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Santa Cruz County Education Coalition
Meets with Watsonville Register-Pajaronian Editorial Board
The State Budget and California Public Schools K-12
4:00 p.m. April 7, 2005

AGENDA

4:00 Introductions: Coalition Members
•Sandra Nichols, Trustee PVUSD & Coalition Chair
•Rhea DeHart, PVUSD Board President
•John Collins, SCCS Board President
Rachel Dewey Thorsett, SCCS Trustee
•George Martinez, President Greater Santa Cruz Federation of Teachers
•Carolyn Savino, President Pajaro Valley Federation of Teachers
•Jackie Tuttle, CTA Local Representative
Robert Chacanaca, Political Action Coordinator/Council of Classified Employees
•Elsa Silva, President CSEA/ Classified Union/PVUSD
•Robin Butterworth, Vice President CSEA/ Classified Union/PVUSD
•Alan Pagano, Superintendent Santa Cruz City Schools
Diane Siri, Santa Cruz County Superintendent of Schools
•Mary Anne Mays, Superintendent Pajaro Valley Unified School District
•Barry Kirschen, Co-President Greater Santa Cruz Federation of Teachers

• Indicates those planning on being in attendance at this event.

4:02 Sandra Nichols: The Broken Promises

4:04 Mary Anne Mays: Proposition 98

4:07 John Collins: Rand Report: How California has fallen from best to one of the worst

4:10 Alan Pagano: How does California compare to other states?

4:13 Robin Butterworth: Schools have already suffered $9.8 billion in cuts

4:16 Jackie Tuttle: Students are expected to meet the highest expectations

4:19 Carolyn Savino: STRS and CalPERS issues

4:22 George Martinez: Merit pay/Tenure proposal

4:25 Barry Kirschen: Contracting out for services

4:28 Elsa Silva: Student Motivation and Truancy Issues

4:31 Rhea DeHart: Legislative Analyst's Report

4:34 Open Discussion

4:45 Thank you and Adjourn