Charters, Co-locations & Privatization of Public Schools

As a result of Proposition 39 written by billionaire Reed Hastings who owns Netflix, rooms and other facilities are being grabbed for charter schools, and co-locations are helping to wreck public schools throughout the state. Unfortunately it was also supported by the CTA and CFT.

The massive teacher strike wave last year and this year is an historic step forward and these mass worker actions have engaged the community and all working people but they are not enough.
There needs to be an organized campaign to stop bullying, retaliation and firing of strong union activists and in some cases flipping schools into charters.
Workplace bullying and programs like Peer Assisted Review PAR are being used at the BUSD, SFUSD and LAUSD p get rid of African American, Latino and senior teachers.

There also has to be the repeal of the California Charter School law to stop all public funding of charter schools.
This year, $7 billion in the California school bond construction initiative will start flowing into a massive construction of new non-union charter schools throughout the state further taking students away from public schools which are being starved for funding as charters bleed public schools and also undermine Cal-STRS for all public school teachers.

This educational conference will look at the history of charters, how they are destroying public education and what teachers, parents and communities are doing to fight back to defend our public school system. We have to stop the cancer now.

SCHEDULE:
10:00 The Attacks on Public Education
Carlos Tobaoda, Retired UTR Teacher, Advocate For Public Education
Professor George Wright, Professor Chico State & Skyline College retired

11:00 Charters, Co-location And Privatization
Joseph Glatzner, UTR Rep Council
John Irminger, UTR Teacher
Consuelo Lara, WCCSD Board Member

12 PM Lunch
1:00 Bonds, Parcel Taxes and Reform of Charter Schools
Don Gozney, WCCSD Former Board Member & Bond Oversight Committee
Steve Zeltzer, DPEN, WorkWeek
Mitzi Perez, UTR Rep To CTA

2:00 Jails, Workplace Bulling, Worker Rights and CTA
Maria Quatlicue, UTLA Educators’ Due Process Advocacy Committee 2018-2019
Brian Crowell, Educator and Former BFT Steward invited
Margaret Reyes, UESF Teacher Illegally Fired By PAR and SFUSD

3:30 Actions to Defend Public Education Proposals
Repeal of. Charter School Laws

For registration or info, call: (415) 533-5942, ‭(510) 439-8073‬, ‭(310) 809-6072‬