Saturday, November 07, 2009

[Updated!] Be Informed/Get Active: PETITIONS AND PARENT/FACULTY/STAFF/COMMUNITY INFORMATION & PETITIONS FROM UTLA & AALA RE THE PUBLIC SCHOOL CHOICE RESOLUTION

by smf for 4LAKids    

UTLA & AALA continue to strongly oppose the school choice motion and are working with civil rights organizations and other district unions to investigate legal options to fight this motion.

Tenth District PTA’s Board of Directors encourages PTA chapters and units – and all community stakeholders -  to study the issue and circulate the petitions as they feel appropriate. The governance and operation of our neighborhood schools is a fundamental PTA concern.

We make the following info available and request the information be shared in your school community. Just because your school isn’t on the list doesn’t mean your community, your school, your kids –whether “your kids” in the classroom or the ones that live in your house -  won’t be impacted.

The warning is provocative and over-the-top -- but needs to be remembered: “First they came for the gypsies….”

  • There are informational flyers available in English and Spanish, click on the thumbnails to go to “suitable for printing” versions.

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Petitions should be turned in to the UTLA chapter chair at your school or faxed to: (213) 484-0201

A Petition Regarding the Effects of the “Public Schools Choice” Resolution

We, the undersigned parents, community members, students and school-based employees want to express some ofour concerns about the effect of the so-called Public Schools Choice Resolution recently passed by the LAUSD Board of Education:

1. We want a guarantee that all students will be welcomed and effectively taught including students with special needs, English language learners, gifted and talented, and ALL neighborhood students who have long suffered on the bus or enrolled in multi-track year round schools.

2. We insist that schools not run by the district: (a) meet ALL current district health and safety standards for pesticides, food preparation, and school wide cleanliness, security ,etc.; and (b) that free and reduced breakfast and lunch programs be offered at each school.

3. We object to the wholesale “giving away” of schools to outside groups when it is our children and neighbors who voted to provide the resources to build these new schools.

4. In general we find that many Charter schools “save money” by reducing clerical, custodial and food service staff hours, pay, and benefits as well as hiring untrained individuals to provide the needed services. We do NOT believe that this is viable nor sustainable, but simply a “race to the bottom” for students, parents, and staff.

5. We know that many staff members are parents of LAUSD students. So, we are very, very concerned about the destabilizing effect this “plan” will have on the families of countless students in the District. We do not need to increase the unemployment rate in Los Angeles County.

THEREFORE, our signatures call for a real examination of the effects of “contracting out” schools without fully mitigating what could be devastating effects on students and their families:

Please Print:

Name School Position (Parent, community member, teacher, student , Principal, etc)


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Petición Referente a los Efectos de las Opciones de Resolución de las Escuelas Publicas

Nosotros, los padres que firmamos, miembros de la comunidad, estudiantes y empleados de las escuelas, queremos expresar algunas de nuestras preocupaciones sobre el efecto del llamado Resolución de Escoger las Escuelas Publicas, recientemente aprobado por la mesa directiva del Distrito Unificado de Los Ángeles.

1. Queremos garantía de que todos los estudiantes serán bienvenidos y efectivamente ensenados, incluyendo estudiantes de educación especial, de educación avanzada y los dotados, y TODOS los estudiantes del vecindario todos los que han sufrido en el autobús o han sido matriculados en las diferentes sesiones escolares de ano redondo.

2. Insistimos que las escuelas no administradas bajo el Distrito:

(a) reúnan TODAS las normas necesarias referente a pesticidas, preparación de comida, limpieza en las escuelas, seguridad, etc.; y

(b) que los desayunos gratis o de precio reducido y programas de almuerzo sean ofrecidos a cada escuela.

3. Nos oponemos al plan de “darlo todo” a grupos de afuera cuando fueron nuestros niños y comunidad quienes votaron para proveer los recursos para construir estas nuevas escuelas.

4. En general lo que vemos es que muchas escuelas Charter “ahorran dinero” reduciendo el personal de la oficina, de los que limpian, y reducen el numero de horas en los servicios de cafetería y reducen salarios y beneficios, al igual que contratando a personas que no están suficientemente capacitadas para proveer los servicios necesarios. No creemos que esta sea una forma eficaz, sino simplemente una “carrera hacia la ruina” para estudiantes, padres y empleados.

5. Sabemos que muchos miembros de nuestro personal son padres de nuestros estudiantes. Por eso estamos muy, muy preocupados sobre el nivel de confusión que este “plan” tendrá en las familias de muchos de nuestros estudiantes en el Distrito. Nosotros no necesitamos aumentar el nivel de desempleo en el Condado de Los Ángeles.

Por tanto, nuestras firmas hacen un llamado a examinar los efectos que “contratistas de fuera” tendrán en nuestras escuelas. Las consecuencias serán devastadoras para los estudiantes y sus familias.

Por Favor Letra de Imprenta

Nombre Escuela Titulo (padre, miembro de la comunidad, maestro, estudiante, director, etc.)

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