As mentioned in an earlier post, the San Bruno Park School District will soon be laying off teachers throughout the district. Thanks to Sacramento’s cuts to class size reduction funding, classroom sizes will be expanding and teachers will lose their jobs. San Bruno teachers are asking for your support by joining them in the “day of action” to protest of the budget cuts and associated teacher firings.
On March 04, 2010 the teachers of the district will be banding together with parents and community members to protest the impending layoffs. Sponsored by the California Teacher’s Association, who on Tuesday launched a series of radio ads statewide aimed at raising awareness of the “day of action”, the protests will begin directly prior to school and will not impede the educational process.
Students and parents are encouraged to wear black. During the morning assemblies some schools across the district will be showing the amount of teachers who plan to be laid off if the 20 to 1 class size is lost. Most schools are requesting that participants contact their legislators and let their voice be heard. Schools will be sending flyers home with their students to provide legislative contact information. San Bruno’s educators are also asking parents and community members to show at the March 10 school board meeting at Crestmoor Elementary school.
The San Bruno Views supports San Bruno’s educators. To contact your local representatives:
Assemblyman Jerry Hill
District Office:
1528 S. El Camino Real
Suite 302
San Mateo, CA 94402
Tel: (650) 349-1900
http://democrats.assembly.ca.gov/members/a19/
State Senator Leland Yee
400 South El Camino Real, Suite 630
San Mateo, CA 94402
Phone: (650) 340-8840
http://dist08.casen.govoffice.com/
U.S. Senators Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer
http://boxer.senate.gov/en/contact/
http://feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=ContactUs.EmailMe
U.S. Congresswoman Jackie Speier
http://speier.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=159§iontree=163,159
Let your voice be heard. Join San Bruno’s teachers in protesting teacher layoffs and classroom size reduction.
