Ridgecrest Elementary
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The flyer details how many of the school district staff categories such as; school nurses, security monitors, special ed, library staff, playground and lunch supervisors jobs may be threatened, and yet some administrators will be given substantial raises. For instance, Superintendent Walker is slated to receive a $8,276 raise next year. The School Board has already proposed to create new "reserve funds" which will in effect squirrel away much of the funding allowed in the last Levy Votes passed by voters.
Many people are concerned about the way the Shoreline School District has been less than candid to the public about their proposals and actions in the last year.
You can contact the school Board at the following site.
http://www.shorelineschools.org/school_board/
The SESPA (Shoreline Education Support Professionals Association) group has posted their concerns on the lack of funding for support staff in a blog posting at http://www.sespaunion.blogspot.com/.
Here is the article from the SESPA UNION Blog with chart shown on the flyer:
THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 2010
SHORELINE DISTRICT BANKING $$ INSTEAD OF USING IT FOR STUDENTS!!
SESPA BARGAINING UPDATE – JUNE 24, 2010
After four bargaining sessions, the parties have made limited progress on
some language issues. We are working together to explore different
approaches to delivering professional development to SESPA members.
Compensation, insurance, job security, and other major issues have yet
to be resolved. Additional bargaining sessions are scheduled for
June 28-29 and August 16 and 18.
Please show your support for the SESPA Bargaining Team by
attending the Coffee Rally at 7:30 am on Monday, June 28 in the
parking lot next to the former North City Elementary School.Did
you know that Shoreline banked the most money per pupil when
compared to neighboring school districts? This means that Shoreline
banked taxpayer money instead of spending it on direct services to
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I am VERY much against laying off important school staff such as those mentioned above-school nurses,lunch and playground supervisors, and library staff, etc. I have heard of superintendents giving up wages in order to keep their schools functioning at their very best. Why is Shoreline giving in to such backwards thinking. Research shows motivating workers to do better with just more money actually inhibits their sharp thinking. Throwing more money at a superintendent is not likely to help solve our District challenges. Ingenuity and a full staff can. We need everybody on board to make the best schools, not limiting ourselves to one or a small few very well paid folks.
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