Dear Colleagues,   I gave a PowerPoint presentation that explained the situation of how we got to our current state, the results and the options at this time. We had a total attendance yesterday of 58 at Maria Carrillo for the Healthcare presentation. After the presentation, we opened it up to questions and comments which were both passionate and thoughtful.   As was stated in my pre [ ... ]

Day of Action Talking Points   California has the eighth-largest economy in the world, but continues to shortchange our students out of the education they need and deserve. K-12 and higher education funding has been cut by more than $20 billion in the past three years alone. That’s about $3,000 less per student. More than 30,000 educators and 10,000 education support professionals have lost their jobs, with the real threat of another 20,000 educators facing layoffs this year. Our stud [ ... ]