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LOTT.I Hlj-n School. San Franclifo. CiUfornia
Ifeachers, school district disagree
toe day and year.
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most City high schools.
Seoata BUI SI] (SBoiJ). passed
the Suu In MM. awards
money to school districts »Mch
Lmptsment • loagcr day and year
lor iMr schools. The SFUSD was
not nqjlnd ^y Uw :o folk**
bkUM anc Hngthen the day —
rather, SB8I3 is a measure nh»;h
awards money ai an Incentive for
districts to lengthen the day.
In order to qualify lor Sum
BylnoeKuo
Seniors Jessica Leung. Rodney
Tom. and Mai Lai arc .he school
winner and runncrs-up. respectively,
lo the Century HI Scholar*
ship competition* ,
Tbe annual competition Is part
ol the Century III Leaders program
which b designed for high
school senior* Interested it. current
domestic Issues and U offered by
National Association of Secondary
School Principals.
Entering the competition Invotes
niliog out an application inquiring
of academic and extracurricular
interests (including hobbles
and work apcrieote). taking a 50qaatioo
objective test on current
events, and writing a two-page
tw? n*roj«ctioa for Innovative
Leadership") analyzing and
docriUat • solution V • problem
America facrt u sbc enters her
third carter;.
Leung wrote her projection on
y t already i
td from the State and budgeted on
schools and on the teachers' sii
percent pay raise negotiated In
Vpiemb-.
Many teachers attended the San
Francisco School 3oard meeting.
"The unilateral
action by
the District ...
government-funded daycare
centers because of the increasing
female work force and the recent
reports ol seiual abuw Lt some i>l
these centers.
Curiosity and knowing lust
year's winner Inspired her to enter
the competition.
From the t*ren Low.:., seniors
who applied, a panel of faculty
members chose the school winner
and runncfvup who go on to
compete at the state level.
Two winners are selected frcm
each state and tbe Dbtrict or Columbia.
Each of these winners
receives a 31.500 scholarship and
an all •expense pala trip
WillUmiburg. Virginia, where
they will attend a national conference.
Each t-l the nine scml'liulliu
receiv-s an additional SSOO. and
tbe national winner, wlcc.cd at the
WillUmsburg conference. Is
awarded an additlotal ilO.OOO.
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Vtadmf torn, Mai U!, sad Jcofea Uung ham qualified to com prte
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DclUmotuca said. "It Is our position
that anytime >ou chanfit
working conditions .. . anil there
Is no language in the contract that
approves the changes, then you
have violated the contract.*'
The high school day does not
have to meet titc 5B813 standard
for three years, and some wonder
why tiu District has taken such
immediate action.
The SFCTA has Tied a cUs*actlon
suit on this Issue cf
lengthened day without compeni*tlon.
An arbitrator will make the
final and binding decision on this
grievance. The arbitrator will
minute prep period asd IS
minutes before and after Khool —
and even five -slnutes passing between
tuch clau — (the toul
num'Mt of minutes) Is still bclcw
the time frame.
"If the CTA wants lo show us a
way that .1 (the longer day) could
be Implemented In a more elfrctive
manner. If there arc modifications
"We have a
commitment
from our
the mandate from Thornton," she
continued. The SFCTA believes It
b not at all responsible for the
order.
MargcU KttaJmu;. «fce president
ol the Parents' Lobby which
studies Issues relating to >
day. "Instructional time** includes
clTaSsex, A tea minute homeroom,
aod five minutes passing time between
each class, but does not in*
dude the lunch period.
A memo from Ana 5eperlnten-
A**yi*M' 30, . Wnvrftht th* Mt.H
xbool day up lo 370 minutes, ten
minutes man per day than required
by SB8I3. Tbe District
received So million for a-rrgtaenins
1 - 1 * W/JUl 1/1
return the high school *chcdu!e lo
last >eat'» length, award a seven hour
*" r v *~B *-£)«**• i -rw-w » v
lead
chen pay for extra time alread) WO fit 03 V.
rked and woik In the luture. or
held November 11. to promt the
longer uay. lengthened without ad*
ditional pay for teacher*. Mint
wanted either the additional
minutes rescinded or rompen
s-.tory pay rewarded.
The teachers' collective bargain*
Ing agent, the San Francbco
luirwm Teuton Association
ISFCTA). uM •',. . ••*• xniuitf*!
action by the District. . . violates
the teachers' contract and collective
bargaining law."
SFCTA President Judy
Leung wins Century III
J
let the l'.tuation stand as it Is.
The St-'CTA has also filed an whkh could be made on lnd.*l>lu*l
"unfair labor charge" to "rescind ichoo* site basis, we ott.*r the op-
the c*tv» minutes" with the Public portunity lo show us. and I'm sure
[Employment Relations Uoard our staff will be receptive it there's
because **. . . the District gave us a better way lo do ll.** Attain cm-
no >• "vation r» the bargainlttft phased.
Ubk that there would have to be
major changes in the high whooU
San Francisco has two teachers*
in order to be In compliance with
unions. One. the SFCT^. h
SBM3.** said Dcllamonlca. assocUlcd with «.he National
CUttrooin Tcachen AssocUticn.
relix Uuag. spokesman for •nd presently acts as the collective
SKUSD. uld that the lengthened bargaining ayee I. The other is the
day Is wliit,n the Ilmlli ol the contion
and ccllcge requirements).'*
$a. Fmacisco Federation of v
tract which spectfke*. m vc*rn hour
> concluded hU statement
wort. day.
*"K i. i I
"I WJU under the imprr«iun
that the contract was acfccabic
when signed by the teechen.' -tld
Board of Education member Libby
Dencbdm.
Robert Allolo, superintendent
of schools, uld at the Boa.d
meeting of November 13. "We
have a commitment from our
teic.Vrt to put in a seven hour
work day which totals out to 42C
minutes a day. With a fitc period
day of $5 minutes each, plus ten
minutes for homeroom and 55
menmerr which w
" M ihf Board meellnit. "Tbe qualiuntil
a »otc
• thr
ul tc^clicn
barxalninti
K***
*K*nr
trie
ffeoilipone»lhtl«l«iiewe»llaie
po«er to the SI"CTA in Wtfl.
on. rot par, additional pay lor ad-
"There is no doubt that represenditional
minutes, and whether It
ting tcAchen In San Francisco is a
line lengthened day) should hap-
political plus ... for the elected
pen today or tomorrow."
bargitnlng agtnt. Th; SFFT Meanwhile, the tcuhcrs and
wants *o be rcelected as bargaining Boara await the arbitrator's dccl-
agent and at 'he same time, the sion. The arbitrator's decisions
SFCTA wants to remain bargain* will be binding on both the
Ing atient." explained teachers and the Board.
Dcllimonlca.
(Editor's note: Contributing
"There's been an attempt to reporters to this article included
make It loo\ as though the SFCTA Nancy Chang, Lewtson Lee, and
•as at letu partly responsible for Michael Lee.)
Kezar to be remodeled
BySbohoKashlyama
Kezar Stadium will be
recoRttrncted and modernized at
the cost of S3.5 million dollars for
the use of San Francisco's high
schools.
According to the city's Recreation
and Park Department* which
originally proposed the change
with DM iupport of Mayor DUnne
Fcinstdn, the rebuilt stadium will
scat between 17.000 and 22.000.
The capacity after the stadium's
rcoovallon it approximately the
sue of the original stadium, constructed
in 19A2.
The stadium, built with a gift of
$100,000 from Mary A. Keur.
originally bad 22 rows of scats.
Kezar currently has a capacity
of 59.700 seats. According to the
proponents of the plan, the redaction
In the number of scats was
made because so many scats hate
not been needed slucc the 49crs
last played professional football
there la 1970.
The reconstruction will snap*!
tbe stadium Into a bowl, as was
proposed by Golden Gate Par