May 18, 2017
To the Editor:
To the parents of the students of Fillmore Unified School District.
Let's really see what Fillmore Unified School District is offering Fillmore Unified Teachers Association and your children.
1. The school calendar is set with a starting date of August 14th and end date of June 15th (rescinded) with no fall break. This is 193 day school year.
2. School will also start 15 minutes earlier and end 15 minutes later each day. Your child will need to be in class at 7:45 a.m. Educational studies show that starting before 9 a.m. is too early for adolescents. See the studies done by Rutgers and National Sleep Foundation.
3. Also on the calendar the district has proposed weekly Thursday minimum days for teacher collaboration. This means all district schools will be out by noon EVERY Thursday.
4. Class size limits will be removed at the high school meaning classes could swell to any number (current limit is 35 )
5. The superintendent's contract has been extended for four years with a guaranteed 3% raise per year yet the district is not ready to share a proposal on salaries for the 2016-17 school year for teachers.
Join us at the final school board meeting for this year on June 6.
Alisa Byrne