Actions You Can Take

January, 2005

Here are some of the things you can do to assist Alameda Unified School District in resolving the projected $2,400,000 budget deficit for 2005/06:

State Level

Write to the Governor requesting increase revenues, increase expenditures for education and/or a combination of both. Sample letters

Here is the http://www.govmail.ca.gov

Write State Senator Don Perata and Assemblywoman Wilma Chan requesting that they support Alameda Unified School District. There are number of legislative approachs that would benefit Alameda Unified School District:

• Allowing school districts to continue to use 1.5% reserve requirements (AB 659) until the State budget fixes its structural deficit
• Supporting any legislation that mitigate the impacts of declining enrollment
• Requesting that the State honor its constitutional obligation to provide for mandated programs

Sample letters

Find your State Assembly member:CA Assembly Home Page
Find your State Senator:CA Senate Home Page

Here are statements from public education advocates that you can consider fro inclusion in your letter to State officials.

Additional Information can be obtained from these Education Coalition members

Local Level

Contact the Alameda Unified School District School Board:

• David Forbes dforbes@alameda.k12.ca.us
• Janet Gibson jgibson@alameda.k12.ca.us
• Tracy Jensen tjensen@alameda.k12.ca.us
• Mike McMahon mmcmahon@alameda.k12.alameda.us
• Bill Schaff wschaff@alameda.k12.ca.us

Contact the Alameda Unified School District Employee Groups Leadership:

• Glenda McDowell, President, Alameda Educators Association gmcdowell@alameda.k12.ca.us
• Theresa Tenerio, Co-President, California School Employees Association ttenorio@alameda.k12.ca.us
• Karen Keegan, Co-President, California School Employees Association kkeegan@alameda.k12.ca.us
• Jose Nunez, President, Local One Public Employees
• Jeff Knoth, President, California Assocation of School Administrators jknoth@alameda.k12.ca.us

Contact a member of the PTA Council to see how you can improve attendance at your school. Here is the PTA flyer announcing an intensive campaign to capture every attendance between February 1st and April 15th.

Alameda for Better Schools is a group who have worked on the passage of Measure A and Measure C. This group will need assistance when the Board of Education requests renewal of the Measure A parcel tax. Contact AlamedaSchools@alamedanet.net .

TOP

Comments. Questions. Broken links? Bad spelling! Incorrect Grammar? Let me know at webmaster.
Last modified: January 26, 2005

Disclaimer: This website is the sole responsibility of Mike McMahon. It does not represent any official opinions, statement of facts or positions of the Alameda Unified School District. Its sole purpose is to disseminate information to interested individuals in the Alameda community.