SGTA’s Ongoing Concerns (2015-present) regarding

District Management and School Board Decisions

1 Questionable Hiring Practices
• School Board Appointments
Hiring of Upper Management positions have not followed the interview and paneling protocols
ex. Mendoza and Yeh appointed into Asst. Superintedent positions without following protocols
ex. Movement of Mendoza from HR to Ed Services without following interview and paneling protocols
• Interview Process - Paper screening
- Qualified Candidates are screened out at paper screening stage of the hiring process
- Little or no educator or staff input in hiring of upper management vacancies
- Gender disparity in Upper Managment hires

2 Fiscal Mismanagement
• Upper Admin Salary Inflation
Proposes salary and pension raises for upper management above negotiated contract
in the same year $2.5 million in cuts are proposed with teachers losing jobs
(District Fiscal Stabilization Plan)
• Unnecessary Extra Administrative Costs
Due to questionable hiring practices, additional consultant costs are taken on to address needs
• Veteran Teacher Compensation Gouging
Tries to stop paying teachers for additional duties in order to limit veteran teachers’ compensation

3 Intimidation of Union Members

• Accusitory and unprofessional Practices: Teacher Intimidation by Upper Management
ex. Superintendent yelled at teachers who questioned previous hiring practices at a school site “Meet & Greet”
ex. Management refers to JMS Site Rep as “too Agressive” when addressing upper management salaries
ex. Management refers to Negotiations Chair as a “Liar” while negotiating for the Athetic Directors to
continue to be paid a stipend for their many hours of extra work
ex. Management medling in teacher personal business affairs without proper research.
Teacher brought in for questioning without cause.
ex. Management comments Veteran Teachers “Make too much money”
- District proposes veteran teacher teaches an overload without additional pay, even though teacher
has been paid an overload to teach that class for over a decade
- District moves to remove stipends for time intensive positions, such as Athletic Directors
• Accusitory and unprofessional Practices: Unprofessional School Board Members
ex. Accepted dinner invitation by SGTA to regional CTA dinner to discuss relationship building,
yet 5 members cancelled 30 minutes prior to the dinner.
ex. Post meeting, School Board member refers to SGTA President as “Intoxicated”
when SGTA President had passionately argued against upper management pay hikes

4 Direction of the District

• Removing EL Inclusion Support Staff
ex. ending Elementary Instructional Coach position working on inclusion
(position supported 5 elem schools in ELD and all other PD needs + led elem adoption process)
ex. ending Middle/High Instructional Coach position working on inclusion
(position supported 3 upper division schools in ELD, inclusion + led secondary adoption process)
• Compliance Only
Superintendent plans to take the district in a compliance oriented rather than support oriented direction.
• Lack of Administrative Support/Direction for Dual Immersion Programs
ex. Spanish Dual Immersion at McKinley (2 years - no direction); No Dual Immersion Master Plan for Spanish
Immersion after 5 years of operation; Mandarin Dual Immersion at Wilson (new $1 mil. program added
next year), increasing the need for administrative support
• Lack of Inclusion Support in SPED in Pre-K - 12 grade and in EL inclusion in the Gen Ed classroom
• Increased student/teacher staffing ratio, with likely result being higher class sizes in grades 4-12

5 Chain of Command
• Not informing Direct Supervisiors of Firing decisions
ex. DEC decides against rehiring teacher without informing principal in advance of calling teacher in to DEC
ex. DEC cuts two Instructional Coaches without informing immediate supervisors