“…“Article 17.0 – Safety and Security Conditions: 17.1 The District and the Association are jointly committed to provide for the safety and security of all staff. Bargaining unit members shall not be required to work under unsafe or hazardous conditions or environments, or to perform tasks that endanger their health, safety, or well being.”

Ultimately, the Board is responsible to ensure contract fulfillment…

“Program Description: Promise Neighborhoods, established under the legislative authority of the Fund for the Improvement of Education Program (FIE), provides funding to support eligible entities, including (1) nonprofit organizations, which may include faith-based nonprofit organizations, and (2) institutions of higher education.”

In Hayward’s case, it’s Cal State East Bay, the lead agency. In Oakland’s case, it would have been the Peralta Community College District, whose fiscal management and oversight problems have been well documented.

http://www.perb.ca.gov/decisionbank/pdfs/1464E.pdf

“…OEA’s then-executive director, Peter Haberfeld, wrote on July 10, 1997, to Visnick in pertinent part as follows: Your challenge to the election reveals that you do not like the Settlement Agreement. However, please remember, OEA entered the settlement to avoid what was likely to be a lengthy, costly hearing and the potential of a humiliating ruling against OEA. The allegations by [the psychologists] which convinced the Regional Attorney to issue an Unfair Practice Complaint against OEA were statements by you and Frenchie Alford. Your remarks, if made, manifested unlawful hostility toward psychologists. Other information could have been introduced to undermine your credibility and that of Ms. Alford during a hearing. This danger raised an unacceptably high risk of an unfavorable ruling by the administrative law judge. OEA leaders were involved in a strike that resulted in litigation. They settled that litigation, like they settled the strike, effecting a compromise based on their assessment of OEA’s strengths and weaknesses. They chose not to risk exposing two key witnesses to direct and cross-examination for fear of losing the PERB case. Instead, they settled the Unfair Practice proceeding amicably in a manner designed to promote on-going, harmonious involvement of psychologists and counselors in the direction of the organization.”

This is an entrenched anti-reform city with a nil chance of overcoming the hegemony of the teacher’s union in controlling the schools. I am eagerly awaiting the election of Ben Visnick to the school board, which will be icing on the cake.