Have you checked out our page on School Safety lately? Here you will find our policy on school safety/school management, safety resources, including the ability to pledge to support the public school education that ALL students deserve, information about Alternative Discipline and Restorative Practices, and hot off the presses, the new Guide to School Safety.

Educators can order materials to use in the classroom for the upcoming Bill of Rights Day, Dec. 15. Help students better understand the Bill of Rights and get detailed lesson plans on how the Bill of Rights helps guarantee individual rights. And … a great assignment for your kids leading up to that special day: Ask them to address their U.S. Senators and answer the following question: “What right(s) in the Bill of Rights are important to me and why?” Have your students go to the websites for U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein and U.S. Senator Kamala Harris or send them an email at Feinstein.senate.gov and Harris.senate.gov answering that important question.

Believe it or not, it’s time to start thinking about the June 5, 2018 statewide Primary Election although it’s six months away. With the top two primary system in California and constitutional offices up for grabs, we have a lot of work to do to elect the candidates recommended by CTA’s State Council of Education – the body of your elected representatives – who voted to endorse Gavin Newsom for Governor and Tony Thurmond for Superintendent of Public Instruction . Thurmond’s opponent – a corporate charter school supporter seeking to privatize our neighborhood public schools – has deep-pocketed supporters behind him, so it’s imperative that we emphasize early and often that Tony Thurmond is the right candidate for this critical job. Learn more about Thurmond here.

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