TJUSD Board Meeting - June 17, 2021

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TJUSD Board Meeting - June 17, 2021

Postby wildrose » Fri Jun 18, 2021 9:18 am

Summary:
1) Several items were pulled from the agenda at the beginning of the meeting. Most had to do with coaching assignments.
2) Superintendent's Report - General information. Nothing of consequence.
3) Maintenance Report - Architect selected for HS construction project.
4) Principal's Report - High school students making up classes which were failed or incomplete. WASC (high school accreditation) will be a three day virtual visit in November.
5) Some clubs declined due to concerns about royalty reduction issues. Art Club (declined), Entrepreneur Club (approved), Year Book Club (pulled), Motorcycle Club (declined), Naturalist Club (declined), Hiking Club (approved), Dungeons and Dragons (approved), Art Club (pulled, duplicate item).
6) Coaching Positions - Several items pulled and some approved.
7) ASB Advisors for HS and elementary approved. Also elementary yearbook coordinator approved.
8) High school students approved as summer workers.
9) Summer school teacher and paraprofessionals approved.
10) SANDABS Membership approved.
11) County Nursing Services Contract approved.
12) Brandman University Agreement approved.
13) Architect approved for high school construction.
14) $60K payment to construction company approved.
15) Red River Tech - Three year managed services contract approved.
16) LCAP - Presentation of organizational document including mission statement and list of action items. Also discussed what is being done for students who need extra support.
17) BUDGET - Presentation about financial state of district.
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Re: TJUSD Board Meeting - June 17, 2021

Postby twister » Sat Jun 19, 2021 5:57 am

Woke Public School Hangs Up Inspirational ‘You Can’t Do It!’ Poster For Black Students
Just because they say they aren't teaching CRT doesn't mean it isn't being taught in one form or another. I am told that the schools in Trona use something called Second Step and it includes many of the components of CRT. I saw a couple of these lessons given online during the COVID stay at home phase and they definitely crossed the line a few times.
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Re: TJUSD Board Meeting - June 17, 2021

Postby wildrose » Wed Jun 23, 2021 6:39 am

The PUSHBACK Goes VIRAL: Parents Have Had ENOUGH With CRT
twister: Second Step is a Trojan horse which contains many of the elements of CRT. Those supporting that program will make all sorts of claims which sound legitimate, but firmly entrenched in Second Step is the CRT ideology. Unfortunately, most state-adopted curricular materials in California are also Trojan horses containing elements of CRT. One of the most insidious programs mandated by the state of California is called PBIS (Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports). It actually enforces certain elements of CRT and forces teachers to adhere to them. Most of these programs sound good on the surface, but they fully embrace and promote leftist ideals and the idea is to sneak this ideology into the classroom without the consent of parents.
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Re: TJUSD Board Meeting - June 17, 2021

Postby CrustyOldFart » Wed Jun 23, 2021 11:28 am

Critical race theory is designed to divide: Douglas Murray
I don't care what they call it. Children should not be subjected to this kind of indoctrination!
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Re: TJUSD Board Meeting - June 17, 2021

Postby shadylady » Fri Jun 25, 2021 6:28 am

Cheerleader prevails in SCOTUS free speech case
It doesn't make sense for schools to be able to punish kids for things they don't do at school or while on school-sponsored activities.
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Re: TJUSD Board Meeting - June 17, 2021

Postby twister » Fri Jun 25, 2021 6:49 am

This is from the August 2020 Board Meeting Report:
mrfish wrote:
shotgunmary wrote:Lots of activity on Facebook today. This topic has drawn a lot of interest. Several posts said that almost all the issues involve two people at the school. One is the school board member who has received a lot of attention in this thread and the other is his brother who is the head janitor. People say that they are both bullies who like to intimidate people and set up fights or disputes between people. Most of the posts involved the school board member, but both got mentioned fairly frequently. Someone at the school needs to sort things out a bit is what it sounds like.

There's an obvious problem when two members of the same family are part of the group leading an organization. Nepotism anyone? And it's even worse when nepotism is combined with incompetence!
defcon wrote:HEAD JANITOR? Does that mean he mainly cleans toilets? :poop:

Nice! :laugh:

Incompetence combined with nepotism: This situation has not improved since last summer!
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Re: TJUSD Board Meeting - June 17, 2021

Postby tronagirl » Wed Jun 30, 2021 5:59 am

twister: The local school board seems to unabashedly endorse nepotism.
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Re: TJUSD Board Meeting - June 17, 2021

Postby panamint_patty » Mon Jul 05, 2021 10:51 am

TJUSD's non-discrimination policy lists the following protected categories:
based on a person’s actual or perceived age, ancestry, color, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical information, national origin, parental status, pregnancy status, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics.

Most non-discrimination policies are a little different:
based on race, color, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status such as disability, age, marital and family status, sexual orientation and gender identity, health status, place of residence, economic and social situation.

Conspicuously absent is POLITICAL OR OTHER OPINION. How odd is this? Does this allow for discrimination against those who object to the liberal agenda? Or against those who criticize the liberal agenda?
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