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This week, we received a lot of information from the District Office. On Monday morning, Paul Robinson (NO-Reply) sent us two emails about technology in the classroom. There was also an important Board meeting on Tuesday night. Then, John Davis sent us an email on Thursday morning with information about the second semester. And most … Read More

Wellness Week Wellness week is over, yeah! This is probably what most of you are thinking as it did not have the healing properties that many of us desired. Wellness week in its original state was a great idea. Unfortunately, it morphed into something beyond its original intention. John Davis’ Distance Learning Response Plan and … Read More

I hope everyone is doing well as we journey deeper into the first semester of the 2020-2021 school year. Personally, I have been running on fumes and getting a little more stressed every day. I wanted to bring your attention to a few things: September Paycheck. Our one-time 1.62% increase for the three professional development … Read More

Sent to New hires on 9/8/2020 Hope you are doing well and adjusting to this stranger-than-strange start to the 2020-2021 school year. I know I have personally spent hours trying to learn as much as I can about Zoom and Canvas, and I wait for the day when we are able to return to the … Read More

  Thank you to our negotiating team (Patty Peinado, Tanya Guiremand, Rich Guiremand, and Aaron Nesper) for all their hard work over the past few months. And a special thank you to Andrew Oman for his ongoing support. After numerous meetings and conversations, we now have a signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the reopening … Read More

Yesterday evening, our negotiating team and the District came to an agreement on a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to reopen our schools. After numerous conversations and many compromises from both sides, we have a document that we think is fair and acceptable. The MOU is currently in a draft form and will need to be … Read More

Hope you have had a restful summer so far, Yesterday, our negotiating team met with the District in an effort to agree on an MOU for the reopening of school. Although a number of items were agreed to, we are still not in complete agreement with the MOU. Negotiations will continue next week. We will … Read More

I hope this email finds you and your families doing well, As many of you are aware, last night the Board voted unanimously in favor of adopting the District’s reopening plan. Even though the Board has approved this plan, there are many questions still to be answered. Please know that the Board’s approval does not … Read More

Thank you to everyone who completed our recent SMJUHSDFA survey. I have attached the results and sent them to District Office personnel. Due to the personal nature of many of the suggestions and comments, I will not be making them public. However, I have shown them to Antonio, John and Kevin as I think it … Read More

As I mentioned in my last update, the District presented a new budget to the Board at last night’s Board meeting. This budget included a number of cuts across the District. There are a few decisions that directly affect us as certificated staff. If you would like to read the entire Board agenda, here is … Read More