6 12/19-1/6 Winter Br

4 5 6 7 8 Legal Holiday 9 10 11 12 13 9 & 10 SBC Days

11 12 13 14 15 Stu/Tchr Recess 16 17 18 19 20 11 Begin Qtr/Sem

18 19 20 21 22 Teacher Work Day 23 24 25 26 27 16th Martin Luther Ki

25 26 27 28 29 Begin/End Qtr/Sem 30 31 Holiday

Trimesters 14 Student days

SBC DaysAUGUST Non School Day FEBRUARY

M T W T F Furlough Day - no school M T W T F

1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 17th Lincoln's Day

8 9 10 11 12 15 SBC Day 6 7 8 9 10 20th President's Holid15 16 17 18 19 16 Teacher Work Day 13 14 15 16 17

22 23 24 25 26 17 Begin Qtr/Sem 20 21 22 23 24

29 30 31 11 Student days 27 28 29 19 Student days

SEPTEMBER MARCH

M T W T F M T W T F 16th End Qtr/Sem

1 2 1 2 2nd Holiday

5 6 7 8 9 5th Labor Day 5 6 7 8 9 19th Holiday

12 13 14 15 16 12 13 14 15 16

19 20 21 22 23 19 20 21 22 23

26 27 28 29 30 21 Student days 26 27 28 29 30 20 Student days

OCTOBER APRILM T W T F M T W T F

3 4 5 6 7 2 3 4 5 6 2-9 Spring Recess

10 11 12 13 14 14 End Qtr/Sem 9 10 11 12 13 8th Easter

17 18 19 20 21 17 Begin Qtr/Sem 16 17 18 19 20 4/11-5/9 State testi

24 25 26 27 28 23 24 25 26 27 window

31 21 Student days 30 15 Student days

NOVEMBER MA YM T W T F 11th Veteran's Day M T W T F

1 2 3 4 23-25 Stu/Tchr Recess 1 2 3 4

7 8 9 10 11 24th Thanksgiving Day 7 8 9 10 11

14 15 16 17 18 14 15 16 17 18 28th Memorial Day

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27 28 28 30 19 Student days 28 29 30 31 22 Student days

DECEMBERM T W T F 12/19-1/6 Winter Break JUNE

1 2 16 End Qtr/Sem M T W T F 5 6 7 8 9 23rd Christmas Eve 1 1 End Sem/Qtr

12 13 14 15 16 26th Christmas Day 4 5 6 7 8 4-8 Furlough Days

19 20 21 22 23 30th New Years Eve 11 12 13 14 15 1 Student day

26 27 28 29 30 12 Student days 18 19 20 21 22

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1st Semester - 84 student days 2nd Semester 91 student days 5 Furlough Days

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1936PVFT’s Local No.

From the President’s Desk...

Francisco Rodriguez,PVFT President

Win a Staples Gift Card...Congratulations to Sara Rigler of MacQuiddy and Marcia Poms of Adult

Education, April winners of the Staples Gift Card giveaway!

Missed your opportunity? Don’t wor ry. We’ve got youcovered... Just email us what would inspire you toattend the End of Year Celebration on Friday, May27th and you could be a winner too!

The first 25 responses emailed to [email protected] who havealso registered online at www.pvft.net will win a $5 Staples card.

From RIGHTS • page 1

Many of us have experienced the

pain of reduced pay, layoffs andfewer benefits. However, thesystem has been careful to keep

too many of the injuries away fromthe vast majority of the public. Wemust educate the public aboutwhat is at risk if we lose thisfunding, and we can only do thatlocally.

To this end, informational flyers willbe distributed during the week of May 9-13. The pieces ask our members to support:• Legislative passage of the tax

extensions (an October or November ballot does not helpschool districts next year) and

• Assembly Bill 1130, which callsfor taxing our state's wealthiest

1% an additional 1%.

These flyers are meant for both our members and members of thegeneral public (such as parentsand students). Please use thesepieces at member events andpublic events you may attend

during the coming week.

Nothing herein shall beconstrued, however, to prohibitthe principal/supervisor fromretaining copies of prior employee evaluations and

related documents which havebeen previously provided to theemployee or to prohibit theemployee from reviewing suchevaluations upon request.Related documents shall onlyinclude the final forms of thefollowing evaluation options:administrative choice,administrative mandated,portfolio and partnership.

Certificated employees who areenrolled in the PVUSD Health andWelfare package and fulfilled their school year contract for 2010/2011(teach through June 3, 2011), butare not returning to work for PVUSD in the 2011/12 school year,

will have district paid benefitcoverage through and includingAugust 31, 2011.

Lastly, please make sure that wehave your home email address incase issues come up during thesummer. If you need to contact us,we are making every effort to seethat someone will be in the unionoffice throughout the summer. Wecan also be reached by email (SeeConnect, page 12).


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Pajaro Valley Federation of TeachersAFT-CFT AFL-CIO Local 1936P.O. Box 1222Watsonville, CA 95077

Tel: 831-722-2331Web: www. vft.net

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PVFT Newsletter, May 2011