Comments on: Q&A with HUSD school board President Grant Peterson

By: Mark Kovarik

Mark Kovarik — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 05:33:15 +0000

I would also like to add, with the passage of closed campus at high schools, there will be greater demand of health and sanitation. The elimination of a plumber and leaving one plumber to responde to 40 sites is absurd. Maybe the Board needs to visit the sites for unadressed inspections, walk through the student restrooms, classrooms and do a checklist inspection, and perhaps the Supt. should be with them at the same time.

By: Mark Kovarik

Mark Kovarik — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 01:47:52 +0000

In case many of you missed the Board meeting on 06/27/07, recommendation H-13 on
the agenda was passed 4-yes, no-0. This would eliminate the position of one plumber,
leaving one plumber for 40 sites ( though sites are closed or leased out we are still
responble for the maintenance of the sites). When you lose water, you lose health
and safety. Water to flush toilets, wash hands, run boilers to provide heat, coolant to run refrigeration,irrigation, loss of the ability of washing down the facilities.

Other positions included a journeyman welder position, building and trades supervisor and carpenter and painter supervisor.

This would effect many employees because of bumping proceedures.

Classified employees of H.U.S.D. would greatly appreciate your support on this issue.

Mark Kovarik

By: another tired teacher

another tired teacher — Sat, 26 May 2007 07:05:30 +0000

Maybe if Dr. Gonzalez had “come out” during the strike instead of “hiding out” she would not have been subjected to so much “negativity” from the community. The people who voted for her expected her to do her job as promised in good times and in difficult ones.

By: Kary Loredo-Welch

Kary Loredo-Welch — Sat, 19 May 2007 02:01:56 +0000

Sorry I had lost this link in the mix of other threads.

Dr. Vigil had called one of the Families in Action members and postponed the meeting due to the fact that the school board members schedules could not accomodate the meeting.

This meeting was set up by HUSD and cancelled by HUSD. At the school board meeting on May 9th, i spoke to the school board that again the community is dissapointed because an opportunity for open communication has again been cancelled.

After the meeting Dr. Gonzalez stated that she wasn’t ready to come out into public yet. That time is still needed to recover from the strike and that she wasn’t willing to subject herself to any more negativity from the community.

We, as FAMILIES in ACTION, will be hosting meetings on specific subjects and also a ‘Town Hall Meeting’ for the parents. Please go to our web site at http://www.haywardfamiliesinaction.org for more information.

Kary

By: Kary Loredo-Welch

Kary Loredo-Welch — Sun, 06 May 2007 01:39:57 +0000

Celebration Teacher and Family Picnic
At Kennedy Park on Wednesday, May 9th starting at 4:00 pm
Please come and celebrate together as a community!

Celebrate our teachers on “Day of the Teacher”
Celebrate that our children are back in the classrooms!
Celebrate the unity in our community!
Bring a dish to share. Bring your entire family for food and fun!

“The picnic is at Kennedy Park starting at 4:00. It’s a barbecue. The picnic is celebrating Day of the Teacher and also a thank you to our wonderful Parents and Community for the support we received during the strike.” Kathy Crummey, HEA President

By: Leslie Cienega

Leslie Cienega — Sat, 05 May 2007 00:56:41 +0000

are kids allowed?

By: fernando hernandez

fernando hernandez — Fri, 04 May 2007 15:02:53 +0000

Kerry:

Thnaks for working on this,

Will they be able to answer to our questions? (asuming there are answers)

By: Kary Loredo-Welch

Kary Loredo-Welch — Fri, 04 May 2007 14:26:29 +0000

It is a meeting for the community to address the district on a different level than the formal board meeting. It is a way to try to rebuild the communication and discuss the much needed issues that need to be changed in the district. There will be more information posted on the HUSD website about it, we were told.

Kary

By: Leslie Cienega

Leslie Cienega — Fri, 04 May 2007 06:54:10 +0000

what is the meeting for?

By: Kary Loredo-Welch

Kary Loredo-Welch — Fri, 04 May 2007 05:56:43 +0000

Tonight the Famlies in Action leaders met with Dr. Vigil and Christina Quinn. We were given some time to specifically ask pointed questions and share our concerns with them.

The first thing I’d like to share is that there is a meeting scheduled on May 16th at 7:00 pm at Tennyson High School. This meeting has been put together by the Board of Education and Dr. Vigil. It will be an “open mike” forum with translators for the spanish speaking families.

We inquired about the 44 Williams Act complaints that have been filed and what the status is… they are going to have a specific meeting regarding those.

We talked about the disconnect between the families and the district and focused on healing with the community in order to retain teachers and families. We requested monthly ‘town hall’ meetings and workshops for our families in order to rebuilt the connection that has been lost.

We talked about the Latchkey program and were told that they are diligently working on a solution to either come up with more money to fund the program or to change the program to make it self supporting. We also discussed the YEP program and the many changes that are needed to improve it at some of the sites. We talked about how the quality of care in the programs needs to be addressed and consistent from site to site.

We talked about the non-existent ‘community calendar’ for events that are happening district wide and were told the new website is being worked on and that is going to be a part of it, including links to the school sites and more information for parents.

And finally we talked about the safety (or lack there of) in the schools, specifically Tennyson High and the students coming and going from the school. We asked about future plans in the Jackson triangle for the students getting to and from school with all the construction that is going to happen. We were assure that the district will fulfill its promise to get the children ‘safe passage’ no matter what it takes.

There was more… these are the basics. We will follow up with details ASAP.

I am glad to hear that there are parents willing to get involved. I am working on a way to put together a list of ‘contact parents’ for each site and then we can build from there. In the mean time, keep doing what you are doing for your school site and in the community because you are making a difference already by just staying alert.

Kary