Comments on: Outsourcing and the future of Oakland Unified’s “service economy” http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2009/12/01/outsourcing-and-the-future-of-oakland-unifieds-service-economy/ Katy Murphy's blog on Oakland schools Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:50:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: harlemmoon http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2009/12/01/outsourcing-and-the-future-of-oakland-unifieds-service-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-23113 harlemmoon Mon, 07 Dec 2009 23:58:04 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/?p=7508#comment-23113 Alas, Caroline, I'm afraid that they'd all take the position held by that great paragon of Board excellence, David Kakishiba: That they're irreplaceable. Alas, Caroline, I’m afraid that they’d all take the position held by that great paragon of Board excellence, David Kakishiba: That they’re irreplaceable.

]]> By: Caroline http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2009/12/01/outsourcing-and-the-future-of-oakland-unifieds-service-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-23073 Caroline Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:25:23 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/?p=7508#comment-23073 Harlemmoon I believe that is the best ideas I have ever read on this blog! Could you imagine! No cronyism, nepotsim, or local dummies! Great Idea! Harlemmoon

I believe that is the best ideas I have ever read on this blog! Could you imagine! No cronyism, nepotsim, or local dummies!

Great Idea!

]]> By: harlemmoon http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2009/12/01/outsourcing-and-the-future-of-oakland-unifieds-service-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-23059 harlemmoon Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:52:33 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/?p=7508#comment-23059 Can we outsource the board? Can we outsource the board?

]]> By: Union Supporter-But http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2009/12/01/outsourcing-and-the-future-of-oakland-unifieds-service-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-23009 Union Supporter-But Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:15:39 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/?p=7508#comment-23009 Bravo to the Board for asking some serious questions. Thank you Ms. Spearman for discussing the high school academic rigor. I know you have been looking at these issues very seriously. There is a lot of work to be done - thank you for taking the steps to put it out there for discussion and review. Ms. Hodge, thank you for brining your challenge to the table. It will be interesting in light of many, many teacher complaints about having to teach to the standards whether your office can really require teachers to do what their contract states which is that they must teach all students to the state standards and they will differentiate instruction. Would you be willing to work with principals to dismiss teachers who cannot do those two things, even if it means reducing the number of teachers of color if those are some of the underperforming teachers? And finally, Ms. Spearman and Mr. Yee thank you for recognizing that perhaps the schools can purchase the services they need outside the district offices cheaper, more efficiently and under terms that work best for their schools than the blanket contracts the district purchases. It may not always work that way, but the discussions are on the table. I know for example that the district has negotiated for prices of things that principals can buy cheaper without using the district negotiated price. These are very difficult times and it is clear that the board is looking at ways to cut costs in places other than school sites. Thank you - Bravo to the Board for asking some serious questions. Thank you Ms. Spearman for discussing the high school academic rigor. I know you have been looking at these issues very seriously. There is a lot of work to be done – thank you for taking the steps to put it out there for discussion and review.

Ms. Hodge, thank you for brining your challenge to the table. It will be interesting in light of many, many teacher complaints about having to teach to the standards whether your office can really require teachers to do what their contract states which is that they must teach all students to the state standards and they will differentiate instruction. Would you be willing to work with principals to dismiss teachers who cannot do those two things, even if it means reducing the number of teachers of color if those are some of the underperforming teachers?

And finally, Ms. Spearman and Mr. Yee thank you for recognizing that perhaps the schools can purchase the services they need outside the district offices cheaper, more efficiently and under terms that work best for their schools than the blanket contracts the district purchases. It may not always work that way, but the discussions are on the table. I know for example that the district has negotiated for prices of things that principals can buy cheaper without using the district negotiated price.

These are very difficult times and it is clear that the board is looking at ways to cut costs in places other than school sites.

Thank you -

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