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CUSD Update

If elected officials at the local level are thinking of running for higher office, voters should be aware of their records. As Capo Unified School District is facing up to $30 million or more in cuts by June 2012, it is helpful to understand, in part, how it got into this financial mess. Following is information reveals which trustees are fiscal conservatives or union enablers.

March 1, 2010 CUSD Board announces need 10% compensation reduction
 Independent Fact Finding Report March 12, 2010
"Based on the foregoing and taking into consideration both parties facts and arguments, the Chair finds that the District has met its heavy burden of proof and that it has shown that is does have an inability to pay this bargaining unit at the current total compensation in the CBA

Recommended 10.32% reduction

• 5 furlough days
• Layoff 229 members from the unit
• Remove ETAP II and STAP Ils (PTAs now pay this)
• New health plan
• Kaiser at no cost to employees plus one family
• Blue Cross HMO 10% paid by employee/90% district
• Blue Cross POS 15% paid by employee/85% paid by district
• Increase class size by two students
• 1% reduction in wage with restoration clause

CUSD Board imposed 10.1% compensation reduction(imposed less than Fact Finder recommended)

• Salary 3.7% (Returned 1/11)
• Furlough days 4 non-instruction 2009-2010
• Furlough days 5 2010-2011 4.76% (Returned 2days 12/10)
• Step and Column raises suspended for 6 months .74% (Returned 1/11)
• Employees pay .82% for health insurance (CUEA has opened for negotiations)

April 22, 2010- April 26, 2010 teachers strike
Lost student days

Union spends over $400,000 to elect union friendly board.
 CSEA President says "This is our opportunity to elect our own bosses."

November 2, 2010 Election (Three union backed candidates)
Reform still had 4 trustees or so though until Bryson and Brick became Union supporters.

November 9, 2010
Last meeting with the seven trustees who were all on the board at the time the Union contacts were negotiated. Labor Negotiations were NOT on the agenda. (it appears that the sudden desire to give back employees compensation began once the new board was sworn in to office)

**The new board has argued that the contract restoration language forced them to return salaries and furlough days but CUMA has no contact and there was no restoration language in the Teamsters contract. So management with a nod from them board gave furlough days to those two groups. They say you can't have school without CUMA (management) and Teamsters. We how then did they do it in in 09/10 when CUMA had furlough days and no other CUSD employee had any? How are they doing it this year when CUMA has more furlough days then other employees? They had to vote to impose furlough days on CUMA and Teamsters so how is it that without contact language they did not have to vote to restore those days?

Date of Meeting Union group to benefit What is restored Who moved item Total for this item December 2010** CUMA, CSEA, CUEA, Teamsters 2 furlough days No formal vote $2.8 million January 2011 CSEA 2.5% pay for CUEA No formal vote $4.8 million February 22, 2011 CUEA Issued 346 teacher layoff notices Bryson 2nd Alpay   March 16 2011 CUMA, CSEA, CUEA, Teamsters Reaffirmed votes. However, there is no official record of votes to reaffirm which give $7.6 million to employees Bryson 2nd Brick   April 11, 2011 CSEA 3 furlough days this year and 3.5 next year (non student) Bryson 2nd Hatton $1.5 million July 11, 2011 All Elementary staff Added two minimum days for conferences at a loss of instructional minutes to students (elementary) Alpay - motion 2nd Bryson.5/1/11 No Addonizio Palazzo Absent Loss of instructional minutes to students - time off for teachers August 24, 2011   Hire intervention specialist (Mike Darnold former CUSD board member under Jim Fleming) Alpay - motion 2nd Hatton   9/12/11 CSEA Will provide formal interest - based bargaining training for District and CSEA leadership for the facilitation of the negotiations process. Bryson - motion 2nd - Alpay 5-2 Addonizio and Palazzo no $30,000 12/12/11 Palazzo nominated Addonizio and Hatton nominated Pritchard Anna voted for Democratic Central Committee member Gary Pritchard for Board President and voted no for Ellen Addinizio. Pritchard elected board president: Yes: Pritchard, Alpay, Hatton, Bryson, Brick   01/09/12 Trustee Addonizio moved the Board continue the application for borrowing until a full analysis of the District finances is conducted. Palazzo and Addonizio yes all others no Brick absent A Resolution No 1112­28, authorizing the borrowing of funds for the fiscal year 2011­2012 and the issuance and sale of 2011-2012 Tax and Revenue Anticipation Notes therefore and participation in the California School Cash Reserve program and requesting  the Board of Supervisors of the County to issue and sell said  series of notes and  modify the resolution  from $25 million to $30 million. Alpay - motion Hatton - 2nd Approved 4-2 Bryson, Hatton, Alpay, Pritchard yes No Addonizio and Palazzo ???? 01/25/12   Approved staff to offer retirement incentive to Certificated employees at a cost of $2 million per year for 5 years Total $10 million (includes Union President Vicki Soderberg) NO DATA or CONTRACT TO REVIEW no written information provided Alpay – motion 2nd Bryson 5­2 Alpay, Hatton, Bryson,  Pritchard, Brick No-Addonizio and Palazzo $10 million