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Eva Knott 7:03 p.m., May 17
David Dodd 6:28 p.m., May 17
Dorian Hargrove 6:04 p.m., May 17
5 p.m., May 17
Ken Harrison 2 p.m., May 17
Serious supporters of Sweetwater trustee Pearl Quiñones
Ah, I now know who fireflycobra is :-) You testified at the pink slip hearings about how great you were and how you raised scores more than anyone else so you should not be threatened with losing your job. And yet your scores dropped significantly this year did they not? I'm sure that's not your fault though. As for benefits, no-one likes paying that much in health care but it is a trade off with our higher salaries. If you take the districts where teachers do not pay $500 a month for insurance, you will see that their salaries are drastically lower. Yes it is painful but that has absolutely nothing to do with the union, unless of course you are going to convince me that the vast majority of the membership would take a 10% pay cut in order to not have to pay for health benefits. Public and private sector costs for health insurance have increased over the past 5-10 years; check out the news once in awhile and you'll learn something. I'm sorry that for once the poor science teacher got a pink slip and was called out as being equal to everyone else. Pobrecito. If you really want to blame SEA for something, how about the small class sizes that science teachers get to enjoy. How about the fact that when you have 180 kids you are getting paid a 1/6 stipend and for me that's just called a typical day? Get over yourself. Be an agency-fee payer and quit trying to pretend that you are the majority.— January 25, 2013 7:04 p.m.
Sweetwater U partnership opposed by Freedom from Religion
Remember, kids in Sweetwater have been able to take college classes adn get those credits for decades through SWC. And it's FREE and ACCREDITED!— January 25, 2013 6:54 p.m.
Sweetwater U partnership opposed by Freedom from Religion
SUHSD does not post meeting times/dates/agendas until after 5 pm, the Friday before the meeting— January 23, 2013 6:44 p.m.
Sweetwater U partnership opposed by Freedom from Religion
Funny how Fireflycobra (delgado or beale . . . hmmm tough call) is so convinced that the majority of teachers want Alex and leadership gone and yet they are voted in repeatedly for new terms by a large margin. The way FireFlyCobra throws around his/her all knowing knowledge it has to be one of the two PQ mafia members who believe everyone in the south bay voted for Pearl. And where exactly are these overachieving schools where they compare API scores to factors related to income. You truly do pull random crap out of nowhere! I'm sorry your bitter and haven't gotten your way as you've been bumped from school to school but you really are clueless and with your lack of knowledge you really shouldn't be speaking for the "majority of SEA members".— January 21, 2013 8:22 p.m.
Serious supporters of Sweetwater trustee Pearl Quiñones
I'm waiting for Jon Stewart to get on this!— January 17, 2013 9:25 p.m.
Serious supporters of Sweetwater trustee Pearl Quiñones
Anyone else waiting for Jimmy boy to jump on here and threaten to sue all of us for saying bad things about him? :)— January 17, 2013 4:39 p.m.
Serious supporters of Sweetwater trustee Pearl Quiñones
And now Mr. Paul is on leave. Who knows if they are aware of this but if not they better hear about it soon! This guy is a loose cannon! Those within the district believe that those in the know are aware of his behavior but have not taken action.— January 16, 2013 8:25 p.m.
Serious supporters of Sweetwater trustee Pearl Quiñones
In the last election Pearl received 36% of the total vote, Cameron 27% and Saenz-Gonzalez 23%, so had the vote not been split it's pretty clear that Pearl would have lost. 31,090 people voted for Pearl and 56,199 voted against Pearl so the fact that she keeps bragging about how she's innocent and obviously the people believe that since they re-elected her, is rubbing people the wrong way.— January 16, 2013 7:44 p.m.
Serious supporters of Sweetwater trustee Pearl Quiñones
First, Jimmy Delgado is a sixth grade teacher at Ocean View Hills in San Ysidro. I'm not sure how any parent could watch this video and not be deeply concerned about having their child in his class. Delgado was escorted from the courthouse by the sheriff's deputy and then he, and the PQ gang, literally stood and waited outside the front door for Alex to leave so he could attack him again. Absolutely shocking and bizarre. Finally when the Star News turned on their camera during the verbal attack on Alex and the challenge to fight Alex right there "you're scared Alex . . . run away . . . you and me Alex right here let's go . . . you're scared Alex" Delgado actually said these things and it's on video. There was also a Sweetwater District counselor who was trying to intimidate several teachers at the same court hearing - another supporter of PQ's. She was heard by several people making the remark "these teachers are the problem with education today and I have to deal with them at work every day". Well here's an idea, get a new job? Oh you can't because no-one would hire you after you've been transferred from multiple sites. But this is Pearl and she has no shame, or wait it's that she doesn't think anything she's doing is wrong! Again, our poor students suffer in all this.— January 16, 2013 5:54 p.m.
Sweetwater School Board Awards 2-Year Contract to Ed Brand
Brand has to unretire in order to accept his contract. So, he will not be continuing to collect his pension. However, Eastlaker is correct in that adding two more years to his service will ultimately increase his overall retirement.— September 25, 2012 7:34 p.m.