Buried in the coverage of Scott Baugh’s re-election to lead the Orange County GOP was the stunning upset of Flash Report publisher Jon Fleischman, who lost the first chairman seat to Villa Park council member Deborah Pauly, a Tea Partier…
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It is a National Issue but it’s not about The Unions
by Heather Pritchard • • Comments Off
I want to make a note that this was posted last night at Daily Kos before the announcement that the strike was over. Â It was in response to a post over at Red County and an attempt as a parent…
The Devil in the Details of the CUSD Strike
by Heather Pritchard • • 1 Comment
I’ve been writing about Capistrano Unified School District and the struggles with our current Board of Trustees. The teachers went on strike Thursday even as talks began regarding the contract imposed by the CUSD Board of Trustees.
The details are important because they seem to be getting lost in translation between the media, the administration, the union and the parents. The issue is that Teachers are willing to take pay cuts, they just don’t want them to be permanent. There are other issues as well, which I’ve written about but the real issue is the board, who funded their race and the ultimate goal of a number of organizations to privatize our public education system.
