Monthly Archives: February 2009

Hello insomniacs

By Roger Phillips | Published: February 28, 2009 | Comments closed
     Here’s the story on the SUSD board meeting.      And here’s the latest on Lincoln and Lodi.
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SUSD Live — 10:22 p.m. — 10:29 p.m.

By Roger Phillips | Published: February 28, 2009 | Comments closed
    The board voted 5-2 to push this issue back to next week. No decision tonight. A special meeting is set for 5 p.m. Wednesday. The location of the meeting has not been announced. Dan Castillo and Colleen Boardman were the sole trustees who voted against delaying a decision.      That’s all, folks!
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SUSD Live — 9:55 p.m.

By Roger Phillips | Published: February 28, 2009 | Comments closed
     Tie-breaking procedures for layoffs have been approved. So now comes Item 5.4 — the actual cuts. Sal Ramirez and Bill Ross say they want to table this and have another meeting. Loud applause from the audience.      Beverly Fitch McCarthy now wants to reschedule to a date next week “mutually agreeable” to the board.      Attorney Marie [...]
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SUSD Live — 9:38 p.m. — 9:54 p.m.

By Roger Phillips | Published: February 28, 2009 | Comments closed
     And now the board members speak.      Bill Ross: “I heard a lot of things tonight. One of the things we heard was about transparency. I do not believe what we have in the budget reflects any transparency. We need to find the solutions. You need to be part of the solutions. I don’t think [...]
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SUSD Live — 9:21 p.m. — 9:35 p.m.

By Roger Phillips | Published: February 28, 2009 | Comments closed
     OK, we aren’t just a Web site, we still have a newspaper, so I had to get the early story in. That’s why I haven’t posted in awhile.      Anyway, the public comments continue. At some point, the board will vote. I’ll continue to post some comments by some of the speakers.     Three more comments, [...]
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SUSD Live — 7:57 p.m. — 9:20 p.m.

By Roger Phillips | Published: February 28, 2009 | Comments closed
     It begins — 80 minutes of public comment.     Larry Capello, counselor, Grunsky Elementary: “These types of programs are not a luxury. They are what you would call one of those essential programs … a necessity. These programs not only help students achieve academically. They help keep students safe. … I am a big proponent [...]
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SUSD live — 6:55 p.m.

By Roger Phillips | Published: February 28, 2009 | Comments closed
     At least one board member, Bill Ross, is not happy that the trustees got the list of cuts one day before tonight’s meeting.      Before going into closed session, Ross told me, “Why weren’t we doing this months and months ago? Now all of a sudden there’s a big rush to get the budget out. [...]
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SUSD live — 6:30 p.m.

By Roger Phillips | Published: February 28, 2009 | Comments closed
     Have Internet, will post.      Closed session at the SUSD special meeting at Franklin was supposed to begin at 6 p.m. Open session is slated for 7. But they aren’t in closed session yet. The reason: By 5:45 p.m., the 1,100-seat auditorium was about one-third full. It’s now more than half full. And the many [...]
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SUSD goes pink

By Roger Phillips | Published: February 28, 2009 | Comments closed
     Heard about it early this week and hearing more about it today — SUSD teachers are likely to show up at the 7 p.m. board meeting wearing pink (as in pink slip) as the school board possibly votes on sending out layoff notices to 325 members of the Stockton Teachers Association.      Here’s a [...]
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SUSD acknowledges error in agenda

By Roger Phillips | Published: February 27, 2009 | Comments closed
     Based on what I’m being told, Resolution No. 08-35 in the agenda for tonight’s meeting was included accidentally, and the administration will ask the board to pull the item off the agenda. The resolution, with a two-plus page list of administrators’ names attached, says that those employees listed “may be released from their present [...]
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