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SFSUD Protest Against Union Busting SF Kipp Charter, Privatization & The PAR Program
Teachers and supporters of public education opposed the destruction of the San Francisco Malcom X Academy in Hunters Point Bayview by putting a union busting racist KIPP Charter School into the same school under co-location. They also spoke up against the anti-labor PAR program which is being used to target senior teachers, African American teachers and Latino teachers in the district.
SFSUD Protest Against Union Busting SF Kipp Charter, Privatization & The PAR Program
Teachers and students of Malcom X Academy protested the co-location of a KIPP SF charter at the public school and the growing siphoning off of public funds to privately run charters. Teachers also protested the discriminatory Peer Assisted Review PAR program which has been embedded into the UESF union contract which bullies teachers and is being used against senior teachers, African American and Latino teachers. The SFUSD superintendent and HR management is using this corrupt program to retaliate against teachers and workplace bullies are in charge of the program. Over $1 million a year is spent on this program from the Prop A School regressive parcel tax to pay for this disciplinary program and it the UESF leadership has allowed the program to be embedded in the contract through a vote on the tax. The parcel tax legislation also allowed the Superintendent to place a teacher in the program even if the union disagrees. Board member Mark Sanchez has said that he was told that they have to support this program to discipline teachers which means sidelining the union grievance procedure.
This meeting took place at the San Francisco Unified School District SFUSD on June 12, 2018.
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Teachers and students of Malcom X Academy protested the co-location of a KIPP SF charter at the public school and the growing siphoning off of public funds to privately run charters. Teachers also protested the discriminatory Peer Assisted Review PAR program which has been embedded into the UESF union contract which bullies teachers and is being used against senior teachers, African American and Latino teachers. The SFUSD superintendent and HR management is using this corrupt program to retaliate against teachers and workplace bullies are in charge of the program. Over $1 million a year is spent on this program from the Prop A School regressive parcel tax to pay for this disciplinary program and it the UESF leadership has allowed the program to be embedded in the contract through a vote on the tax. The parcel tax legislation also allowed the Superintendent to place a teacher in the program even if the union disagrees. Board member Mark Sanchez has said that he was told that they have to support this program to discipline teachers which means sidelining the union grievance procedure.
This meeting took place at the San Francisco Unified School District SFUSD on June 12, 2018.
Production of Labor Video Project
http://www.laborvideo.org
For more information:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_jZAYnrR_Q
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SFUSD Vincent Matthews Trained By Union Busting Broad Foundation And Supports More Charter Schools In SF
Vincent Matthews trained by privatizer Broad Academy and appointed by Brown to trustee in OUSD to bring in charters and left the district with over $100 million in debt
https://www.broadcenter.org/alumni/directory/profile/vincent-matthews/
New Schools Venture FundTO IMPROVE PUBLIC EDUCATION BY IDENTIFYING AND SUPPORTING THE MOST
PROMISING EDUCATION VENTURES IN THE COUNTRY, AND CREATING A NATIONWIDE
NETWORK OF EDUCATION ENTREPRENEURS COMMITTED TO CLOSING THE
ACHIEVEMENT GAP.
New SF schools chief says he’s here to stay, and to listen
During Matthews’ time at Edison, the San Francisco school was accused of discriminating by pushing out disadvantaged and special-education students to boost test scores. Matthews denied the accusations.
He believes charters have a role to play in public education, by providing something otherwise unavailable in public schools.
Jill Tucker April 3, 2017 Updated: April 3, 2017 5:16 p.m.
Superintendent Dr. Vincent Matthews plays with Zaire Robinson, 6 months old, held by Mauricha Robinson, 36, at 555 Franklin in San Francisco on March 31, 2017. Ms. Robinson is the African American Parent Advisory Council Cochair for SFUSD.
Photo: Peter Prato, Special to The Chronicle
San Francisco’s new schools superintendent says he’ll spend his first few months listening — to teachers, parents, staff, students and community members. Vincent Matthews grew up in the city, but he moved around quite a bit as he built the resume he needed to return.
“It’s incumbent on me to come in and listen and learn,” he said, “to talk to as many people as possible.”
Matthews, 55, whose appointment is expected to be made official Tuesday night, knows San Franciscans aren’t shy about speaking up. He’s anticipating he’ll be be doing some talking, too, answering questions about his past, which includes years promoting and running charter schools and training at the Broad Center, which emphasizes corporate-style leadership as well as school choice and charters.
“We’re optimistic that those things don’t mean he’ll take us in a direction we don’t want to go,” said Kevine Boggess, director of policy for Coleman Advocates, a community group that works with low-income and working-class families. “The people in the classroom need to be the ones at the center of this conversation.”
Matthews is expected to start sometime in May. The school board is scheduled to vote on his contract Tuesday night. Details of his compensation have not been released.
While the new superintendent wants to spend 90 days getting to know the city, he has a head start. He grew up in the bell-bottom 1970s of Haight-Ashbury, attending public schools from preschool through his doctorate at San Francisco State.
“Grattan Elementary, Hoover Middle School, although it was Hoover Junior High back then, and McAteer High School,” he said, ticking off his transcript.
And he worked in a few city schools as a teacher and principal. He’s also a Niners, Giants and Warriors fan and partial to Motown music, admitting that he has a karaoke machine at home and that his go-to song is the Temptations’ “My Girl.”
District officials said Matthews’ connection to San Francisco and his 30 years of experience were among his biggest selling points.
“We searched for a superintendent that would be dedicated to SFUSD and its students for the long haul,” said school board President Shamann Walton.
“When we interviewed Dr. Matthews, it was clear he lives and breathes this work,” said board Vice President Hydra Mendoza-McDonnell. “And it was clear we were bringing someone home.”
Home is relative, however. Matthews lives in the East Bay with his wife of 27 years, Yolanda. He has three grown children. He maintained his residence even as he took his current job as state administrator of the financially troubled Inglewood district in Los Angeles County. It’s unclear whether Matthews will move to San Francisco.
Vincent Matthews trained by privatizer Broad Academy and appointed by Brown to trustee in OUSD to bring in charters and left the district with over $100 million in debt
https://www.broadcenter.org/alumni/directory/profile/vincent-matthews/
New Schools Venture FundTO IMPROVE PUBLIC EDUCATION BY IDENTIFYING AND SUPPORTING THE MOST
PROMISING EDUCATION VENTURES IN THE COUNTRY, AND CREATING A NATIONWIDE
NETWORK OF EDUCATION ENTREPRENEURS COMMITTED TO CLOSING THE
ACHIEVEMENT GAP.
New SF schools chief says he’s here to stay, and to listen
During Matthews’ time at Edison, the San Francisco school was accused of discriminating by pushing out disadvantaged and special-education students to boost test scores. Matthews denied the accusations.
He believes charters have a role to play in public education, by providing something otherwise unavailable in public schools.
Jill Tucker April 3, 2017 Updated: April 3, 2017 5:16 p.m.
Superintendent Dr. Vincent Matthews plays with Zaire Robinson, 6 months old, held by Mauricha Robinson, 36, at 555 Franklin in San Francisco on March 31, 2017. Ms. Robinson is the African American Parent Advisory Council Cochair for SFUSD.
Photo: Peter Prato, Special to The Chronicle
San Francisco’s new schools superintendent says he’ll spend his first few months listening — to teachers, parents, staff, students and community members. Vincent Matthews grew up in the city, but he moved around quite a bit as he built the resume he needed to return.
“It’s incumbent on me to come in and listen and learn,” he said, “to talk to as many people as possible.”
Matthews, 55, whose appointment is expected to be made official Tuesday night, knows San Franciscans aren’t shy about speaking up. He’s anticipating he’ll be be doing some talking, too, answering questions about his past, which includes years promoting and running charter schools and training at the Broad Center, which emphasizes corporate-style leadership as well as school choice and charters.
“We’re optimistic that those things don’t mean he’ll take us in a direction we don’t want to go,” said Kevine Boggess, director of policy for Coleman Advocates, a community group that works with low-income and working-class families. “The people in the classroom need to be the ones at the center of this conversation.”
Matthews is expected to start sometime in May. The school board is scheduled to vote on his contract Tuesday night. Details of his compensation have not been released.
While the new superintendent wants to spend 90 days getting to know the city, he has a head start. He grew up in the bell-bottom 1970s of Haight-Ashbury, attending public schools from preschool through his doctorate at San Francisco State.
“Grattan Elementary, Hoover Middle School, although it was Hoover Junior High back then, and McAteer High School,” he said, ticking off his transcript.
And he worked in a few city schools as a teacher and principal. He’s also a Niners, Giants and Warriors fan and partial to Motown music, admitting that he has a karaoke machine at home and that his go-to song is the Temptations’ “My Girl.”
District officials said Matthews’ connection to San Francisco and his 30 years of experience were among his biggest selling points.
“We searched for a superintendent that would be dedicated to SFUSD and its students for the long haul,” said school board President Shamann Walton.
“When we interviewed Dr. Matthews, it was clear he lives and breathes this work,” said board Vice President Hydra Mendoza-McDonnell. “And it was clear we were bringing someone home.”
Home is relative, however. Matthews lives in the East Bay with his wife of 27 years, Yolanda. He has three grown children. He maintained his residence even as he took his current job as state administrator of the financially troubled Inglewood district in Los Angeles County. It’s unclear whether Matthews will move to San Francisco.
For more information:
https://www.broadcenter.org/alumni/directo...
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