{"id":87,"date":"2013-04-19T20:32:14","date_gmt":"2013-04-19T20:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pft1603.org\/?page_id=87"},"modified":"2013-04-19T20:32:14","modified_gmt":"2013-04-19T20:32:14","slug":"e-communique-vol-iii-no-07","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pft1603.org\/?page_id=87","title":{"rendered":"e-Communique Vol. III, No. 07"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Welcome to\u00a02012\u2019s first e-Communiqu\u00e9, the twice-monthly email update from the Peralta Federation of Teachers. We\u2019ll preview tonight\u2019s board of trustees meeting, set for seven at 333. E. Eighth St., but first a few back-to-school reminders:<\/div>\n
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*PFT and the district agreed that all fire code class size limits would be respected and enforced. In rooms with only one door, the class size maximum is 45. Rooms with two doors should have specific numbers posted in the room. If more students are enrolled than the maximum number allowed by fire code, please contact your campus\u00a0PFT rep.<\/div>\n
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The base load for faculty in the rehire pool should be kept up to date by deans and provided to department chairs. It\u2019s crucial, particularly with so few classes to go around, that scheduling of assignments conforms to the\u00a0PFT contract.<\/div>\n
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PFT\u00a0has advised the district of its concerns\u2014legal, ethical, and safety-related\u2014over the installation of classroom surveillance cameras and automatic door locks.\u00a0PFT will update faculty on its discussions with the chancellor\u2019s office on these issues.<\/div>\n
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*Despite a lengthy agenda (two dozen pages!), much of the business looks routine at tonight\u2019s\u00a0BoT meeting. A couple of notes:<\/div>\n
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The board will hold a special session to discuss putting a parcel-tax measure on the June 5 ballot in the six cities served by the district. The draft language of the measure puts all money raised by the tax\u2014projected at ca. $8 million a year for eight years\u2014toward classes and student support.<\/div>\n
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Some $114K of general fund money is being requested for three different consultants: $25K for Jim\u00a0Grivich to continue assisting with board policy revisions; $20K for\u00a0Srujana\u00a0Tumu for\u00a0Moodle support; and $69K for George\u00a0Kozitza for professional and technical support related to business services at Laney College. In fall 2011,\u00a0Grivich got $90K from the district for his consulting services,\u00a0Kozitza $69K.<\/div>\n
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*After moving forward promisingly in the fall, contract talks with the district took a sharp turn Jan. 17.\u00a0PFT learned that a district plan to offer three healthcare options, two premium-free, may be scrapped after Kaiser announced an 18% price hike for Peralta. Get details on the talks in the next\u00a0PFT Negotiations Update, set to go into mailboxes by the end of the week.<\/div>\n
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*At the Jan. 21 meeting of the\u00a0CFT Executive Council in Burbank,\u00a0PFT\u2019s state-level affiliate endorsed Abel\u00a0Guill\u00e9n’s State Assembly campaign, passed\u00a0PFT’s resolution urging the feds not to cut Perkins vocational grants, and voted to support the March 1 and March 5 days of action in defense of public education.\u00a0CFT also announced that it would continue the push to get its Millionaires Tax on the Nov. ballot, even though two competing (significantly less progressive) initiatives are likely to appear alongside it.<\/div>\n
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*PFT thanks Roxanne Epstein, Assistant to the Chancellor\/Board Clerk,\u00a0for pointing out that technical limitations, not human error, made some trustee votes unclear on the district website.\u00a0PFT will continue to strive to report vote totals accurately.<\/div>\n
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Keep up with the board online<\/a>, and follow the union on Twitter @ PFT1603<\/a>. And like us on Facebook, too!<\/div>\n
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In solidarity,<\/div>\n
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Matthew M. Goldstein, President<\/div>\n
Debby Weintraub, Communications Director<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Welcome to\u00a02012\u2019s first e-Communiqu\u00e9, the twice-monthly email update from the Peralta Federation of Teachers. We\u2019ll preview tonight\u2019s board of trustees meeting, set for seven at 333. E. Eighth St., but first a few back-to-school reminders: *PFT and the district agreed that all fire code class size limits would be respected and enforced. In rooms with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-87","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pft1603.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/87","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pft1603.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pft1603.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pft1603.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pft1603.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=87"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pft1603.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/87\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88,"href":"https:\/\/pft1603.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/87\/revisions\/88"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pft1603.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=87"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}