[CALIBK12] Mt. Diablo Unified School District

Tue Mar 3 09:03:34 PST 2009

Dear Friends:  Tonight the Mt. Diablo Unified School District will vote 
cut all
10 Library Media Teachers at Middle School.  Mt. Diablo has been one of 
the few
school districts to employ fully credentialed Library Media Teachers at
elementary, middle school and high school level.  Needless to say we are all
very upset and perplexed.  We have no idea what the rational is for cutting in
this manner.  We will be going to the board meeting tonight, so please 
everybody
keep a good thought for us.
Jo Carson, LMT
Pleasant Hill Middle School

Quoting "Engebretsen, Imogene" <Engebretsen.I at monet.k12.ca.us>:

> Of course the reason Modesto City Schools is going through this trauma
> is because Mr. Enochs retired a year ago.  Had he not the libraries
> would still be intact.
>
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> From: calibk12-bounces at lists.sjsu.edu
> [mailto:calibk12-bounces at lists.sjsu.edu] On Behalf Of Richard K. Moore
> Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 11:00 PM
> To: calibk12 at lists.sjsu.edu
> Subject: Re: [CALIBK12] Modesto City Schools
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> Just so we understand what Modesto is giving up:
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> http://enochs.monet.k12.ca.us/School/mr-enochs.htm
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> "Through his leadership, Modesto City Schools became one of the few
> large districts to maintain libraries with a fully credentialed
> librarian at all K-12 school sites. He has been named "Distinguished
> School Administrator of the Year" by the 20,000-member American
> Association of School Librarians for his contributions in advancing the
> role of the school library as an agency for the improvement of
> education."
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> Richard K. Moore, InfoSherpa
> Huntington Beach, CA
> **********************************************************
> At the moment that we persuade a child, any child, to cross that
> threshold, that magic threshold into a library, we change their lives
> forever, for the better. It's an enormous force for good. -- Barack
> Obama
> *************************************************************
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: stemig at sbcglobal.net
> To: carsonj at mdusd.k12.ca.us; calibk12 at lists.sjsu.edu
> Sent: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 10:39 pm
> Subject: Re: [CALIBK12] Modesto City Schools
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> It is official. They have cut 8.5 LMT and 7 Library Assistant position
> in the
>
> Modesto City School District. We spoke on all of the important points
> but there
>
> were no motions from the board to remove any of the items on the cut
> list.
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> Dana Stemig
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> LMT (3 and a half months to go with that title)
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> Modesto City Schools
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> Modesto CA
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> ------Original Message------
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> From: carsonj at mdusd.k12.ca.us
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> Sender:
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> To: calibk12 at lists.sjsu.edu
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> Sent: Mar 2, 2009 7:50 AM
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> Subject: Re: [CALIBK12] Modesto City Schools
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> Shde did say librarians, not library clerks.  I am assumed she was
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> talking about
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> certificated LMTs.
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> Jo Carson
>
> Quoting "McVey, John" <jmcvey at tusd.net>:
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>
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>> Since when do teachers get to negotiate for classified?  I know they
>
>> often would like to, but that is not how this works.  Of course, the
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>> district often lumps us all together, but we need to be aware who our
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>> friends are and who is willing to cut off which limb to save another.
>
>> John McVey
>
>> Library Technician
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>> North School, K-8
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>> Tracy, DA  95376
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>> From: calibk12-bounces at lists.sjsu.edu
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>> [mailto:calibk12-bounces at lists.sjsu.edu
> <mailto:calibk12-bounces at lists.sjsu.edu?> ] On Behalf Of Richards, Ta
> nya
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>> Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 11:16 AM
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>> To: Margaret Baker; chwms at mac.com; Carol Doerksen; Barbara Jeffus;
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>> calibk12 at lists.sjsu.edu
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>> Subject: [CALIBK12] Modesto City Schools
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>> Dear Friends,
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>> I just thought I would share with you recent events in Modesto City
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>> Schools.  On Wednesday the district informed K-6 Library staff that
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>> due to declining enrollment, there would be a reduction of 3.5 LMT
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>> and 3 LA.  On Thursday, MTA (the teachers association) informed us
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>> that they had negotiated with the district for an 8.5 reduction of
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>> LMT and 8.0 reduction of LA.  This would be accomplished by
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>> eliminating prep and thus library service to all first, second and
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>> third grade classes across the district and by reducing the library
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>> position at the district 50%.  They also stated that it is the
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>> position of the union to actually eliminate the library position at
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>> the district.
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>> Having received over a half million dollars last year in a federally
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>> funded grant that impacted 23 school sites in the district and once
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>> again applying for that same grant, this time addressing the needs of
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>> 27 school sites, I am heartsick.  We are in the process of rallying
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>> the troops and will address the board at a meeting on Monday night.
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>>
>
>> Tan
> ya Richards, Library Coordinator
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>> Modesto City Schools
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