July
LaJolla High Volunteers Awarded
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Linda Dowley, Kathy Fackler and Sarah Schrier recently received the PTA Honorary Service Award for their
“endless hours of volunteering for La Jolla High School,” according to PTA President Betsy Mueller.
Dowley was president of the Governance Board at LJHS; Fackler developed and built the new PTA website
launched in the fall; and Schrier is a past LJHS PTA president and currently the Executive VP of the PTA
and was the PTA liaison who helped with the new LJHS School website. They each received a certificate and pin. Mueller said in an e-mail, “These volunteers have given numerous hours of volunteering to the schools their children have attended. But this last year they were all three truly amazing volunteers that just gave and gave to LJHS.” |
June
Promote your PTA.
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2011 CAPTA Grant Winners Announced
Healthy Lifestyles Grant
$500 La Jolla High School PTA
Outreach Grant
$2,311 Language Academy PTSA
Volunteers Scholarship
$500 Ruth Wyatt
Alcott Elementary PTA
May |
 Cindy McIntyre presents volunteer hours to Nellie Meyer  Bey-Ling Sha presents HSA to Bernie Rhinerson  Janice Rozzelle presents HSA to Mike Snyder |
Sacramento Safari 2011 - February
Fifteen delegates from San Diego Unified Council of
PTAs participated in the California State PTA Legislation Conference in early February 2011. Delegates included one student, two principals, one area supervisor
and three Board of Education members (Richard Barrera, Kevin Beiser and Shelia Jackson). Delagates learned about the problems confronting
public education from various speakers. On the second day of the conference, delegates spoke with assemblymembers and senators,
as well as their staff. Pictured: Gabriel Adona, Bey-Ling Sha and Margie Fish at the State Capitol.
2010
August
On Thursday, August 12th, our Council voted to support the Emergency Temporary Parcel Tax on the November 2, 2010 ballot. This ballot measure will be labeled Proposition J. Here’s the summary that will appear on the ballot:EMERGENCY TEACHER RETENTION/CLASSROOM EDUCATION MEASURE. To prevent Math, Science and English teacher layoffs, protect neighborhood schools from state budget cuts, prevent cuts to essential academic programs, job/college preparation, and preserve small classes, shall San Diego Unified School District levy a Temporary 5 Year Emergency annual tax that Sacramento can not take away of $98/single family home, and taxes on other types of parcels, exempting low income seniors, with independent audits and no one for administrators’ salaries?
May
Can You Spot the San Diego Unified Council PTA Delegates?
San Diego Unified Council PTA delegates joined at least 600 people gathered at the Capitol on the first day of the California State PTA 111th Annual Convention in Sacramento. Their purpose was loud and clear: We must invest in the more than 9 million children living in California, and stop cutting budgets for education and other critical services.California State PTA joins in filing school finance lawsuit.
On May 20, the California State PTA took an unprecedented step by filing a historic lawsuit against the state of California as part of a broad coalition, including the California School Boards Association and the Association of California School Administrators, as well as nine school districts and about 60 individual students and their families.April
On April 6, Michelle Huffaker, PTSA President of University City High School, represented San Diego Unified School District, speaking before the California State Budget Subcommittee on School Finance. Michelle was part of a five-person panel asked to talk about the impact of budget cuts on schools:- Pat Godwin, Superintendent, Folsom-Cordova Unified School District
- Paula Campbell, School Board Member, Nevada City School District
- Deborah Hearne, Classified Employee, Washington Unified School District
- Eric Padgett, Teacher, Garden Grove Unified School District
- Michelle Huffaker, San Diego Unified Council of PTA
March
Local Unit Honored at National PTA Legislative Convention in Washington, D.C.
Language Academy PTSA President, Bey-Ling Sha and President-Elect, Georgia Kenney traveled to
Washington, D.C. where the PTSA was honored for Unit Advocacy.