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This page can be read by anyone having the url, but all working papers are password protected. To change content on this site, please email your changes to Bill. You can also email any comments or questions about the site in general. If you are new to this issue then start with the letter to the parents on 6/11. A summary based on the ongoing investigation and the facts collected was compiled on 9/6 and is linked there. |
date | event | description | |
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8/23/2012 | San Jose Mercury News | Gudalewicz takes the reins as new superintendent of Cupertino Union | |
1/26/2015 | Staff concerns | List of staff concerns for discussion with the principal on 1/27 | |
5/04/2015 | Meeting Guidelines | Guidelines for up coming one-on-one Goals and Objectives meetings with the principal | |
5/05/2015 | Day of the Teacher | Teachers wear white shirts to school in support of staff members who were forced by HR to resign in spite of the fact that most teachers believed they had beeen doing a good job. | |
5/19/2015 | Interviews by HR at WV | 19 of the 27 teachers were interviewed throughout the day by the District office HR staff on the subject of the climate at West Valley | |
5/29/2015 | Memo to WV Staff | Notice of District Expectations of Teaching Staff Regarding Professional Conduct | |
6/01/2015 | facilitation meeting | Announcement to Staff for meeting the next day with a facilitator assigned by the District | |
6/10/2015 | staff meeting notice | email notifying the staff of the emergency meeting on 6/11 | |
6/11/2015 | Memo to WV Staff | Plan for Re-imagining and Innovating West Valley Elementary School | |
* | 6/11/2015 | Letter to parents | Superintendent announces a plan to reinvent West Valley |
6/11/2015 | Notice of WV openings
Vacancy List |
Email sent to all teachers in the District about West Valley teaching opportunities and the posted list of vacancies |
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6/12/2015 | CEA demand to CUSD | Union demanded that all interviews be stopped | |
6/12/2015 | PTO email to Parents | Response to West Valley staffing changes | |
6/15/2015 | KTVU Fox News report | All teachers at troubled Sunnyvale elementary school asked to reapply for jobs | |
6/15/2015 | ABC 7 News report | Parents unhappy tension is tearing apart Sunnyvale school | |
6/15/2015 | District meeting with parents | Superintendent recording of West Valley Parent Information Night | |
6/17/2015 | CEA-CUSD MOU | re Transfer of West Valley Teachers | |
6/17/2015 | Intent to Transfer
comments |
Letter from HR announcing intent to transfer all West Valley Teachers | |
6/18/2015 | District letter to parents
comments |
Superintendent claims tension at West Valley | |
6/18/2015 | San Jose Mercury News | All teachers told to reapply for their jobs at Sunnyvale school; principal reassigned | |
6/19/2015 | San Jose Mercury News | Sunnyvale: All of West Valley Elementary's teachers will be moved to other schools, district says | |
6/19/2015 | Petition at Change.org | Please let the CUSD and CEA know what you think about their unprecedented decision to remove all Teachers and Staff from West Valley Elementary School | |
6/22/2015 | District letter to parents | update regarding the District’s progress | |
6/22/2015 | NBC Bay Area news report | "You Can't Take My Heart Out of West Valley": Rally Held in Support of Sunnyvale Teachers Reassigned to Other Schools |
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7/15/2015 | San Jose Mercury News | Almost all of West Valley's new teachers have been hired for next school year | |
8/6/2015 | San Jose Mercury News | Oh no! An angry constituent — hide! | |
8/8/2015 | San Jose Mercury News | Even the lunch lady is new after bizarre housecleaning at West Valley Elementary | |
8/12/2015 | San Jose Mercury News | West Valley Elementary School lays out new vision after entire school staff is replaced | |
8/14/2015 | Petition update at Change.org | Please Attend! CUSD Board Meeting: August 18th, 2015 | |
8/14/2015 | An Open Letter To The CUSD Board of Education | A call for the resignation of the Superintendent and Board President | |
8/15/2015 | WBB 2015 Superintendent's Speech | The Superintendent's talk at the District Welcome Back breakfast about problems and situations. Comments about West Valley come about 27 minutes in. Use Password: wbb | |
8/18/2015 | Public comments at the CUSD Board Meeting
followup letter |
A transcript of public comment made at the CUSD Board Meeting and the followup letter transmiting those comments to the Board |
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8/18/2015 | Public records from CUSD | Records turned over by the CUSD contradicting their public statements | |
8/20/2015 | An open letter to the Superintendent | A letter documenting the contradictions of the District based on the public records. | |
8/19/2015 | San Jose Mercury News | Sunnyvale: Former West Valley Elementary teachers speak out, shed tears at board meeting | |
8/21/2015 | Friends forever | Teachers and staff meet to celebrate their ongoing friendship and commitment to each other | |
* | 9/6/2015 | The Real West Valley Story | A blog gathering the collective efforts of countless others including parents, community members, teachers, staff, administration, union representatives, and board members to attempt to tell the *real* story about the Reconstitution of West Valley. |
9/14/2015 | Parent Letter to the Board | A letter to the School Board expressing the feelings of bewildered parents and calling for accountability of the Board. | |
9/15/2015 | CUSD Board meeting | Video from the CUSD board meeting in 3 one hour segments | |
9/16/2015 | San Jose Mercury News | Cupertino Union's school board stands behind superintendent on West Valley Elementary shakeup | |
9/29/2015 | Focus Area Update email | Email from the Pricipal recommending the Community Focus Group put off to a later date finding a specific instructional approach to reimagine West Valley, and to focus on building community to heal, repair, and build relationships. | |
10/1/2015 | Posting in Nextdoor.com
No Nextdoor account? try this |
Letter from a former Kennedy Middle School teacher - Climate of fear among staff at Cupertino Union School District |
background | Professional Standards | CUSD Board Policy on Professional Standards | |
background | CTC for Teachers | California's Laws And Rules Pertaining To The Discipline Of Professional Certificated Personnel ****See 80334(a) and 80337*** |
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background | CTC for Admin | California Professional Standards for Education Leaders (CPSEL) ***See standard 3 and 5*** |
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background | links for HSDI | Human System Dynamics Institute is the organization the Superintendent hired to facilitate the meeting of West Valley Teachers on 6/2 |
date | event | description | |
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6/28/2015 | lunch notes |