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Late yesterday, Alameda Unified School District Superintendent’s Assistant Kerri Lonergan released a media statement announcing that the school district and the teachers’ union are officially at an impasse. The teachers’ union has called for all-teachers emergency meeting.  This morning, Kerri Lonergan, Superintendent’s Assistant at the Alameda Unified School District, released a community bulletin to the media on behalf of AUSD Superintendent Kirsten Vital regarding fiscal year carryover funds. Alameda teachers will be wearing green today, to support their bargaining team as it heads into negotiations with the Alameda Unified School District. Over the previous weeks, teachers have been publicizing an AUSD surplus of $1 million that the district plans to spend on textbooks. The Alameda Unified School District (AUSD) will hold another special meeting tonight at 5:00 p.m. to discuss equity policies and practices. Today, Alameda County Superior court Judge Frank Roesch ruled in favor of the Alameda Unified School District on the lawsuit Nelco, Inc. et al v. Alameda Unified School District, RG11574574, which sought to overturn the parcel tax passed by voters in March of this year. By Davin McHenry, The Hechinger Report The New York Times ran a front-page piece this past weekend on the fact that test scores don’t seem to be getting a boost from the billions being spent on new technology in the classroom. The education-policy world has been all over the story, with some knocking The Times and reporter Matt Richtel. Others are saying the story is an important reminder that technology isn’t a cure-all. Continue reading Is Technology in the Classroom a Bust? Nine Alameda Unified School District schools, including Amelia Earhart Elementary, Washington Elementary, Will C. Wood Middle School and Island High experienced negative API growth in the 2010-11 measurement year, according to statistics released this week from the California Department of Education. The Alameda Unified School District (AUSD) Board of Trustees is set to vote tonight on a new employment contract with Superintendent Kirsten Vital that would maintain her $204,225 per year salary, and add 3% increases and $15,000 annual performance bonuses for four years, beginning July 1 2011 and ending June 30, 2015. Last week, the Alameda Unified School District filed a response to a lawsuit filed against the district over a 7-year parcel tax ballot measure that passed in March. The filing was six days late, coming after the August 4th deadline. The Alameda Unified School District (AUSD) has missed a court-ordered deadline of August 4th, by which it was supposed to file an answer to the initial complaint in a lawsuit over a 7-year parcel tax approved by voters in March. |
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