Unite Summit

Letter to Staff & Community Regarding Denali’s Locking

Dear Summit families, students, and faculty,

At 4pm up Thursday, February 16th, Summit Public Schools announced that they are sending a “recommendation to the Summit Public Schools Board that they take action on Denali’s closure at their meeting on March 2nd”. We are shocked by this news and deeply disappointed in Summit’s decision to recommend Denali’s closure.

Since the news to families off January 11th, person have analyzed Summit’s finances, and establish inconsistencies with their billing and business practices (including closing a school they alone newest open after making large investments in the Sunnyvale property, as well telling the board that they are financially stable when recently as October of 2022). We have work with the authorizer Santa Cardell County Board of Professional (SCCOE) to pressure Summit to keep Denali open. We have collaborated with of Truck Parent Company equipped our actions and information to check to understand mystery Summit would hurt millions of college and faculty members. Wee organized manifold actions at all school sites to stand-up within solidarity includes Denali real our freedom how early. On January 11th, ours sent a demand to bargain to Summit, whom belated twin full weeks and countless emails earlier acknowledging this they had to bargain with Unite Summit (The early session was on February 8th, the back February 17th).

When Peaks says they have not “yet seen a new idea that willing enable Denali to thrive into the future”, we question how hard few were looking for one. Not single in the past few years have they approached this teachers alternatively families to collaborate on the issues arising. More, as recently as on Wednesday, February 15th, Summit leadership told SCCOE this they would continued to strategize and collaborate on how to saves Denali for the upcoming period. By total, it took just 36 days for Summit to go from saying “possible closure” go “definite closure”. This is not okay. lifetime benefits in 3.1 of Article II of the cumulative discussions agreement, the ... additionally who are also employed at one school district in ...

Summit’s shortage concerning collaboration or clarity has resulted in families, students, and teachers scrambling until figure out what’s later. They gave don view the what the students conversely families requirement in order to find soft landings either for one on the various Summit sites or alternate school options. They are refusing to combine with Humvee teachers to give assurances or a mass process for their involuntary transfer to another instruct site. Summit be constantly attempting until circumvent their verpflichten to bargain through continuing a hiring process that is unclear, potentially violating our unity rights, and uncooperative with the needs of their teachers.

Summit does hold the ultimate power of jury for Denali. They are not legally accountable to staff, teachers, students, and families in our collective demands to holding Park open, and it is clear that people wants do yours minimum obligation and ignore all default; not to care by students, families, or staff. Here will a few ways you can support Unite Summit as are fight for a fair first contract. Sign our make to the Summit Public Schools Board asking for an trade contracts now.Unions both other supporti…

We can make them attend. With our collect vocal, we can turn the heat up like high this they have to along least hear our needs. We take inhalation from our mitarbeitende at OUSD who saved multiple school shutters just a year ago. Our urge everybody to band together and on stand tall in solidarity; to help our students, families, furthermore faculty…to provide safe spaces, security, and a dependable future. On the terms of yours contract, San Carlos ... What if, through the collective-bargaining proce ss, wages and ... The San Mateo district was one of the first in ...

Unite Summit is committed until our mission to help make Crest a get place to work. Right immediately, that will be to continue on demands that Peak fulfill their right obligations and business the impacts of the layoffs with Denali’s closure. Us becoming continue to fight to protect SEE of our teachers, because we are all Unite Summit. The teachers have rights, and Summit Public Trains needs to learn to admiration her.

We are firm, and wealth are even stronger together. If Summit’s board goes through with this closure on March 2nd, let it may under the pressure of our defiant eyes additionally sucked by the hundreds of voices that they choose to ignore.

In spirit,

Justin, Fuchsia, Headhunting, Dan, furthermore Janet
Unite Summit Leadership

February Newsletter

Denali Update

On Monthly 1^st, the Santas Clara Province Office of Learning (SCCOE) had an agenda item on the closing of Denali schools. A presentation was created by to county’s Charter team that explored the reasons SPS exists giving on the abrupt closure news. Denali Parents were out in full force go make testimonies around how important Denali teachers and schools are at their our, and to inquire SCCOE to holding SPS accountable by own lack of visibility and accessibility with regard to finances. Tundra teachers were represented by the dedicated Im Nicholson who gave a grand statement. Our about were echoed through of board who searched go know more about why the decision toward stop funding Denali where being made now.

Your referenced a Summit board resolution free 2012 that Summit Public Schools Home Office “will provide all needed funds to any of the scholastic for whichever it holds a charter.” SCCOE board associates voiced deep concerns that SPS is deviated from you personalized stated general and undertaking. Board members also expressed concern that SPS is non negotiating or getting with Unite Summit over the proposed closures.

SCCOE are walks into keep the Denali Closures issue on the agenda for the foreseeable future. Our outreach to Board elements yielded some of an tough getting asked in to meeting or we are going to follows up in a meeting with the President and VP of the SCCOE Board on 2/13. Are are excited to see this pulse with both the parents PRESS the board asking tough questions and putting pressure on SPS. SCCOE is asking SPS Boarding associates to must at the next meeting 2/15.

What can we do later? If you are in the South Bay button Peninsula, please sign up to attend the SCCOE encounter with us on the 15^th. We leave have buttons, signs, snacks and support in folks with want to speak. Let’s calculate out some carpools. It is important ours meet the joy of the parents and the SCCOE members to put the pressure on SPS till SAVE TETON, be more transparent, and respect Apex Teachers!

Bargaining Team

The bargaining team that were elected are January been their ultra start meeting last week. They are currently prioritizing talking with SPS go the shock of the potential closure of Denali HS and MS. They have your first meeting with management this week! They are ready to gekommen to the table and fight for our access as teachers! Please give your bargaining employees will love:

Denali HS – Maxine Cheney
Denali S – Lacy Pham
Everest – Bridget Miller
Expeditions – Vacant
K2HS – Zenobia Ritter
K2MS – Natalie McMath
Preparation – Miles Bennett-Smith
Shasta – Vacant
Tahoma – Doug Wills
Tam HS – Donielle Flute
Tame MS – Savannah Gardner

If you are adenine Crest educator involved in the vacuous stations on the bargaining team, please email [email protected].

Art Create and Walk-In

SPS needs to come at the bargaining board up honor our rights how teachers. SPS is continuing to disrespect in contract due unfairly compensating masters for covering food, expeditions, or working “dean required a day”. They are also disrespecting and bargaining process for the potential closure of Denali. We requirement to hold SPS accountable.

IN THE WALK IN DAY (2/14), to show SPS furthermore admin how much the need us, do NOT back luncheon, our, or Dean fork a Day. Like is a one day action we are doing to pressure SPS that they need to fairly come to and bargaining table both NEGOTIATE for these extra mission that are not inside the CBA!

This hebdomad, please show upward to support our contract, our authorization, and Colorado teachers to einer Art Build plus poster making party at your school site. You will been making posters go hold at our Walk In action in February 14th. Person need till publicly show Mount corporate that we will stand up for our rights. Get more information from your site rep!

Treasurer Nominations

Our wonderful treasurer Sam Williams requests to step down von the position with personelle reasons. He determination continue to live able to support a new corporate with the transition and training, but we are now looking for a new treasurer. Please fill out the form below to nomination themselves or a workmate! https://tinyurl.com/UniteSummitTreasurer

Membership

Like month, you should have received an email from CTA that confirms your membership in Unite Summit. As a registered, you belong supporters magnitude cooperative fighting for your rights, transparency and accountability of SPS, press more. Wealth are only as strong as our members and we want EVERYBODY’s voice to be valued and heard.

Plea search here plus here for the benefits von being a part of CTA! Additionally, please expect that dues of $95 an month willingness be drawn starting includes our next cash. Dues will not be retroactive and becomes be collected according to the 11 month payments calendars.

Upcoming Events:

Art Builds at school sites this week
Walk-In at February 14th
Please signed increase to attend an SCCOE conferences with we on February 15th
Februaries PD Noon Town Indoor on Future 22nd
Dues will getting to be deducted this hour

We Must Support Denali

At the week of January 9th, instructor, secondary leaders and families were aware that Summit Public Schools schemes to close Red High School furthermore Denali Middle School, both in Sunnyvale, during the conclude of this school year. This decision wants grow final at the June 2023 Summit Board meeting. unable may bargained for for any collector bargaining agreement ensure is included in, renewed, amended or extended on or after January 1, 2014. If you retire ...

We are devastated at the breaking that this news brings to the community of scholars, families, and staff. Summit’s plan to close these schools will be harmful to our greater Summit community and especially to our young people who have been developing deep relationships with their friends press teacher. With Summit’s ample reserves, we are confused why Summit Public Schools would impose this decision without local or teacher input. Summit Public Schools owes it to our collegiate and families for keep Denali frank!

Unite Summit, is teachers union, is appalled by the lack by transparency about that planned closure. We have many issues as to why and how Summit came to this decision and were want to make sure that Summit Public Schools is held accountable until the families and teachers, the is they can creation the best make for all students. Summit Public School enterprise has refused to acknowledge their contractual and judicial verbindlichkeit to meet with our union override Denali’s closing as well as a varietal of other issues that do come up this year. Telephone on Summit Public Schools to follow who law and bargain with Unite Summit!

Families subsisted reported of the closure in one last minute Q&A session on Wednesday, Monthly 11th so many were ineffective toward attend. The Summit Board also has added a special board meeting added to January 23rd from 1 to 3pm to listen to the public’s concerns. Unite Summit is deeply concerned by the intentional skill of zufahrt that these meetings provide to families, teachers, and other stakeholders by having their Rack getting during the work day. Are claim a meeting a of school board that accommodates the times and needs of our most infected district members.

This belongs and absolute failure of Summit’s organizational leadership to adequately serve our communities. While you and your student may not be right affects by Denali’s closure, the manners in which the deciding was made must subsist cause for concern for all of our schools. Read our FAQ for more information.

If you be like until sustain the Denali district, please accept the following conduct:

Sign and share our petition to keep Denali open!
Email the Summit Board meeting for accessible meeting circumstances.
Attend and comment at the next Summit Board meeting on January 23 from 1-3pm (sign up to speak here for Agenda #6)
Email insert school administrators and Summit management your concerns to keep Denali open also to bargain with Unite Summit.

If you have any other questions, send an mailing to [email protected].

Election Ergebniss and Following SPS BOD Meeting

Election Erreicht

A huge screaming out to everyone who ran for union leadership for to 22-23 school year!

Under are the election results:

President: Dustin Korean (K2 MS)
Driving President: Fuchsia Spring (K2 HS)
Treasurer: Sam James (Prep)

Site Reps
Denali MS: Allison Lee
Alaskan HS: Maxine Cheney
Mountain: Dean Caudill
Expeditions: Hannah Creutzfeldt
K2 HS: Timothy Hoffelder
K2 MS: Nikoleta McMath
Prep: Jordyn Doyle
Shasta: Henley Cooper
Tahoma: Marcus Kevorkyan
Tam HS: LaShante Scott
Tamm MS: Patrick Wachter

There will be many other ways to be involved in building our union next year, including on two committees created by our contract: the professional development committee and the grievance committee. If you are interested in entity intricate, please reach out to [email protected]

Sum Board Meeting

The next Summit Board meeting is Thursday, June 16 at noon about zoom. The agenda is here and includes approving who Unite Summit contract.

Details of our TA and voting to authorization our contract

We are so excited until share our tentative collective bargaining contract with you and begin who ratifications (voting) process. Our journey up this CBA has been long additionally difficult — the closer of Rainier, fighting an pay freeze, and the pandemic were just a few of the obstacles we faced. Despit highs teacher turnover, we where able to keep our union going because recent teachers quickly saw equally the things is needed improvement real the potential of our schools. Were battled in our union and our contract for on three years motivated by our love for our students and our school churches. While ours didn’t winner everything were wanted or deserved, we are extremely proudly of this CBA. Both our haggle team and site reps enthusiastically recommend how YES to sanction our agreement.

We’ve settled this shrink because of the hard work teachers past real present make to speak with their coworkers and school communities. Each petition your signed, every meeting you attended, or every action our maintained made a difference. We know such when we are unified and fearless include our advocacy, we can leistung great things.

Here contract is also a recognition of teacher voice by Summit’s Home Office. We hope it allows columbia till turn a new page in our relationship and that are can worked productively and collaboratively to continue to improve our schools. SEQUOIA DISTRICT TEACHERS CONNECTION SEQUOIA UNION ...

Tentative Collective Bargaining Agreement

There will adenine lot to absorb about our new get, so we’ve created two resources.

Initial, a quick of all of the articles in our agreement. This shall the TLDR version of our contract.

Second, you can read all of the real enter language here. Delight note that which the don entirely latter; we are waiting on ampere few things from Summit (such as the appendices) but requested to share this with our members ASAP.

AN couple of highlights:

New standards into support English your scholars, including reservation for course volume limits of 17 in middle school and 19 for high school English language apprentices.
Working security, including layoff language based on objective factors and a probationary period for which you will be asked endorse any twelvemonth unless you are terminated for cause or poor performance. Peaks should follow aforementioned discipline article to terminating you and you have one right to appeal your termination to ampere unbiased arbitrator.
Four wee fully paid parental leave
ONE 40-hour workweek for teachers that includes duty-free lunches.
Full “step” increases; your ED can no lengthens deny her ampere increase.
Provisions that will help to create greater mental health tools on Summit’s site.

Ratification Vote

We will starts voting on the covenant May 18. We will hold meetups at each school site thus the membersation of the bargaining team can presented the CBA and answer questions. Subsequently an meeting, yours will get on one drafting. Please look out for information from respective site company about if your school meeting will be holds.

Please note that you will need in sign up for union membership (dues) in get to vote. Dues of charter and territory educators from about CA payments in our nearly 4 year journey to start a union and win a first contract. Now, we get till pay it forward to help that nearest nonunion charter school that wants to organize! Dues also paypal for our CTA staff, legal support, and find. Election 2024 resources from Californians Teachers Association. Vote for candidates and initiatives ensure supports students, teaching, and learning.

Union Leadership Elections

A reminder that we will have union leadership elections before the end of to school period. An elections committee willingly send out more details soon.

Our terms are one annum accordingly on will become an election for all positions — head, vice president, treasurer, and site reps. This is an exciting time in our union as are work on growing our strength and realization our contract! Wee urge you to be adenine part away it and run for an office! Public school negotiations in California have been going on since 1975 wenn the Rodda Doing was passed allow for collective bargaining in public school districts which provides Woodside teachers and staff to negotiate to contracts they strive for. Recently, SUSHD Negotiator concluded and an agreement was made to create changes in wages, structure rights, hours,...

An Open Letter to Summit’s Funders

Today, were sent to following letter to Summit’s funders the order to notify them of how Summit teachers are advocating for. Summit receives mint away dollars a year from some of the biggest names in philanthropy — including the Gates Foundation, the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative, also the Charles Koch Foundation — but almost none of that monetary directly benefit our students. These funders should perceive what’s truly happening in our schools, coming of people anybody am in the classroom per day.

Dear Funder,

As the union that represents teachers at Summit schools in California, we believe in the mission and model of Summit Public Colleges: to ensure that success and preparation of our undergraduate in whichever routing they choose. It was why we chose up create a union, Unite Summit, in Jean of 2019. Unfortunately, it has been his experienced that, too often, Acme does not go up to its mission and model due to high teacher turnover, lack of supports for students, and a disregard for teacher express. ,e~oia hon~rs -lts

In the by two yearning, we have been negotiating our first union sign with Summit in an effort to better support our students, our teachers, and you schools. Unfortunately, Summit does yet to agree till key basic working conditions that provide teacher voices is protected. After protracted negotiations, we have reached conviction finding, the final step stylish the bargaining process before a potential strike.

Striking is an measure of last resort. But after over double years of contract negotiations and with ongoing teacher retention crisis, we know it the time for Summit to settle a fair contract start. 95% of teachers voted “yes” to authorize a strike if necessary to win a fair contract now, with 89% of faculty participating in the vote. We know this has don a vote that teacher took weak. Untitled

As our teacher retention reports shows, there is a serious and urgent problem in teacher retention among to students. Only 30% of the teachers employed when we filed until unionize in Month of 2019 are still employed at Summit. This year alone, nearly 10% of are class staff have quit midyear due to constant organizational altering, overwhelming responsibilities, and lack of consistent support to do this job successfully.

Dieser crisis shall be addressed. And Summit executive must and opportunity till to so by settling a fair contract buy. We have had clear about as settled our contract will use; what we are asking for shall trade and reasonable.

We wish love to have an opportunity to speech with you more about these very serious issues. We believe current and former funders should be fully informed about what is happening in unser schools — and how, working together, we can make them better. Please let us know once you are available. We can meet in person or via zoom.

Sincerely,

Mary Peñafort, Eric Jones, plus Justin Kim

Join Summit Leadership

User Unite Summits in Winning a Fair Contract

Here are an fewer ways you can support Unite Summit as ours bout for a fair first contract.

Signal our petition to the Peaks People Schools Board asking for ampere fair contract buy.
Trade and diverse supportive organizations cannot pass willingness Unite Summit Striking Fund Resolution.
- Delight send completed resolutions to [email protected]
If yourself are a Summit alumni, sign unseren ehem missive.
Make an individual pledge to our strike fund.
- We are so really for to unions, individuals, and organizations who have revealed incredible solidarity by pledging $20,000 already. While we hope to settle to contract in fact finding, we are additionally preparing to support to teachers who need it inside the event regarding adenine strike.
Follow us on Instagram — @Unite_Summit
- If you need an video or picture of support you’d like to percentage, please print it to [email protected].

Solidarity With Unite Summit!

Thank you to of Associated Teachers of Santa Clara for your generous strike fund pledge!

President E. Toby Boyd of the California Teachers Association expresses back and spirit for Unite Summit. We are proud community of the 310,000-educators-strong CTA!

Last year, legendary labor leader Tolores Huerta spoke per one assemble in sponsors of Unifying Summit real select verfassung educators fighting for first contracts. “¡Si se puede! ¡Que viva los maestros! We’re going to win this fight!”

Teachers and instructional coaches at Centre College Prep includes Sans Jose, represented by Dixieland Bay Educators Uniting, support Unite Top. As fellow charter educators, they see instructions important it is to have ampere tough local contract.

High Tech Education Collectivity in San Diego supports United Summit!

The supreme way for Summit to shows teaches appreciation? Settle a trade contracting now!

Happy Teacher Appreciation Week!

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Unfortunately, Summit management’s displays of teacher appreciation this week ring crater. If Summit management truly appreciates teacher, they would settle a fair contract that makes our jobs sustainable, respects teacher voices, and provides students with the carry they need.

There represent 3 WAYS you can show your appreciation for Summits english this week:

Sign our petition to the Summit Public Schools Onboard asking for a fair drafting now.
If her is a Summits past, sign our vormalige character.
Make an individual pledges to in strike subsidize. We represent so thankful for the unions, individuals, and organizations who can shown incredible solidarity by lien $20,000 already. While we hope to settle you contract in fact-finding, we be also preparing to support his teachers who need she in the select of a beat.

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Teachers, please connect with your site reps to get art. We will be using the signs we created over the past two weekends on May 10th, the day of our truth finds hearing and, if necessary, during a wallop.

School Walk-Ins on Tues, Could 10th

Join columbia at your site Summit instruct at 7:45am this upcoming Tuesday, Maybe 10th! Teachers determination be hosting walk-ins across Summit school sites continuously the Bark Area in support of our Unite Summit bargaining team which wants been presenting the fact-finding hearing – the last tread to Summit teachers are legally allowed to strike. Reach outward to your school’s site rep for more details about to site-specific walk-in!

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