[CALIBK12] Madera Librarians SAVED!

Thu Feb 26 23:01:02 PST 2009

Talk to your union rep. Every contract and every bargaining union is
different, but it is my general understanding that a grievance can be filed
against an employer for replacing a paid staff person with a volunteer.

--Sue Beckmeyer
  Pacifica School District

On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 6:56 PM, Nickel, Cheryl
<Cheryl_Nickel at aptoshs.net>wrote:

> Thank you so much Barbara. Well... last night was very interesting. Our
> School Board knew how many people in the community would want to come to the
> meeting to speak for the last time before they voted on the budget, yet they
> decided to hold the meeting in the same small room that the meetings are
> usually held. There were so many in attendance, the Fire Marshall came and
> gave the Board the choice to stop the meeting or clear out the room. The
> Board's decision was to postpone the meeting to a later time. Unfortunately,
> as everyone knows, March 15th is the cutoff date for pink slips for teachers
> and our Board wants to have all layoff notices sent out by then.So, the
> decision was made to hold the meeting at a larger venue next week. Then the
> next day they are holding another meeting to vote on the budget. The good
> news is,the budget has not been voted on and we still have one more meeting
> to plead our case. The really bad news is, everyone will speak to the board
> on Wed. and th!
>  ey will vote on Thurs. Most of us think they will just base their votes on
> a list of recommendations from the district. I know that $17 million dollars
> is a ridicules amount of money to cut from a school district and we all have
> sympathy for the people who have to decide what to cut, but we are all very
> disappointed and disillusioned about this whole process, especially since we
> are all weary from going through this last year. I think the only thing that
> will save our libraries now will be money from the state or stimulus
> package.
>     One question I have is that we are trying to find out any legalities or
> violations that might come about from volunteers taking our places in the
> libraries. We are all Library Techs. Can they lay us off and replace us with
> volunteers? We need your help on this one. Thanks, Cheryl
> Cheryl Nickel
> Library/Media Technician
> Aptos High School
> ________________________________________
> From: Barbara Jeffus [BJeffus at cde.ca.gov]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 4:00 PM
> To: Nickel, Cheryl; sharonthelibrarian at yahoo.com; calibk12 at lists.sjsu.edu
> Subject: RE: [CALIBK12] Madera Librarians SAVED!
>
> Cheryl,
> Be sure to check out the resources recommended on the www.csla.net under
> budget crisis. It has more there than March 15th notices. The Education Code
> says: 18100. The governing board of each school district shall provide
> school library services for the pupils and teachers of the district by
> establishing and maintaining school libraries or by contractual arrangements
> with another public agency. Contracting with another public agency isn't
> free and the resources in a public library, for example, are not selected
> with the school's curriculum in mind. It's cheaper and more effective to
> keep the libraries open and staffed! Keeping a good thought for tonight,
> Barbara
>
> Barbara Jeffus
> School Library Consultant
> California Department of Education
> 1430 N Street, Suite 3207
> Sacramento, CA 95814
> 916.319.0445
> FAX 916.319.0172
> http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/cr/lb
>
> READ Green. Borrow a Library Book!
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: calibk12-bounces at lists.sjsu.edu [mailto:
> calibk12-bounces at lists.sjsu.edu] On Behalf Of Nickel, Cheryl
> Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 3:52 PM
> To: sharonthelibrarian at yahoo.com; calibk12 at lists.sjsu.edu
> Subject: Re: [CALIBK12] Madera Librarians SAVED!
>
> Wow! Really good news. The PVUSD list of cuts includes closing all
> elementary libraries in the district and reducing staff in all middle and
> high schools. We do not have Teacher Librarians in our district. Please keep
> us in your thoughts. Meeting is tonight. Cheryl
>
> Cheryl Nickel
> Library/Media Technician
> Aptos High School
> ________________________________________
> From: calibk12-bounces at lists.sjsu.edu [calibk12-bounces at lists.sjsu.edu] On
> Behalf Of Sharon Stockdale [sharonthelibrarian at yahoo.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 2:36 PM
> To: calibk12 at lists.sjsu.edu
> Subject: [CALIBK12] Madera Librarians SAVED!
>
> Good News1 The four Teacher-Librarians in Madera USD were on the cut list
> for the third year in a row, but we were removed from the final list of cuts
> which came out last night
>
> I really feel the HUGE advocacy efforts we all made (including Calib folk)
> from two years ago has paid off...the board members are essentially the same
> as then, That year our jobs were eliminated, but we got them back within a
> month!!
>
> Plus I have been at every recent board meeting doing a small presentation
> to the board, such as taking student-made posters for Black History Month,
> etc. Nothing dramatic, but being subtle and letting everyone know that we
> are still here.
>
> I am on the Madera Unified Teachers Assoc Exec board and am the rep for one
> of my middle schools to our MUTA Representative Council.
> So I have direct access to our union's decisions. I always pass this on to
> the teachers.
>
> Good Luck to everyone else at this critical time!!
>
> Sharon Stockdale
> Thomas Jefferson and Martin Luther King, Jr,
> Middle Schools
>
> Sharon StockdaleMUSD Middle Schools Library Media Teacher Madera, Ca 93637
> Sharonthelibrarian at yahoo.com
>
>
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