PEA

focus
on educators
focus on educators is an award winning publication of the Pittsburg Education Association/CTA/NEA
_____________________________________________________________________________________

JUNE As we close the 2009 – 2010

2010
Volume XIX
Number 10
In this Issue
President’s Message &
Informational Items… Pgs. 1-5
Teacher of the Year….Pgs. 5-6
Scholarship Winner….Pg. 6
Ex Bd. Results……….Pg. 6
2010 Retirees………..Pg. 6
Conferences…………Pgs. 7-8
Excerpts……………..Pgs. 8-9
PEA Calendar……… The Last Page
PEA
President’s
Message
school year it is a good time to
see where we have been to help
us figure out where we want to
go. When we settled our
contract 2 years ago we were
not very pleased with the results
as the contract gave us nothing.
The contract also didn’t take
anything away and locked us in
until June 30, 2011. There have
been several requests by the
district and the school board for
us to open our contract so that
we can bargain away our Staff
Development Days, freeze our
step ladder pay scale, take
furlough days and reduce our
paycheck. We will not. We have
already given for the last 2
years. The contract is closed.
Those fortunate enough to be
retiring this year see that for the
last 3 years our paycheck has
gone backward not forward and
this has affected the amount
they will receive for retirement.
As I meet with other Presidents
across the state I realize how
lucky we truly are to have a
closed contract. I see the terrible
impact around me in the form of
5-10 furlough days, 5-10% pay
cuts, massive teacher lay-offs
and prep teachers being cut.
Now in hind sight I see how
lucky we truly are to have a
CLOSED contract.
Now as we stand in the middle
of a huge state wide budget cut,
education is taking a big hit. It
affects us all in so many ways.
We make less than we did 2
years ago, we pay more for our
medical, we have fewer supplies
in the classroom and have had to
use battered textbooks for an
additional year. California
public education is 46th in the
amount of spending per child
and with the additional 4 billion
dollars cuts by the May budget
revise where does that now
leave us? Children’s education
cannot be put on hold until the
funds reappear so that means we
are robbing the education of our
future generation. What can we
do?
Tell your Senator and Assembly
person to keep the promise of
Prop 98 and fund public
education in its entirety. Tell
your Senator not to cut
ANYTHING from education. A
recent California Tax Reform
Association report found that
large corporations are not
paying their fair share of taxes
and this is costing the state of
California billions of dollars a
year in new revenue. These big
loopholes and the tax breaks
lawmakers gave to these large
corporations and big oil
companies last year must be
closed. CTA asks you to tell
your Senator and Assembly
person to support the Repeal
Corporate Tax Loopholes Act.

Wag More, Bark Less!

Chris Coan
PEA President

3
 PEA Leadership 2009-2010
President
Chris Coan
Willow Cove Elementary/ PEA Office
Elementary Vice President Rep. Council Meeting Calendar
Cindy Joy September 16
Parkside Elementary October 21
Secondary Vice President November 18
James Vaughan December 16
Riverside High School January 20
Secretary February 17
Sarah Mathias March 17
Highlands Elementary April 21
Treasurer May 19
Vacant June 9
Committee Chairs ******************
Grievance Committee School Board Meeting Calendar
Iris Contreras August 26
Foothill Elementary
September 9
Richard Higgins September 23
Pittsburg High
October 14
Negotiations Team October 28
Marc Sternberger - Chair November 18
Political Action Committee December 16
Iris Contreras and Steve Longley - Chair January 20
Elections Chair February 17
Jim Goble – Chair March 3
Human Rights Committee March 24
Ruth Foster – Chair April 14
Women’s Issues Committee April 28
Deborah Cummings May 12
PEA Organizing Team May 26
Jim Vaughn and Bebe Vaughn - Chair June 9
CTA State Council Representatives June 23
Chris Rohde - Pittsburg High ******************
Denise James, Valorie Baca, Sandra Wilbanks - AEA Are you Getting your PEA
Alternate Information???
Cindy Joy - Parkside Elementary
CTA Director District C Having the site reps attend their monthly meeting and then
Eric Heins – Willow Cove Elementary reporting back to you is vital in the communication chain
of our Association.
NEA Director for California, District 3
Marc Sternberger – Special Education/MLK
Roll call at last May 19 Rep. Council Meeting:
Technical Editor
Adult Ed. – absent
Susan Harrison – PEA Site Secretary Foothill – present
Heights – absent
Focus on Educators Highlands – present
is a publication of the Los Medanos – present
Pittsburg Education Association CTA/NEA Marina Vista – present
1901 Railroad Avenue #A Parkside – present
Pittsburg, CA 94565 Stoneman – present
Phone: (925) 432-0199 Willow Cove – present
fax: (925) 432-4854 MLK – present
E-MAIL:peatchrs@att.net Hillview – absent
Rancho Medanos – present

2
PHS – absent
Riverside – present
CTA Presidents Lobby Day
The Impact of Budget Cuts on
Students and Schools
Gov. Schwarzenegger is cutting another $4 billion
to public education from the May Revision. His
proposal manipulates Proposition 98, the minimum
school funding law and seeks to eliminate child care.
The Governor and Legislators must keep their promise
to students and honor the budget agreement, AB 4X3,
made last year. This agreement restores $11.2 billion
in money owed to schools and colleges under Prop. 98
as the economy improves.
CALIFORNIA’S SCHOOLS HAVE SUFFERED
MORE THAN $17 BILLION IN BUDGET CUTS
OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS.
These cuts are having a dire effect on our schools.
16,000 educators were laid off last year and at least 20,000
educators have received layoff notices this year. This
doesn’t include temporary teachers or education support
professionals.
Some class sizes have almost doubled, leaving less
individual attention for students, especially those who
need help the most.
Many students no longer have access to art, music,
physical education and career technical education
programs, courses that help keep kids interested in school
and give them a well-rounded education.
Even before any additional cuts, California’s schools
already ranked 50th in the nation in staff-to-student ratios
and 46th in per-pupil spending.
Community colleges were cut by $520 million in
2009-10 alone, representing 7.9 percent of their overall
budget.
CSU students have lost roughly 10% of their faculty
and some 2,600 instructors. Lack of course availability is
requiring as much as seven years for the average college
student to graduate.
“Educational Opportunities in Hard Times,” a UCLA
report, found that 67% of principals in California reported
increases in class sizes this year, with 74% of elementary
school principals reporting larger class sizes. 75% of
principals said that summer school had been reduced or
eliminated.
3
CTA – Oppose SB Bill 955-Huff
(R) Diamond Bar
Attacks teachers and ignores the
real problems facing our schools.
Gov. Schwarzenegger and some lawmakers are
attacking public education and teacher rights in a new
bill that will make it harder to keep quality teachers in
local classrooms. SB 955 would gut teachers’ due
process rights and protections against discrimination.
Like the governor’s initiatives that voters soundly
defeated in 2005, the Huff bill would not save local
schools districts one dime and does nothing to improve
student learning. Rather than focusing on the real
problems facing our schools like larger class sizes and
cuts to student programs, this bill simply blames
teachers.
Senate Bill 955 (Huff) proposes to:
• Eliminate the March notice to RIF’d teachers and
eliminate their right to request a hearing.
• Allow districts to ignore teacher experience in the
classroom when making layoff and rehiring
decisions. These decisions would be based on
teacher evaluations, even though many districts do
not conduct them regularly as required by law.
• Eliminate teacher due process rights in a dismissal
hearing.
• Authorize assignment, reassignment, and transfer
of teachers based on evaluations and subject
matter needs, and without regard to experience.
*******************************
Class Size Reduction Program
Coalition representatives note that administrators had
complete flexibility in class size for years. The result is
California’s overcrowded classrooms. Supporters of the
Class Size Reduction program are emphasizing that:
♦ Research proves smaller classes improve
student learning. They cite a study by the
Public Policy Institute of California that
found five of California’s largest school
districts have seen a significant increase in
student test scores since the class size
program began.
 ♦ Smaller classes are especially vital for high-
need students. For instance, research in the
Los Angeles Unified School District
determined that reading scores rose by
19..5%, math scores by 29.2%, and language
scores by 22.5% for high-need students in
small classes.
♦ Parents and teachers know smaller classes
work. More than 70% of voters believe
reducing class sizes is a very effective way to
improve public schools.
CTA members are being urged to contact their
members of the California Assembly and California
Senate to urge them to vote against SB 556 (Sher),
SB 837 (Alarcon) and any other measure that would
boost class sizes. CTA members can go to the
Politics and Legislation link on the CTA web page
(www.cta.org) to find out more information about
how to contact their lawmakers and updates on the
battle in Sacramento to protect the class size
reduction program.
*******************************
Is Your CTA Death and
Dismemberment Beneficiary
Information Correct?
As an active CTA member, you are automatically
eligible for benefits under the CTA Death &
Dismemberment Plan. This plan is provided by the CTA
Economic Benefits Trust and requires no premium
payments from you. It provides up to a $2,000 Death
Benefit, up to a $10,000 Accidental Death and Accidental
Dismemberment Benefit, and a $50,000
Occupation/Association Leader Accidental Death &
Dismemberment Benefit.
We strongly recommend that you register a
beneficiary. By registering a beneficiary, you will have
peace of mind, knowing that proceeds will be paid
according to your specifications. If you have not
registered a beneficiary, or if you can’t remember whether
you did, or you realize it’s time to update your
beneficiary, please take a few minutes to do so online by
following these steps:
1. Go to www.cta.org,
2. Sign in (registration is required for first-time
users; please have your Membership ID ready),
3. Click on “My Profile”,
4
4. Click on the “Update Beneficiaries” tab and
complete fields.
If you have any questions regarding this plan or need a
paper version of the beneficiary registration form, please
contact CTA Member Benefits at
member_benefits@cta.org or call 650-552-5200.
Procedures to Follow When a
Member is Accused of Child
Abuse
1. Immediately talk to your CTA staff person to
obtain a referral to a CTA-affiliated attorney. Do
not talk to your Principal even if you are 100%
innocent.
2. In the event that criminal charges are filed against
you or another member, the only “privileged” or
confidential communication is between you and
your: Spouse; Attorney; Clergy. Communication
between you and your CTA staff person, or
anyone else, is not privileged and may be used
against you in the event the criminal charges
occur, so do not discus the matter with anyone,
including your colleagues or administrators.
3. If accused by a principal, parent or another party
during a meeting, immediately excuse yourself
from that setting in order to contact your CTA
staff person. Do not talk to them even if you are
100% innocent.
4. Do not respond to the accusation in any way
(including a denial of the incident) until you have
consulted with legal counsel. We are educators
and we like to talk. This is a case when, to protect
your job, you need to stop talking.
What Can Local Chapters Do?
All local associations should advise its members of the
requirements of the law and of the necessity to follow the
mandatory reporting provisions. They should also ensure
that the school district is providing comprehensive in-
service training with respect to the detection of child
abuse.
Communication with the parents and the community
regarding the legal reporting requirements of school
personnel should be made to avoid as much confusion and
ill-feeling as possible.
 Educate teachers in the correct ways of dealing with
students. Explain how “touching” students or any type of
physical contact can lead to false accusations.
Local associations should ensure that all members fully
understand the appropriate steps to take to protect their job
and credential status in the case of either alleged violation
of the reporting laws or accusations of child abuse against
the member.
The Validity of Walk-Thru’s
It has come to my attention that a couple of the
administrators that have performed walk-thru’s for the last
5 years have not been completely knowledgeable in what
they are sent to observe. After a recent walk-thru two very
professional teachers accompanied the administrators at a
walk-thru at their school site. At the end of the walk-thru
they all met together to process and create the write-up
from the observations. There was much misunderstanding
on the part of the administrators as to what they were
observing. The principals of ELD Strategies and how they
are properly done with a class were incorrect. The
alignment to the standards for the grade level were
incorrect. The time frame on the “I-we-you” of a lesson
were incorrect given the fact that it is the end of the school
year. Language arts writing strategies were incorrectly
defined (i.e. a cloze sentence frame). A teacher was
praised for covering the entire observation check list
within 15 minutes. The students got nothing out of the 15
minute lesson. This is crazy and not teaching! It is doing a
dog and pony show!
I have spoken to Dr. Wilson, Linda Rondeau and
Dorothy Epps about my concerns and how the whole
process of classroom observations appear to be invalid.
Until the walk-thru administrators get training and
knowledge in ELD Strategies, language arts processes, the
grade level standards specific for each grade level and
what is reasonable to observe within a 15 minute time
view I believe the following: We should NOT hold much
value in the feedback from these observations. They have
the weight of a grain of sand. C. Coan
*******************************
Presenting Becky Pounds, Hillview
“District Teacher of the Year”

Hillview’s teacher of the year is Mrs. Becky Pounds. She
teaches Algebra and Pre-Algebra. Even though she has only
been at our school for a few years, her dedication to the
5
students shined through from day one. She is a well liked
teacher who makes great connections with the kids. She comes
to us from New Mexico. Growing up, she didn’t see herself as a
teacher. When she went away to college her plan was to
become an engineer. She married her husband Marv, who was
a cattle rancher and saw her life as a wife and mother living on a
ranch. When her husband made a career change, she ended up
going into teaching. She felt drawn to the career from her time
tutoring kids. She taught in New Mexico until her husband’s job
change brought her out to Pittsburg. We are very happy to have
her at our school. CONGRATULATIONS Becky on being
district teacher of the year!
“Teachers of the Year”

Josefina Diaz, Foothill
Josefina Diaz is Foothill’s Teacher of the Year for 2010. She
is a great gift to the teaching profession and we are lucky to
have her as a member of our team. Josie, as we call her, is very
passionate and committed in all that she does for her students.
Josie received her Bachelor of Arts from Cal State San
Bernardino and her credential from Cal State East Bay
University.
Josie has been a teacher for four years but she has
been in the educational field since she was 19 years old. She
began as an instructional assistant then became the Coordinator
of their After School Program. Her student teaching was done at
Foothill in Mrs. Steffani’s Kindergarten class. When she became
fully credentialed she applied for a 4th grade position in the Dual
Immersion Program at Foothill where she was for three years.
Right now she is a second grade teacher in a regular,
mainstream second grade class.
We are very happy to have someone as intelligent,
committed, passionate and knowledgeable as Josie Diaz in our
staff.

Sandi Dias, Stoneman
Mrs. Sandi Dias, a second grade teacher at Stoneman
Elementary, brings to her staff and community a wealth of
experience and knowledge. She has been a teacher for 32 years
and has taught everything from preschool to adult education and
special education. She came to Pittsburg Unified School District
in 1982 and joined the Heights staff. After a few years at Heights
she moved on to make an impression at Los Medanos and
Foothill, before settling in at Stoneman. She has been an active
staff member as grade level lead teacher, mentor teacher, and
has served on numerous other committees. Throughout her
years, Dias says her favorite part of the job is how no two years
have been the same. She looks forward to the diversity in each
year, and she says the changes are exciting challenges that
keep her feeling young!
When she is not teaching creative lessons that utilize
both the Open Court curriculum and her depth of experience in
education and children, Dias can be found knitting sweaters, 
blankets or teddy bears. On the weekends, Dias enjoys time on
the green, cheering on her daughter, an award-winning golfer
PEA Executive Board 2010-
and recent high school graduate. Dias also manages to squeeze 2011
time in to plan new projects for her husband to complete on their
cabin in Lake Almanor. Election Results
She is grateful for the support of her colleagues at
Stoneman and always believes it takes a village to be V.P., Secondary Arthur S. Pruyn
successful! V.P., Elementary Cindy Joy
Secretary Tammy Carr
Treasurer Gale L. Higgins

“Recognition of the Teachers 

of the Year 2010” CONGRATULATIONS!!
“2010 RETIREES”
Josefina Diaz Foothill
Dan McCoy Heights
Michael Whitaker Highlands
Alex Bursch Los Medanos
Staci Belleci Marina Vista
Raisa Rangel Parkside
Sandi Dias Stoneman
Patty Rodriguez Willow Cove
Rebecca Pounds Hillview Kathleen Caballero 38 years of service
Christina Zenzano Rancho Medanos Genevieve Camera 38 years of service
Aaron Alatorre PHS Charles Christensen 36 years of service
Pat Wheable Riverside Ronald Coniglio 29 years of service
Phyllis Tutt MLK Miguel Cortez 29 years of service
Ann Custer Adult Ed. Ralph DeVries 32 years of service
Rosanna Erickson 16 years of service
 Suzanne Fritsch 16 years of service
PEA 2010 Jay Marchus 27 years of service
Susan McAdam 21 years of service
$$Scholarship Award$$
Linda Nakaji 23 years of service
Winner Jerome Russo 28 years of service
Allison Hayes Carol Tinsley 25 years of service
Corazon Willie 35 years of service
The PEA - 2010 Scholarship Award Winner of $500.00
has been given to Allison Hayes, daughter of John and Diane Abono 38 years of service
Tammy Hayes. Allison plans on attending University of Virginia Arellano 38 years of service
Colorado at Denver and majoring in health sciences. Deborah Banks 34 years of service
The Cesar Chavez and Martin Luther King, Jr. Award Valerie Bryan 27 years of service
of $100.00 for each has been donated in honor of Dr. Annie Clawson 32 years of service
Barbara Wilson's retirement and will go towards a Stella Orona 31 years of service
scholarship fund for Riverside and Adult Ed. college
bound graduates. Tim Rognlien, 21 years of service

6

Upcoming Conferences from CTA
www.cta/conferences.org
for more information to register
Summer Institute – Sunday-Friday, August 1-6, UCLA
Region I Leadership Conference – Oct. 15-17, 2010
Asilomar
GLBT Conference – Oct. 29-31, 2010
Westin Mission Hills, Rancho Mirage
Good Teaching Conference – North
January 21-23, 2011, Marriot, San Jose
Equity and Human Rights Conference
March 4-6, 2011, Fairmont, San Jose
Summer Institute – July 31-August 5, 2011, UCLA
*******************************
Organizing Academy 2010
In April several PEA members attending the Political
Organizing Academy in Santa Rosa for lots of hard work
and planning. Steve Longley and Iris Contreras focused on
the Political Action strand of the academy and came up
with a timeline for how they will proceed with the
upcoming school board elections. We will have 4 seats
opening up and PEA would like to have the best teacher
friendly and teacher supporting people to fill those seats.
Please be ready to help them in the coming months and
please join their committee. Who sits on the school board
directly affects YOU and your job here in Pittsburg so this
is a very important committee to be on. Be a mover and a
shaker. The Community Outreach strand of the academy
was headed by BeBe Vaughan and Jim Vaughan. They
have sent out a survey to PEA members to see what
organizational affiliations they belong to. We would like
7
to strengthen our local by having ties with the local
community and a positive presence. The third part of the
Organizing Academy is Internal Organizing and I focused
on that one. I applied for a grant from CTA for $9,000 and
got it. This grant money will be spent trying to strengthen
our local association with better communication, meetings
with members at school sites and general membership
meetings, a PEA Web Site, and retreats for the Executive
Board and Committee members and chairs to plan and
strategize. All in all it was a start with a game plan. Now
we just need YOU to join in and help. C. Coan
CTA African American Caucus
Issues Conference
By, Tammy Carr
I attended the CTA African American Caucus Issues
Conference May 15th held in the Hilton San Francisco
Hotel. I was fortunate to enjoy hearing from a variety of
presenters. The morning started off with a panel
discussion on African American students and public
education. The basic premise was that there are
differences that should be addressed when relating to the
African American student. The panel had a major focus
on male students in particular.
The highlights were:
• using different cultural aspects of communication
• the necessity to listen to a student about concerns
before sending them to the office
• including parents in the education of their child
• remembering parents have a vested responsibility
to their child’s education
• parents should be encouraged to participate in
their child’s education
• always set high expectations
After the panel discussion there were breakout sessions
to attend. I chose to join the Dealing with the Disconnect:
Ethnic Minority Leadership Development workshop. The
presenter, Sharron Lewis Campbell, had table groups
discuss some opening questions and share out to the whole
group before launching off on her presentation. These
questions brought great insight and dynamic conversation.
The most meaningful question for me was, “Do you think
African American teachers have an additional
responsibility towards other African Americans?” I found
that the lack of support was quite detrimental to teachers
in general, but when this happens for an African American
teacher in a small minority of a school it can be damaging “When You Thought I Wasn’t
to the self in ways that may go back to aspects of racism.
Looking”
The presentation also included statistics mentioning the Author, Mary Rita Schilke Korzan
shortage of black teachers, especially male teachers. 2%
of the United States 4.8 million teachers are black men When you thought I wasn’t looking, you displayed my
and ½ of black male teachers leave the profession before first report, and I wanted to do another.
retirement compared with 30% of all teachers. Sharron
also emphasized the responsibility of African American When you thought I wasn’t looking, you fed a stray
teachers to support each other and advance achievement in cat, and I thought it was good to be kind to animals.
leadership roles.
When you thought I wasn’t looking, you gave me a
During lunch we had a keynote speaker named sticker, and I knew that little things were special
Lateefah Simon who works with the Lawyers Committee things.
for Civil Rights. Not only was she an excellent speaker,
but she is a Mills woman (my alma mater). Lateefah When you thought I wasn’t looking, you put your arm
encouraged all teachers to keep going, to continue to be around me, and I felt loved.
that positive force in a child’s life. She used her own life
experience to emphasize the necessity to build up a child’s
self worth when other areas of their life can be so
destructive. It was quite moving and something I will When you thought I wasn’t looking I saw tears
cherish to have been a part of as an audience member. It come from your eyes, and I learned that sometimes
renewed my sense that one person can make an impact on things hurt--but that it’s all right to cry.
the course of a child’s life in an extraordinary way.
When you thought I wasn’t looking, you smiled, and
The last workshop I attended was Empowering African it made me want to look that pretty too.
American Students to Learn: Strategies for Closing the
Achievement Gap. The presenter, Reena Doyle, showed When you thought I wasn’t looking, you cared, and I
wanted to be everything I could be.
all of us quotes from students about what they need to
love to learn and if they should be paid to learn. Some of
When you thought I wasn’t looking--I looked...and
the messages were heartbreaking like, “Teachers care
wanted to say thanks for all those things you did
about us, but not me…” and “You have to like children… when you thought I wasn’t looking.
stop telling me you don’t like children”. There was a
consensus about being paid to learn. In a word they
wanted the money to go towards education. In summary *******************************
there are gaps, but there are no definitive answers because
we are all individuals. We as educators must use our “What Teachers Make, or
professional judgment and want to create an environment
in which students want to learn, even if this means veering Objection Overruled, or If
from the system. Things Don’t Work Out, You
The conference was a wonderful opportunity for me in Can Always Go To Law School”
terms of growth. It also solidified some ideas I’ve had
regarding leadership. I feel like I can branch out to help Author, Taylor Mali
others on this road to achievement in leadership and be an
advocate for students. He says the problem with teachers is, “What’s a kid
going to learn from someone who decided his best
option in life was to become a teacher?” He reminds
CORRECTION: The “Alcosta Leadership
the other dinner guests that it’s true what they say
Conference” article in the May issue of the Focus was
about teachers: Those who can, do; those who
written by Deborah Cummings – the Women’s Issues
can’t, teach.
Chair.

*******************************
8
I decided to bite my tongue instead of his and resist
the temptation to remind the other dinner guests that
it’s also true what they say about lawyers.
Because we’re eating, after all, and this is polite
company.
“I mean, you’re a teacher, Taylor,” he says.
“Be honest. What do you make?”
I make them understand that if you got this (brains)
then you follow this (heart) and if someone ever tries
to judge you by what you make, you give them this
(the finger.)
Let me break it down for you, so you
know what I say is true: I make a
goddamn difference! What about
you?

And I wish he hadn’t done that (asked me to be

honest) because, you see, I have a policy about
honesty and ass-kicking: if you ask for it, I have to
let you have it. One Hundred Years from now
(excerpt from "Within My Power" by Forest
You want to know what I make? Witcraft)

One Hundred Years from now

I make kids work harder than they ever thought they
It will not matter
could. I can make a C+ feel like a Congressional
what kind of car I drove,
medal of honor and an A- feel like a slap in the face.
What kind of house I lived in,
How dare you waste my time with anything less than
how much money was in my bank
your very best.
account
nor what my clothes looked like.
I make kids sit through 40 minutes of study hall in
But the world may be a better place because
absolute silence. No, you may not work in groups.
I was important in the life of a child.
No, you may not ask a question.
Why won’t I let you get a drink of water?
Because you’re not thirsty, you’re bored, that’s why.
T-Truth
I make parents tremble in fear when I call home: E-Encouragement
I hope I haven’t called at a bad time, A-Assurance
I just wanted to talk to you about something Billy said
C-Care
today.
Billy said, “Leave the kid alone. I still cry sometimes, H-Heart
don’t you?” E-Effort
And it was the noblest act of courage I have ever R-Respect
seen.

I make parents see their children for who they are

It takes a special person
and what they can be. to be a great teacher.
You want to know what I make?

I make kids wonder.

I make them question.
I make them criticize.
I make them apologize and mean it.
I make them write, write, write.
And then I make them read.
I make them spell definitely beautiful, definitely
beautiful, definitely beautiful
over and over and over again until they will never
misspell
either one of those words again.
I make them show all their work in math.
And hide it on their final drafts in English.
9
PEA
Calendar
JUNE 2010

2 PEA Executive Board – PEA Office – 1901 Railroad – 3:45

PM
9 PEA Rep Council – PEA Office – 1901 Railroad – 3:45 PM
9 PUSD School Board Meeting – 2000 Railroad Ave. – 7:00
PM
14 Flag Day
15 Last Day of School (Instruction)
20 Father’s Day
21 Summer Begins
23 PUSD School Board Meeting – 2000 Railroad
Ave. – 7:00 PM
Next Deadline for Articles is September 6, 2010

STAY INFORMED @
WWW.CTA.ORG & WWW.NEA.ORG

THE BACK PAGE