My Word: 'Invisible' cuts are real cuts with real costs in the Fremont Unified School District
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California Teachers Association                                          January 25, 2010

1705 Murchison Drive                                                                 
Burlingame, CA 94011-0921

www.cta.org

Contact:   Mike Myslinski at 650-552-5324 or mmyslinski@cta.org

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

San Francisco, Fremont School Cuts Protests Reflect

Fate of Many Districts As Governor Seeks More Cuts

CTA President Warns of Dire Risks for a ‘Generation of Students’

 

BURLINGAME – As California Teachers Association President David A. Sanchez criticized in a speech the governor’s proposed education budget for threatening “a generation of students” with even more school cuts, teachers in San Francisco and Fremont are mobilizing their communities this week against possibly severe local cuts.

 

Bay Area alarm over school cuts is growing, and the governor’s budget is not helping when the state already cut education by $17 billion over the last two years. It’s unacceptable that his proposed education budget reduces funding for schools and community colleges by $2.4 billion, Sanchez told a conference of 800 teachers in Burlingame Saturday. “High schools and middle schools are losing librarians, counselors, music and art programs across the state,” Sanchez said. “Packed kindergarten classrooms of 30 or 40 students are becoming common. Thousands of teachers lost their jobs last year, and more pink slips are coming this March.”

 

Teachers are pushing back this week in San Francisco and Fremont:

 

SAN FRANCISCO RALLY TUESDAY: Teachers facing $113 million in cuts over the next two fiscal years will hold a rally and picket line before the San Francisco Unified school board meeting at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 26, at 555 Franklin St. Members of United Educators of San Francisco will demand that the school board keep any cuts away from the classroom. Cuts could mean 400 teacher layoffs, four furlough days and soaring class sizes, the superintendent is estimating.

 

FREMONT SCHOOL BOARD PROTEST WEDNESDAY: Hit with the sudden news that the Fremont Unified School District now wants an additional $22 million in cuts for the 2010-11 fiscal year – in addition to the $16 million in cuts already made for the current school year – teachers are mobilizing their community. Leaders of the 1,800-member Fremont Unified District Teachers Association will speak out at the school board meeting at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 27, in the City Council chambers, 3300 Capitol Ave., Fremont.

 

Other district cuts are mounting. Mt. Diablo Unified is seeking more than $26 million in devastating new cuts over the next three years after cutting $30 million the past year and a half. A sampling of other Bay Area proposed cuts in the new fiscal year starting July 1 include: Berryessa Union School District in San Jose, nearly $8 million; Cupertino Union, $8.8 million; and San Jose Unified, $10.5 million.

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The 325,000-member CTA is affiliated with the 3.2 million-member National Education Association.

 

 

2009 DUES AMOUNTS FOR

TAX PURPOSES

 

 

The following information regarding Association dues and fees is presented for possible use on your 2009 tax return.  As with all such information, the advice of a competent professional should be followed regarding its appropriateness to your return.

 

Category	Yearly % of Employment			Dues/Fees*
Category 1		61-100%	1057.80
Category 2B		51-60%	618.70
Category 2A		34-50%	543.90
Category 3B		26-33%	323.92
Category 3A		Less than 25%	287.20
Agency Fee payers who received rebates need to subtract the rebate from the above amounts.   *Based on ten-month deduction plan. *Subs should call the FUDTA Office and speak to Karen for calculations.

                           

 

Fifth Annual

Educators Conference

2010

SATURDAY, February 27, 2010

7:30am – 3:15pm

 

Hilton Newark/Fremont

39900 Balentine Drive

Newark, CA 94560

www.newarkhilton.com

 

A $10.00 fee will be charged for this event.