CUSDWatch: CUSD and Teachers Reach a Tentative Agreement

CUSD has $200 million in EMERGENCY FACILITY ISSUES that threaten the health and safety of district staff and students.

CUSD has given employees four consecutive years of across the board compensation increases totaling over $120 million dollars.

CUEA is asking CUSD to drain its reserves to provide compensation increases once again.

This is a District that relies on fundraising and donations to pay for core educational programs like art, music, and science.

90% of this Districts budget goes to employee compensation. With the cost of CalSTRSand CalPERS increasing to 11% of the Districts budget, employee compensation will be over 100% of CUSD's total budget.

Our students are entitled to a DISTRICT FUNDED minimum curriculum.

Our students are entitled to attend school in facilities that are safe and properly maintained.

It is outrageous that CUSD will for the 5th consecutive year put the financial interest of employees above the educational interest of students.

And it is unconscionable that CUSD will now ask for a bond to fix the facilities that they chose to ignore for the past 15 years.

It is the time of Local Control.

It is the time to bring control of our curriculum and facilities back to the local level where the most interested parties can ensure that ALL students get the quality of education that they are fundamentally entitled to.

For a look back at negotiations:

CUSD up-dates

CUEA Up-dates