Are you asking
yourself:
"What can I do?"
There are three ways that you can
help the teachers in La Cañada:
- Come to the next local school
board meeting on Tuesday, May 31, 2005 at 7:00 p.m. in the
Information Resource Center at La Cañada High School. Sit
with the teachers and hold up signs asking the district to value their
teachers, counselors, psychologists and nurse.
- Host a house meeting with
teachers and parents to help spread information about the school
district’s budget including their 8.8% reserves, the costs of
maintaining health benefits for teachers and providing a cost of living
adjustment. Teachers want the community to understand our needs
and we would love to come into your homes and answer questions.
- Contact your locally elected
school board members. You can do this by e-mail, phone or
through letters. They need to know that constituents are
disappointed. Here is their contact information:
Ron Dietel, president, rdietel@lcusd.net
Scott Tracy, stracy@lcusd.net
Andy Beattie, abeattie@lcusd.net
Jenny Dalbeck, jdalbeck@lcusd.net
Cindy Wilcox, cwilcox@lcusd.net
The teachers thank you for your
support!
Sample Letter
Dear Elected Board
Member:
As a voting parent in this
community, I urge you to settle this contract with the teachers.
I support our high quality teachers and the La Cañada Teachers
Association. It is time for you to show the community and the teachers
respect by settling this contract. I recommend you do everything
that you can to reach an agreement with the teachers before the end of
the school year.
Sincerely,
Your name here