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| Letter to former CVE President Gina Boyd |
| How bad an idea is it to allow teacher union leaders to conduct business in secret? |
| Link: Letter to CTA Attorney Michael D. Hersh regarding denial of records requests |
| "The bottom line, though, is that we need everyone to honor the union code. This means that we exercise message discipline; no matter what, but especially when your union leadership is under attack, each member delivers the same message to anyone outside the union." --Tracey Shore, CTA Link: G. Cole Davis letter to San Diego Union Tribune Feb 4, 2005 "Outside the union" is interpreted by CTA to mean "outside the union POWER STRUCTURE." CTA claims to be democratic, but members are not allowed to criticize their leaders, EVEN WHEN those leaders commit misdemeanors, felonies and other violations of law and contract. Perhaps it would be more correct to say "...ESPECIALLY WHEN those leaders violate the law." |
Current CVE President Jim Groth put pressure on Board of Directors
member Joyce Abrams (according to her own statements) not to speak
out about tactics used by CVE (Chula Vista Educators).
Joyce Abrams now dutifully helps to cover up CVE's criminal actions.
She says, "It would be worse if there were no union at all." I agree,
but it sounds like just about any other union would be better.
Is Ms. Abrams implying that CVE might cease to exist if the truth were
told, and if CVE were forced to follow the law? It seems highly
unlikely that she could believe anything so silly. The simple truth is
that the current group of power holders might not be able to keep
control of CVE if the truth were told, and might not have won the 2001,
2003 and 2005 CVE elections if the truth had been told then.
The school district has done a better job than the teachers union of
getting rid of corrupt and incompetent leaders. Administrators Libby
Gil, Rick Werlin and Gretchen Donndelinger were pushed out of their
positions, yet Gina Boyd, Jim Groth and the board of CVE have held on
to power.
member Joyce Abrams (according to her own statements) not to speak
out about tactics used by CVE (Chula Vista Educators).
Joyce Abrams now dutifully helps to cover up CVE's criminal actions.
She says, "It would be worse if there were no union at all." I agree,
but it sounds like just about any other union would be better.
Is Ms. Abrams implying that CVE might cease to exist if the truth were
told, and if CVE were forced to follow the law? It seems highly
unlikely that she could believe anything so silly. The simple truth is
that the current group of power holders might not be able to keep
control of CVE if the truth were told, and might not have won the 2001,
2003 and 2005 CVE elections if the truth had been told then.
The school district has done a better job than the teachers union of
getting rid of corrupt and incompetent leaders. Administrators Libby
Gil, Rick Werlin and Gretchen Donndelinger were pushed out of their
positions, yet Gina Boyd, Jim Groth and the board of CVE have held on
to power.
| Link: Joyce Abrams and PERB: An Odd Relationship |
| Link: Joyce Abrams and PERB: An Odd Relationship |
| California Teachers Association lawyers Beverly Tucker and Michael Hersh have aided and abetted the illegal actions Gina Boyd and Jim Groth. |
| Chula Vista Educators 196 Landis Ave. Chula Vista, CA 91910 Contact: Phone 619 427 1371 Fax 619 427 0846 |
| CVE President Jim Groth and Director Joyce Abrams |
| CVE President Peg Myers was elected CVE vice president in 2007, but within months she replaced president Jim Groth, who resigned shortly after the election to take statewide CTA office, as president. |
| CVE and SCTU Officers and Directors responsible for litigation decisions in the Larkins case 2001-2005: |
| Monica Sorenson Barbara Dunwoodie Gayle Calliger Nancy Potts Andy Johnston Paula Lee Perry |
| Peggie Myers (was Castle Park Elementary site rep) Gina Boyd and Jim Groth Former Presidents |
| Monica Sorenson* is a former lawyer who helped Jim Groth, Peggie Myers and Gina Boyd cover up crimes by Castle Park Elementary teachers and CVESD. She resigned in May 2009 to become a principal. |
| CHULA VISTA EDUCATORS (CVE) |
| Mary Kay Jenkins Donna Padilla Joyce Abrams Lasha Allen Sandra Casares Guillermo Gomez Yolanda Abrenica |
| Irony is alive and well: (Or is it gall?) Defamation lawsuit against this website by Chula Vista Elem. Sch. District lawyers |
| Tim O'Neill's letter refusing to allow Larkins to address the CVE Rep Council or Board of Directors |
| Why did these individuals authorize teacher dues to be spent on lawyers who worked to get Maura Larkins' civil obstruction of justice causes of action thrown out of Superior Court (on technicalities) when neither CVE, CTA nor any of these individuals had been named as defendants? Did they have reason to believe they would be named after discovery took place? |
| When CVE Directors Monica Sorenson, Joyce Abrams and Barbara Dunwoodie challenged Gina Boyd and Jim Groth for the presidency of CVE, it was not because they wanted to end the corruption. They simply wanted to be in charge of it. |
| Barbara Dunwoodie ran for President against Jim Groth, but gave tacit support to CVE's illegal and criminal actions |
| Gina Boyd, Jim Groth and Tim O'Neill were able to count on the members of the CVE Board of Directors to help cover up their illegal actions. The CVE Directors, even though they had been personally informed about the true situation by Maura Larkins, refused to allow Maura Larkins to address either the Representative Council or the Board of Directors, as was Larkins' right according to the By-Laws of CVE, and as requested by Maura Larkins. |
| Chula Vista teacher Stephenie Parker-Pettit claimed to be unable to sit for a deposition in either the summer or fall of 2004. But she had plenty to say to a reporter from La Prensa. |
| More Documents from the CTA/CVE cover-up of wrongdoing by politically-connected teachers against a member in the Maura Larkins case |
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| Click here for Stephenie Parker-Pettit and Peggie Myers media quotes; also (former) CVE President Gina Boyd's quotes to the media in 2004 |
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| Monica Sorenson resigned from CVE, but then ran for President against Gina Boyd without criticizing CVE's illegal and criminal actions. |
| In some unions, candidates run against each other based on political differences. In CVE, conflicts are based on personal differences. |
| How does one get elected to CVE office? First of all, you don't ask too many questions about illegal activities. If you do, then CVE and CTA leaders can't trust you, can they? Second, you have to have Jim Groth's support. To get it, you have to agree not to criticize wrongdoing. Monica Sorenson kept her mouth shut for four years. Then Monica Sorenson became Vice President of CVE in 2007. As a lawyer, she risked more than the other CVE directors when she kept her mouth shut about crimes committed by CVE. She could conceivably lose her license to practice law if the California Bar Association were ever to demand that lawyers not suborn perjury and commit crimes on behalf of powerful organizations like CTA. But that doesn't seem likely to happen. So Monica felt safe, along with CTA chief counsel Beverly Tucker and her subordinate, Michael Hersh, who clearly feel that the law profession, particularly when it is combined with political power, is untouchable. |
| Chula Vista Elementary School District, San Diego County |
| Tuesday, July 04, 2006 How Is Corruption Maintained in an Organization like Chula Vista Educators? An Open Letter to Peggie Myers, who was recently elected to the National Education Association’s Representative Assembly It appears that Jim Groth is grooming you for a leadership role in the corrupt teacher organization he hopes to maintain in Chula Vista. It is a shame that this influence has been exported to the NEA-RA. Obviously, you got votes based on your notoriety as one of the “Castle Park Five.” But you wouldn’t have received all those votes if the truth were widely known about you and Jim Groth. The two of you have so far succeeded in covering up the wrongdoing—including criminal actions—of teachers at Castle Park Elementary. But how long do you think you can keep the truth covered up? I think you’ve got a few more months at most. After all, there’s a school board election in Chula Vista this fall. That will inevitably bring about a discussion about what happened at Castle Park. Don Sevrens likes to think he had the last word about Castle Park Elementary on May 25, but when he spread the Castle Park story all over the Union Tribune, he made it newsworthy beyond the Union Tribune. He can not silence further discussion of the story he brought, with your help, to the attention of the public. Maura Larkins UPDATE: In the above letter, I was right about Jim Groth grooming Peggy Myers (see board member list at right). But I was wrong about the CVESD election bringing up a discussion of what happened at Castle Park. The board incumbents managed to shield the truth from the voters. Still, I doubt that Peggie Myers and the board can hide the truth forever. --Maura Larkins |
Workshops Saturday, 10/27/07, 8:30 am to 11:
15 am
The Art of Bargaining vs. Paint by Numbers
Mary Ellen Berumen,
Regional UniServ Staff -
South County Teachers United UniServ
Alva Rivera, Regional UniServ Staff , NOD - San
Marcos RRC
Negotiating is more than just looking at the
numbers. Prioritizing and looking for the win-win
is what it’s all about. Topics and discussions will
include road blocks and how to maneuver
around them, options and how to evaluate them,
and the source of power at the table and how to
use it. Participants will analyze contract
language, look for ways to improve their own
contract, and have time to share strategies,
ideas, and resources. Participants should bring
a copy of their contract
http://www.seacta.
org/president/07_08/2007_Fall_Leadership_Wor
kshop.pdf.
15 am
The Art of Bargaining vs. Paint by Numbers
Mary Ellen Berumen,
Regional UniServ Staff -
South County Teachers United UniServ
Alva Rivera, Regional UniServ Staff , NOD - San
Marcos RRC
Negotiating is more than just looking at the
numbers. Prioritizing and looking for the win-win
is what it’s all about. Topics and discussions will
include road blocks and how to maneuver
around them, options and how to evaluate them,
and the source of power at the table and how to
use it. Participants will analyze contract
language, look for ways to improve their own
contract, and have time to share strategies,
ideas, and resources. Participants should bring
a copy of their contract
http://www.seacta.
org/president/07_08/2007_Fall_Leadership_Wor
kshop.pdf.
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN
CALIFORNIA TEACHERS ASSOCIATION AND OCEAN
VIEW SCHOOL DISTRICT: Approval.
The California Teachers Association has asked the
Ocean View School District to enter into an agreement
regarding the employment of Mary Ellen Berumen,
Teacher, Mesa View Middle School, as a Staff Intern
from August 28, 2002, until December 13, 2002. The
CTA will reimburse the District the amount of Ms.
Berumen’s salary and benefits during her leave of
absence.
http://www.ovsd.org/pages/bot/agendas/jun4_02.html
CALIFORNIA TEACHERS ASSOCIATION AND OCEAN
VIEW SCHOOL DISTRICT: Approval.
The California Teachers Association has asked the
Ocean View School District to enter into an agreement
regarding the employment of Mary Ellen Berumen,
Teacher, Mesa View Middle School, as a Staff Intern
from August 28, 2002, until December 13, 2002. The
CTA will reimburse the District the amount of Ms.
Berumen’s salary and benefits during her leave of
absence.
http://www.ovsd.org/pages/bot/agendas/jun4_02.html
CCA Briefly
CONGRATULATIONS MARY ELLEN: Mary Ellen
Berumen, CCA Staff Consultant in ...
[Community College Association/CTA/NEA]
www.ccafca.org/aboutus/ccabriefly/main.htm
CONGRATULATIONS MARY ELLEN: Mary Ellen
Berumen, CCA Staff Consultant in ...
[Community College Association/CTA/NEA]
www.ccafca.org/aboutus/ccabriefly/main.htm
| Organization |
| *Was this author's 2004 question about teacher/attorney Monica Sorenson answered in 2007? |
Remaining Issues and Last Offer by each Party
Issue Last CVE Proposal Last District Offer
Wages Salary Increase - 8.3% Salary Increase 5.5%
Add three per diem staff development days to the
salary schedule—amounts to an additional 1.62%
salary schedule increase
Health Increase CAP to $7,847.64 Maintain CAP at $7,509.70
Increase retiree CAP to $3,923.82 Maintain retiree CAP at $3,778.10
Direct one-time Mandated Cost monies to
employees with family coverage--estimated
$2,000 per family
Increase staffing ratio for nurses
Transfer
Composition of site interview committee
Interview transfers first and
submission of narrative
CVE President
District fund salary and benefits
for CVE President
Professional Rights and Responsibilities
Create new article and language on
teacher professional rights and responsibilities
Bargaining Team Members in Attendance
CVE BARGAINING TEAM DISTRICT BARGAINING TEAM
Yolanda Abrenica Jon Harms Cathy Arana Jorge Mora
Mary Ellen Berumen Niki Morehead Tom Cruz Jack Parham
Barbara Dunwoodie Tasia Padilla Susan Fahle David Wallace
Jim Groth Susan Skala Debra McLaren
www.cvesd.org/documenthandler/get.pnws?
retrieve=SHoOVsz0FbOo03WzR9RH57ip3ydrGyrItqY4lzC3BK+jgjY5k+5F9KEGW... -
Issue Last CVE Proposal Last District Offer
Wages Salary Increase - 8.3% Salary Increase 5.5%
Add three per diem staff development days to the
salary schedule—amounts to an additional 1.62%
salary schedule increase
Health Increase CAP to $7,847.64 Maintain CAP at $7,509.70
Increase retiree CAP to $3,923.82 Maintain retiree CAP at $3,778.10
Direct one-time Mandated Cost monies to
employees with family coverage--estimated
$2,000 per family
Increase staffing ratio for nurses
Transfer
Composition of site interview committee
Interview transfers first and
submission of narrative
CVE President
District fund salary and benefits
for CVE President
Professional Rights and Responsibilities
Create new article and language on
teacher professional rights and responsibilities
Bargaining Team Members in Attendance
CVE BARGAINING TEAM DISTRICT BARGAINING TEAM
Yolanda Abrenica Jon Harms Cathy Arana Jorge Mora
Mary Ellen Berumen Niki Morehead Tom Cruz Jack Parham
Barbara Dunwoodie Tasia Padilla Susan Fahle David Wallace
Jim Groth Susan Skala Debra McLaren
www.cvesd.org/documenthandler/get.pnws?
retrieve=SHoOVsz0FbOo03WzR9RH57ip3ydrGyrItqY4lzC3BK+jgjY5k+5F9KEGW... -
| [Note: Why on earth should taxpayers pay for a union leader's salary and benefits???] |
| CVE President Peg Myers |
| Past Chula Vista Educators Board of Directors (see current board at right) JANUARY 2008 Peggie Myers cvepresident@yahoo.com President 07-09 State Council 06-09 Full-Release CVE Office 427-1063 Monica Sorenson Vice President 07-09 Liberty Elementary School 397-5225 Nancy Potts npotts@cox.net Treasurer 07-09 Valley Vista Elementary 479-7171 Ext. 5339 JAMES GROTH jgroth@cta.org State Council 07-10 CTA Board Barbara Dunwoodie Secretary 07-09 State Council 05-08 monagin@cox.net Hilltop 422-8323 Ext.3333 Allan Insko PAR Chair 06-09 Sunnyside 479-0571 Ext. 5051 (LEFT 2008; VP MONICA SORENSON TOOK OVER FOR THE REST OF HIS TERM--appointed?) Area Director A Joyce Abrams 07-08 nautilus@san.rr.com Chula Vista Hills 482-7066 Ext. 2341 (RETIRED 2008) Area Director B 07-08 Norma Pacheco-Davis [new member--was NOT involved in wrongdoing 2001-2005] pachecodavis@yahoo.com Los Altos 690-5880 Ext. 3848 Area Director C 07-08 OPEN Area Director D 07-08 Penny Martinez [new member--was NOT involved in wrongdoing 2001-2005] Valle Lindo 421-5151 Ext. 5254 (LEFT 2008) Andra Johnston Area Director E 07-08 Salt Creek 397-5494 (LEFT 2008) OPEN Bargaining Chair 07-09 Executive Director Mary Ellen Berumen [New executive director] mberumen@cta.org 427-1063 Ext 205 [Berumen replaced Tim O'Neill, who worked closely with Jim Groth and Gina Boyd to cover up crimes at Castle Park Elementary School.] |
| he had personally met with them before the transfer, had not given an adequate reason for the transfer. CVE knew very well that the reason for the transfer was that Robin Donlan and her friends had committed crimes and created a dysfunctional school culture that was interfering with the education of children. |
| California Teachers Association |
| "To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men." --Abraham Lincoln |
| * * * "I was just the secretary. I sat there and took notes and kept my mouth shut." --CVE board member |
SUMMARY OF CVESD/CVE NEGOTIATIONS
Tentative Agreement
Traditional and Year-round calendars for 2007-08 school year.
Conceptual Agreement/Understanding
A teacher shall not be required to relocate to a different classroom two consecutive years.
An employee must render 10 years of continuous, benefit-eligible service in the District to be eligible for retirement
benefits through age 65.
No mandatory staff or professional development meetings shall be conducted during parent conference weeks.
During the five teacher workdays without students, one half of the time shall be reserved for teacher instructional
preparation or activities.
One minimum day per month shall be reserved for teacher planning time.
Sick Leave language revision to align with Education Code and District practice.
The District shall provide the reasons that a transfer request was denied upon written request.
Open positions shall be posted one specific day each week. The specified day shall be established at the
beginning of the year.
Half-time employment benefits prorated on FTE basis.
Catastrophic Leave language revised to include contract language.
New article and language for BTSA.
Tentative Agreement
Traditional and Year-round calendars for 2007-08 school year.
Conceptual Agreement/Understanding
A teacher shall not be required to relocate to a different classroom two consecutive years.
An employee must render 10 years of continuous, benefit-eligible service in the District to be eligible for retirement
benefits through age 65.
No mandatory staff or professional development meetings shall be conducted during parent conference weeks.
During the five teacher workdays without students, one half of the time shall be reserved for teacher instructional
preparation or activities.
One minimum day per month shall be reserved for teacher planning time.
Sick Leave language revision to align with Education Code and District practice.
The District shall provide the reasons that a transfer request was denied upon written request.
Open positions shall be posted one specific day each week. The specified day shall be established at the
beginning of the year.
Half-time employment benefits prorated on FTE basis.
Catastrophic Leave language revised to include contract language.
New article and language for BTSA.
| Former CVE President Gina Boyd claims she "lost" or "misplaced" her notes of crucial meetings. |
| South County Teachers United SCTU SCTU Executive Director Mary Ellen Berumen directs several CTA affiliates in addition to CVE. Former director Tim O'Neill worked under the direction of SDTU's board of directors, which included MARY KAY ROSINSKI. Tim obediently colluded with Jim Groth and Gina Boyd to cover up wrongdoing at Castle Park Elementary School. SCTU includes: Chula Vista Educators (CVE) Sweetwater Education Association SEA Southwest Teachers Association (SWTA) Sweetwater Counseling & Guidance Association (SCGA) National City Elementary Teachers Association (NCETA) San Ysidro Education Association (SYEA) |
| Here's what secrecy and lack of oversight can lead to: Teachers in Washington DC have to pay for millions in dues embezzled by their leaders. |
| This decision regarding Peggie Myers and Chula Vista Educators was made by mediator Lionel Richman WITHOUT KNOWING that members of the Castle Park Five had caused CVESD $100,000s in legal fees.) |
CHULA VISTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT
BARGAINING UPDATE
DISTRICT NEGOTIATIONS WITH CHULA VISTA EDUCATORS
No. 6 November 21, 2008
The District and CVE resumed negotiations on Friday, November 21, 2008
..Additional VEBA costs that would reduce funds available for salary increase--CVE
responded that their members understood.
• After a caucus period, the District invited CVE to jointly file for impasse to bring in a
neutral third party to help resolve the calendar, job descriptions, and health benefits
while continuing to negotiate on all other items.
• CVE initially agreed the parties were at impasse on participation in VEBA and job
descriptions, and requested another caucus.
• Following the caucus, CVE declined to jointly declare an impasse and further stated
that the parties were not at impasse on any issue.
Future negotiations are scheduled for December 2, 2008, and January 15, 2009.
Bargaining Team Members in Attendance
CVE BARGAINING TEAM DISTRICT BARGAINING TEAM
Susan Skala Tom Cruz
Barbara Dunwoodie Leonard Hernandez
Peg Myers Peter Fagen Gloria McKearney
Kathleen Fernandez Susan Fahle
Carla Kriss Diana Godfrey
Mary Ellen Berumen Sandra Villegas-Zuñiga
Prepared by Human Resources Services & Support November 21, 2008
BARGAINING UPDATE
DISTRICT NEGOTIATIONS WITH CHULA VISTA EDUCATORS
No. 6 November 21, 2008
The District and CVE resumed negotiations on Friday, November 21, 2008
..Additional VEBA costs that would reduce funds available for salary increase--CVE
responded that their members understood.
• After a caucus period, the District invited CVE to jointly file for impasse to bring in a
neutral third party to help resolve the calendar, job descriptions, and health benefits
while continuing to negotiate on all other items.
• CVE initially agreed the parties were at impasse on participation in VEBA and job
descriptions, and requested another caucus.
• Following the caucus, CVE declined to jointly declare an impasse and further stated
that the parties were not at impasse on any issue.
Future negotiations are scheduled for December 2, 2008, and January 15, 2009.
Bargaining Team Members in Attendance
CVE BARGAINING TEAM DISTRICT BARGAINING TEAM
Susan Skala Tom Cruz
Barbara Dunwoodie Leonard Hernandez
Peg Myers Peter Fagen Gloria McKearney
Kathleen Fernandez Susan Fahle
Carla Kriss Diana Godfrey
Mary Ellen Berumen Sandra Villegas-Zuñiga
Prepared by Human Resources Services & Support November 21, 2008
| Past Chula Vista Educators Board of Directors JULY 2008 President 07-09 State Council 06-09 Peggie Myers cvepresident@yahoo.com Full-Release CVE Office 427-1063 Vice President 07-09 Monica Sorenson Liberty Elementary School 397-5225 Treasurer 07-09 Nancy Potts npotts@cox.netValley Vista Elementary 479-7171 Ext. 5339 State Council 07-10 CTA Board JAMES GROTH jgroth@cta.org Secretary 07-09 Barbara Dunwoodie monagin@cox.net Hilltop 422-8323 Ext.3333 State Council 08-11 Jennefer Porch-NEW!!! Juarez-Lincoln 269-3620 PAR Chair 06-09 VP Monica Sorenson took over for Allan Insko in the middle of this term (appointed?) Area Director A 08-10 Maureen Mcnair--NEW!!! Area Director B 07-08 Norma Pacheco-Davis pachecodavis@yahoo.com Los Altos 690-5880 Ext. 3848 Area Director C 08-10 Tim Kriss-NEW!!! Salt Creek 397-5494 Area Director D 08 -10 OPEN Area Director E 08-10 Jena Ritchey--NEW!!! Juarez-Lincoln 269-3620 Bargaining Chair 07-09 OPEN |
| Chula Vista Educators Board of Directors |
| Executive Director Mary Ellen Berumen [New executive director] mberumen@cta.org 427-1063 Ext 205 [Berumen replaced Tim O'Neill (see left). |
| Deposition of Gina Boyd, former President of Chula Vista Educators |
| Bargaining Chair 07-09 left vacant Bargaining Chair 08-10 Susan Skala Vista Square 422-8374 Executive Director Mary Ellen Berumen mberumen@cta.org 427-1063 Ext 205 |
| State Council 07-10 CTA Board JAMES GROTH jgroth@cta.org Secretary 07-09 Position vacant even though Barbara Dunwoodie won the election (!?) monagin@cox.net Hilltop State Council 08-11 Jennefer Porch Juarez-Lincoln 269-3620 PAR Chair Open Position This position has not been reported. It was not a voting position. |
| May 2009 CVE Elections--Results announced at last in September 2009 Kathleen Fernandez offered the only choice to Chula Vista Elementary teachers in the 2009 CVE election. The results for three out of four positions were predetermined because there was no opposition. Kathleen Fernandez turned out to be a strong write-in candidate for Treasurer, forcing a run-off. Her opponent Nancy Potts resigned before the voting ended May 20, 2009. President Peg Myers has refused to make the results public until September 2009, when it was revealed that two winners are not serving--the winners for secretary and Area C director. When I tried to sort out the Area C mystery, it appears that Peg Myers tried to get my blog shut down. Why is this such a big deal? See CVE website President: Peg Myers--faced no opposition 2009 is the first time Myers ran for this office, even though she's held the office for two years since Jim Groth resigned to become a CTA director. Myers had no opposition when she ran for vice-president in 2007. Obviously, CTA isn't the CFT. California Teachers Association leaders tend to be anointed rather than chosen democratically, while California Federation of Teachers leaders usually endure a feisty election process. |
| Area Director D 08-10 OPEN Position finally filled 2009! Jayme Rodgers NEW! Liberty 397-5225 Area Director E 08-10 Jena Ritchey Juarez-Lincoln 269-3620 Recession And California Budget Crisis Affects Education Aba Ngissah, CaribPress October 30, 2009 On the California Teacher’s Association web site, Jena Ritchey from Chula Vista Elementary School District commented on how the budget cuts are affecting her school. “As the budget has dwindled, school supplies have gotten cheaper and cheaper: the pencils won’t sharpen, the dry erase markers stain the whiteboards….We are not providing the best, safest learning environment for our children. We ‘make do’ and we try to keep students interested and involved in learning, but it’s hard to convince students that education is important when our state doesn’t seem to value it at all.” |
| SCTU Exec. Dir. Tim O'Neill Board Member Mary Kay Rosinski |
| Area Director A 08-10 Maureen McNair Veterans Elementary Ms. McNair does not wish to be contacted directly; if you want to know what she thinks, you are to contact president Peg Myers (see phone # for president). Area Director B 07-08 Norma Pacheco-Davis pachecodavis@yahoo.com Los Altos 690-5880 Ext. 3848 Area Director C 08-10 Position vacant (!?) |
| friend teacher Robin Donlan. Donlan herself was transferred out of Castle Park Elementary School by a superintendent who met with her first, as by required the contract. This caused CVE President Gina Boyd to become apoplectic. She and other members of the self-styled "Castle Park Family" whined to every reporter who would listen, bemoaning the breakup of a group of teachers who cared more about maintaining control over the school than they cared about students. The Board of Directors of CVE, in a show of hypocrisy, spent teacher dues to go to arbitration with the claim that teacher Robin Donlan and her friends SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN TRANSFERRED because the superintendent, even though |
| President 07-09 Also State Council 06-09 Peggie Myers cvepresident@yahoo.com Full-Release CVE Office 427-1063 Vice President Tim Kriss Salt Creek 397-5494 REPLACES 07-09 Monica Sorenson Sorenson resigned in May 2009 to become principal of Chula Vista Hills Elementary--but her fellow teacher at Veterans Elementary, Maureen McNair, will be on the CVE board. Sorenson had replaced Allan Insko in the middle of his term. Treasurer Kathleen Fernandez Rosebank Elementary REPLACES 07-09 Nancy Potts of Valley Vista Elementary. Potts resigned May 2009 in the face of strong opposition by write-in candidate Kathleen Fernandez. |
| Chula Vista Educators Board of Directors Sept 2009 (announced by CVE three months after May 2009 election.) |
| Admit or commit? Again and again, CVESD teachers and CVE/CTA union leaders were presented a choice between admitting a misdemeanor (Labor Code 432.7), or committing a felony (perjury). Each time they chose to commit another crime. |
| Vice President Monica Sorenson |
| CVESD Board Highlights June 10, 2008 "Executive Director for Curriculum & Instruction Services and Support Patricia Ludi and teachers Allan Insko (Sunnyside) and Monica Sorenson (Liberty) presented a brief overview of the Peer Assistance and Review program in the District. "Mr. Cunningham thanked Sunnyside teacher Allan Insko for his dedicated service to all the students of Sunnyside, especially his daughters. Board Highlights May 13, 2008 Mr. Cunningham announced that he met with CVE President Peggie Myers and spoke on issues regarding the District, but he didn't say the discussion went well. If she's hard to deal with, Mr. Cunningham, you should remind yourself that you made her into what she is by your decisions regarding Castle Park Elementary from 2001-2005. |
| The Maura Larkins Case CVE violated its own collective bargaining agreement and bylaws in the Maura Larkins case. It told Maura Larkins that the superintendent had NO OBLIGATION TO MEET WITH HER, as required by the contract, UNTIL AFTER she had been transferred to a new school. Interestingly, three years after Larkins was forced out of Castle Park Elementary by CVE President Gina Boyd and her close |
| Chula Vista Educators has spent large sums of teacher dues to keep documents and witnesses hidden in the Larkins case. |
| CVE's well-kept secrets involve criminal actions by teachers. Larkins was taken out of Castle Park Elementary because teachers--and the district--feared she would expose their crimes. |
| CVE claimed that CVE President Gina Boyd and her allies (including current officers Peggie Myers and Monica Sorenson) had a right to keep secret their actions regarding Maura Larkins. |
Bargaining Team Members in Attendance
CVE BARGAINING TEAM DISTRICT BARGAINING TEAM
Mary Ellen Berumen
Peg Myers Peter Fagen
Barbara Dunwoodie Sandra Villegas-Duvanich
Susan Skala Susan Fahle
Kathleen Fernandez Diana Godfrey
Carla Kriss Gloria McKearney
Prepared by Human Resources Services & Support
September 29, 2008
CVE BARGAINING TEAM DISTRICT BARGAINING TEAM
Mary Ellen Berumen
Peg Myers Peter Fagen
Barbara Dunwoodie Sandra Villegas-Duvanich
Susan Skala Susan Fahle
Kathleen Fernandez Diana Godfrey
Carla Kriss Gloria McKearney
Prepared by Human Resources Services & Support
September 29, 2008
| Chula Vista teachers are lucky to have CVE, which "develops group opinion" for them and "speaks with authority" for them. From the CVE website June 2, 2009: CHULA VISTA EDUCATORS Our Mission Statement: "The Chula Vista Educators Association(CVE) will represent members in all matters relating to Chula Vista Elementary School District employment conditions. CVE forms a representative body capable of developing group opinion and speaks with authority for members. We also provide professional growth opportunities, encourage communication between the professional and the community, and foster good fellowship among members.* ______________________________________ * Perhaps this means that a "Chula Vista Educators family" exists, along the lines of the "Castle Park Family"? |
| CVE Missing from CTA's List of Affiliates November 1, 2008 California Teachers Association is keeping Chula Vista Educators (also known as Chula Vista Elementary Education Association) off its list of CTA affiliates. Well, wouldn't you do the same if you were CTA? |
| Blog posts re 2009 election: June 2, 2009 May 28, 2009 May 21, 2009 |
| Washington D.C. teacher leaders conducted business in secret |
| How the organization maintains its culture Chula Vista Educators is highly secretive, but this wall of silence is occasionally breached during periodic efforts to discuss limited issues in a public forum. |
| Home Why This Website SDCOE CVESD Castle Park Elem Law Enforcement CTA CVE Stutz Artiano Shinoff & Holtz Silence is Golden Schools and Violence Office Admin Hearings Larkins OAH Hearing |
| Vice-President: Tim Kriss--faced no opposition Treasurer: Nancy Potts--resigned in the face of strong opposition from write-in candidate Kathleen Fernandez. Fernandez was a member of the CVE bargaining team. Secretary: Barbara Dunwoodie--faced no opposition, won the election, but is not serving. She is teaching with Robin Donlan at Hilltop Elementary. |
| Current Chula Vista Educators Board of Directors Sept. 2009 (announced 3 months after election!) President 07-09 State Council 06-09 Peggie Myers cvepresident@yahoo.com Full-Release CVE Office 427-1063 Vice President 07-09 Tim Kriss Treasurer 07-09 Kathleen Fernandez--NEW!!! State Council 07-10 CTA Board JAMES GROTH jgroth@cta.org Secretary 07-09 Position vacant (!?)even though Barbara Dunwoodie won the election. monagin@cox.net State Council 08-11 Jennefer Porch Juarez-Lincoln 269-3620 PAR Chair 06-09 VP Monica Sorenson took over for Allan Insko in the middle of this term (appointed?) Area Director A 08-10 Maureen Mcnair Area Director B 07-08 Norma Pacheco-Davis pachecodavis@yahoo.com Los Altos 690-5880 Ext. 3848 Area Director C 08-10 Position vacant (!?) Area Director D 08-10 Jayme Rodgers-NEW Liberty Area Director E 08-10 Jena Ritchey Juarez-Lincoln 269-3620 Bargaining Chair Susan Skala--started postion on bargaining team in middle of last term. Vista Square |
| Updated Oct. 7, 2009 |