La Unified Board Votes To Pay Deasy Up To $30,000 For Unused Vacation
…plus he gets to keep the contribution that would be paid into the retirement system … but “it’s not a salary increase!”* * smf: I doubt if the IRS will see converting a pension payment and vacation time into cash as anything but income! …and what if every teacher in the District preferred to work through their summer vacation and be paid for it? by Vanessa Romo, LA School Report | http://
L.A. Times Reporter Tweets from the UTLA Candidates Forum Last Night:
@HowardBlume tweets: 4 Mar 2014 | 6:59PM :: About 50 people tonight at forum for UTLA prez elex. Some are non-UTLA members. Typical of poor attendance, lack of wide interest. although this forum is being recorded for any1 w/a surge of interest. Hosted by group Educators4Excellence, ●●smf chimes in: In order to RSVP for the event –
VERGARA v. CALIFORNIA TRIAL TO CONTINUE
By Howard Blume, L.A. Times | http://lat.ms/MNvF4W Student Beatriz Vergara, 15, testifies in Los Angeles County Superior Court in February that bad teachers have harmed her education. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times) March 4, 2014, 4:45 p.m. :: A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge has denied a motion to dismiss a lawsuit seeking to limit teacher job protections in California.
California, U.S. Needs To Add To Student Online Privacy Rules
SB 1177, The Student Online Personal Information Protection Act - a bill by state Sen. Darrell Steinberg would ban private firms contracting with public schools from selling California student's records. Editorial By The LA Times editorial board| http://lat.ms/1gaaRfQ State Senate leader Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento) has introduced a bill that would help close a loophole in federal
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 3-4-14
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: In Survey, Utla President Vows To File Complaints Over ‘Teacher Jails’By Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times | http://lat.ms/1n6UwOs Los Angeles teachers union president Warren Fletcher lashed out at the school district Monday for its handling of teachers accused of misconduct, vowing to file federal and state age-discrimination complaints. (Irfan Khan / Lo