Tuesday, March 31st 4pm-6pm (meet at 3p for family friendly pre-march activities)
Starting Location: San Antonio Park (18th Ave and Foothill)
Family Friendly Event. There will be music, sign making and food!
February 25 at 3:30 – March from Edna Brewer to School Board Meeting – depart 3:30 Edna Brewer, depart 4 pm Lake Merritt Colonnade and head along lakeside to La Escuelita
February 25 at 5:00 – School Board Meeting at La Escuelita
February 25 at 7pm – Teacher/OEA Perspective on Contract Negotiations hosted by Montclair PTA, at Montclair Women’s Club
February 26 5:30 to 7 – District 6 meeting with Shanthi Gonzales at Melrose Leadership Academy – RSVP: http://gonzalesforschools.nationbuilder.com/district_6_advisory_committee
February 26 6 to 7:30 – Letter Writing Party at the Hive Cafe 2139 MacArthur Blvd – RSVP: http://www.evite.com/event/01E9MP2DFCARBMW4YEPEWIN6G6ZMGU
February 28 5 to 6:30 – Information session for Spanish speaking families at the Hive Cafe 2139 MacArthur – RSVP: http://www.evite.com/event/03696VOBR6E4SEFFQEPEWTICOOAO3Y
Teachers, Parents, Students, Community:
March to the OUSD Board of Education Meeting and Speak-OUT!
Wednesday, February 25th
Oakland teachers are fighting for a strong contract with a guaranteed wage increase that will allow teachers to stay in Oakland. The District is receiving more state funding for Oakland schools than in many years, and funding is projected to rise but the money is being spent on outside contractors, Central Administration, and other projects outside the classroom. The Oakland Education Association (OEA) is fighting for smaller class sizes and hard caps on Special Education caseloads. We are fighting for lower Counselor to student ratios. We will not accept the union busting attacks that Superintendent Wilson and the District Bargaining Team are making on existing seniority and transfer protections. We oppose the reconstitution of schools – making teachers, aides, and other school staff reapply for their own jobs; we oppose the conversion of any public schools to charter schools.
We stand united with students and families in defense of quality public education accessible to all the young people in Oakland
March Leaves Edna Brewer at 3:30 PM
All Schools Converge at the
Colonnade at Lake Merritt at 4:00 PM and March to the Board Meeting! Please JOIN US!
Contact Mark Airgood 510-717-6365 for more information
Parents in Oakland are mobilizing to ensure a better education for their children. Please consider being involved and join the movement. More information can be found at https://ousdparentsunited.wordpress.com
Come to the next Board Meeting 2/11/15 and sign up to speak to the board. Show your support for a fair contract that benefits educators and children alike. Demand that your tax dollars be put to good use and not to just to raises for the top administrators. See you there
Wednesday 2/11/15. 4:30pm The Great Room, LaEscuelita Education Center, 1050 2nd Avenue, Oakland, CA
http://abc7news.com/video/embed/?pid=495455
Lets not stop here! Lets keep going and get what our students deserve, lower class sizes, hard caps on special education case loads, and competitive salaries to retain and attract teachers. Contract NOW!
Join OUSD Teachers, counselors, and psychologists as we march from Park and Brooklyn Near Oakland High starting at 3:45pm to LaEscuelita (located at 1050 2nd Ave) to the OUSD Board meeting at 4:30pm. Please sign up to speak and support Oakland public education!
As you may know, our union OEA, has been bargaining for a fair contact with the district. During these last few months, the district continually has not been bargaining in good faith. The district took money off the table twice (very illegal). They went backwards by demanding changes in transfer rights after saying they wouldn’t request any new contract language. They have barely budged on class size. They still have made NO proposal on special ed caps and their salary increase proposal language states that it is contingent on whether there is enough funding left over.
Is this the type of district you want your child to be in? Your tax dollars are not being used in the most effective way possible. Demand the best from OUSD! Your child cannot thrive in a classroom that is packed and receive the best education from teachers that are over worked and underpaid. We continue to lose teachers to other higher paying districts. Your child, your family, and Oakland deserve better.
Therefore, to build pressure and gain support from the community, Montera has decided to work to rule. We will work according to our contract. We will arrive at work at 8:30 am and leave at 3:30 pm (psychologists: 4:30pm). We will not do any volunteer work such as clubs, lunch activities, and sports.
We want to show the district and our community that teachers work above and beyond what we are expected to do. This is seen as the norm, yet our pay and work conditions are substandard to any other district in California and many parts of the country.
Please support our teachers, psychologists, and counselor!
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