21-0657 Presentation to the Governing Board by the Superintendent of Schools, or designee(s), of a Report on the type, amount, purpose or permitted uses of actual and/or prospective one-time funding the District has or may receive from state, federal and/.or other resources, if any, for Fiscal Years 2020-2021 and 2121-2022 and receipt of direction(s) from the Board. if any, pertaining thereto.
Board Directors,
The OEA Rep Council just voted NO on recommending the tentative agreement to membership. If you want us to return to campuses sooner than later, like many of us do, you must IMMEDIATELY commit to approving and funding the safety requirements that are needed for our school communities to feel safe. We are concerned about the vague proposal presented by OUSD regarding cleaning and health, and that is what ultimately led to this NO vote tonight. Many of us would like the TA to be approved, but without an increase in custodial and health services, there is a chance things will be further delayed. I am one of the teachers at my site, REACH Academy, who would be willing to volunteer during an opt-in period if we had tangible guarantees that our students, families, and staff will be as safe as possible. Our general membership vote on the TA ends this Saturday. What will you do to ensure that 51% vote yes?
CAC has been discussing priorities that are both concrete and transformational. All school site staff need to be trained in a common alternative crisis intervention program. The start up costs will include training the trainers and training all staff within the year, with ongoing costs of training new staff who join the district and renewal trainings. One of our members has brought forward that while she was trained as a trainer, she was never given time at her site to train others. A common program means common vocabulary and a system of support for the staff person who is intervening as well as for the students. These programs emphasize learning to intervene early, take care of feelings, and using safe, nonviolent, physical intervention as a last resort.
Another item has to do with communicating student behavior plans and learning interventions in an "at a glance" format for classroom teachers. I wish ecomment gave enough room for me to list start up and ongoing costs.
I want to be sure that we are looking past just reopening physical school buildings, and into the future and what will it take to reengage the possibly hundreds of secondary students that have dis-engaged during this time. Physically reopening buildings will not be enough, and we need to look at alternative education/credit recovery paths that reach broader and younger. Once we get students back in, what is their path to graduation and beyond?
The goal of all spending should be a return to normal, full-time school as soon as possible. Updating school facilities should be a priority. Some of our schools were badly in need of updated HVAC systems even before the pandemic, and we know that good ventilation is the way to stop the spread of the virus. Do not squander this money on “hygiene theater” that doesn’t actually prevent the spread of the virus (like excessive cleaning of surfaces), or on measures that are not getting kids back to school.
Board Directors,
The OEA Rep Council just voted NO on recommending the tentative agreement to membership. If you want us to return to campuses sooner than later, like many of us do, you must IMMEDIATELY commit to approving and funding the safety requirements that are needed for our school communities to feel safe. We are concerned about the vague proposal presented by OUSD regarding cleaning and health, and that is what ultimately led to this NO vote tonight. Many of us would like the TA to be approved, but without an increase in custodial and health services, there is a chance things will be further delayed. I am one of the teachers at my site, REACH Academy, who would be willing to volunteer during an opt-in period if we had tangible guarantees that our students, families, and staff will be as safe as possible. Our general membership vote on the TA ends this Saturday. What will you do to ensure that 51% vote yes?
CAC has been discussing priorities that are both concrete and transformational. All school site staff need to be trained in a common alternative crisis intervention program. The start up costs will include training the trainers and training all staff within the year, with ongoing costs of training new staff who join the district and renewal trainings. One of our members has brought forward that while she was trained as a trainer, she was never given time at her site to train others. A common program means common vocabulary and a system of support for the staff person who is intervening as well as for the students. These programs emphasize learning to intervene early, take care of feelings, and using safe, nonviolent, physical intervention as a last resort.
Another item has to do with communicating student behavior plans and learning interventions in an "at a glance" format for classroom teachers. I wish ecomment gave enough room for me to list start up and ongoing costs.
I want to be sure that we are looking past just reopening physical school buildings, and into the future and what will it take to reengage the possibly hundreds of secondary students that have dis-engaged during this time. Physically reopening buildings will not be enough, and we need to look at alternative education/credit recovery paths that reach broader and younger. Once we get students back in, what is their path to graduation and beyond?
The goal of all spending should be a return to normal, full-time school as soon as possible. Updating school facilities should be a priority. Some of our schools were badly in need of updated HVAC systems even before the pandemic, and we know that good ventilation is the way to stop the spread of the virus. Do not squander this money on “hygiene theater” that doesn’t actually prevent the spread of the virus (like excessive cleaning of surfaces), or on measures that are not getting kids back to school.