What UTLA and LAUSD Must Do: Some Solutions to Our Current State of Affairs in the LAUSD by Dr. John Fernandez (Lo que UTLA y el LAUSD debe hacer: algunas soluciones para nuestro actual estado de cosas en el LAUSD por el Dr. John Fernández)
(Mensaje se repite en Español) (For a national view of public education reform see the end of this blog post)
After being in office for over seven months, UTLA President Warren Fletcher
finally came out swinging. He denounced the move by L.A. Unified to transfer Miramonte
Elementary School teachers--not only are all faculty at Miramonte being transferred-- but
every Miramonte employee from the principal to the janitor. In today's Los Angeles Times (02-10-2012),UTLA President Warren Fletcher is qouted as saying, "When teachers were told that they were being transferred, dozens of teachers were in tears." Union President Fletcher went on to say that "They[the teachers] are part of the fabric of this community." What is troubling about the teacher transfers is that UTLA accepted them on the condition that they would be temporary and would not