UPDATE: Comments on this thread are now closed. The new 2009 thread is available at this link.
I wrote a post on July 16, 2006, entitled “SAUSD corruption coming out with Mijares gone,” and it blew up to over 2,000 posts. However, it exceeded the capacities of our server and has been truncated recently at about 1,529 posts. But one of our readers has stepped up to the plate and painstakingly copied all of the comments into four NEW posts:
- SAUSD-Mijares corruption thread, 2008 Comments
- SAUSD-Temporary Thread (Migration 5/16/2008) Comments
- SAUSD-Mijares corruption thread, 2007 Comments
- SAUSD-Mijares corruption thread, 2006 Comments
Also, don’t forget you can go to the right sidebar of any page page and search for “SAUSD” to get links to ALL of our past SAUSD stories.
I have been honored that this blog has allowed so many people to vent their frustrations with the SAUSD administration and school board. We will continue to shed light on these issues and I hope that our readers will continue to use this blog to communicate about the corruption at SAUSD.
SAUSD does not belong to the administrators or to the school board. It belongs to us. We will have an opportunity this fall to take back the school board, with three seats opening up. I pray that good candidates will emerge so we will be able to do exactly that. Until then, please keep the comments coming! But post them here, to this new thread. Thank you.
#550
Lines of communication?
What CSAE and SAEA lack is LEADERSHIP. A leader
mobilizes/energizes/empowers his/her members. These two groups did not become dysfuncational overnight. It eroded over time because the majority of members were CONTENT. Union leaders and members neglected their union.
I think the whole lot of you should go on strike at the beginning of the school year. Sit it out for two weeks. The school district and the community need a good kick in the rump.
Power to the people!
SAUSD names new Principals. By Thomas Anthony Gordon.
#551
I can’t completely argue with your comment, except perhaps you should learn it is CSEA not CSAE.
I believe SAEA has shown that it is in fact more together than CSEA since it managed to bring in attorneys and recind a significant number of teacher layoffs. What CSEA has done so far is cry the blues and call for rally’s which the board neither care about or even see as they are escorted into the board room by armed campus police through a back door.
A strike would be an interesting move but probably drastic for starters. Possibly a sick out would be a better beginning to show that CSEA employees are serious. Support of teachers wouldn’t hurt either.
As someone wrote before, CSEA tends to fold when the going gets rough. Yes both unions have eroded over the years because they were all fat and happy. The only people fat and happy now are the district administration. It might be interesting if CSEA united and took a day or two off. I’m sure they can find a district doctor to write them notes since most of the doctors working for the district are on the take anyway.
Red, Thanks for the link. I don’t think anyone has commented because no one knows much about the people selected. The only person I know is Cheryl Weaver and reviews on her were mixed. Personally I would prefer not to make a comment since I am not qualified to judge her administrative skills. I last dealt with her at Willard and that has been a while ago.
For those of us who can’t log into the SAUSD site maybe someone could cut and paste the list of elementary new principal assignments. I can’t seem to find any other way to read the list and don’t understand why the elementary assignments were not under public announcements along with the ones they did release for the High schools and Intermediates.
Anonplus,
Just trying to keep things organized 😉
RE Cheryl Weaver, I heard some interesting stories about her – on the positive side – as she took a stand for the students and parents and ethical teaching staff. I’ll see if I can’t find someone with some details to post it up.
Santa Ana Unified nurse honored
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/mclean-school-health-2113954-met-award
Gayle McLean was recognized for her work with underserved populations.
By FERMIN LEAL
THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
Comments 0| Recommend 1
SANTA ANA Gayle McLean, Santa Ana Unified School District’s lead nurse, has been selected for the Cal Optima Circle of Care Award.
McLean is being honored for her contributions to helping to further services to Cal Optima members, many of whom represent underserved populations. McLean heads district’s cadre of school nurses, who ensure that basic health needs of students are met at each school site.
“It is both an honor and privilege to be considered worthy of such a distinguished award,” said McLean in a written statement. “It is the families and children and health professionals who enable me to assist them that I credit. Seeing the health needs of our families met directly or indirectly through my actions instills an enormous sense of pride and accomplishment.”
Contact the writer: 714-445-6687 or fleal@ocregister.com
I can get onto the website, but I don’t see the elementary new principal assignments. Where are they? I’d be glad to post, if I can find them.
Anon Teacher,
That is a good question. It says for a complete list of elementary assignments log in. Since I can’t I don’t know what to tell you or where to look. Gee you wouldn’t think the district would mislead do you?
#558
If you click on the “About Us” link, then to the “Schools” link and then click on “Elementary”, you get a list of principals at every elementary school site. It says it was last modified on July 31st, so I would think that the new principals would be there, but who knows. You can get to this without being a staff member.
One of the new principals at the elementary level is:
Denise Bertrand (Assistant Principal/Willard) has been appointed principal @ Diamond Elementary
Updated SAUSD School Board candidates’ list. By Art Pedroza
Getting Soaked
Does Santa Ana Unified have the money to save hundreds of jobs it cut?
It was as if the clock struck midnight and Cinderella suddenly went deaf.
The vexing tone came late in the evening of July 8 at the Santa Ana Unified School District board meeting, when the board narrowly voted to wipe out most of its non-teaching staff in order to balance its budget. But those meant to hear it loudest couldn’t quite absorb what had just been said.
“The cuts were approved,” board member Rosie Avila said into her microphone. “I think they’re stunned,” Avila, who voted against the cuts, said into the microphone again.
The now-familiar crew of mostly older, motherly women—many in light-blue T-shirts reading, “Librarians, Endangered Species”—and other district employees who have crowded the board meetings since late June, shifted in their seats and looked blankly at one another. Their years of service in music classrooms, health clinics, front offices and school libraries had vanished, much like the storybook carriage.
And there was no fairy godmother or handsome prince to make it all better. Hours of pleading—and even a cameo appearance by Santa Ana City Councilwoman Michelle Martinez—failed to turn back the tide initiated in late June when the district slipped into its budget the approval of “new job descriptions,” essentially collapsing hundreds of full-time non-teaching positions into multidisciplinary part-time positions with no benefits (See “Benefits In Doubt,” July 4).
It turns out, however, the district may have the money to save those jobs—which number anywhere from 800 to 1,500 (the district didn’t respond to repeated requests from the Weekly for the actual number) at a cost of $13 million. Some district officials have said the funds should be held onto for a “rainy day.”
“I would say this qualifies as a rainy day. It’s pouring outside,” says board member John Palacio.
The money—from two big pots estimated at about $8 million each and considered “one-time-only” funds that the state would not replenish—would pay for all the threatened positions for at least a year.
Board member Jose Hernandez dis-agrees with Palacio. “If we use that money right now, it’s not going to resolve our budget problem with you guys next year,” he told employees in the audience. “We will have that problem next year and will not have that one-time money.”
Using the money now would give people at least more than a month’s time to figure out what to do with their mortgages, childcare, health care and other family costs, Palacio argues.
Ron Murrey, associate superintendent for business services for SAUSD, acknowledged during a board-meeting exchange with Palacio that money from both funds could be used. But in the case of one pot, which the state normally restricts for the funding of specific programs, Murrey said the Orange County Department of Education recommended against using the $8.3 million, since the state has yet to approve whether it can be used generally. If the state does approve such a use, Murrey says, it would be a one-time deal, and he thinks it would be wiser for the district to save the money.
In the case of the other fund, called “Fund 17,” which the district has chosen to put money into (they are not required to do so by state or federal law), Murrey was more ambiguous. He acknowledged that money was unrestricted and said the board could decide to have it released. (Repeated requests to speak with Murrey to find out whether the district would consider using any ?of those funds to save the lost jobs were denied.)
District spokesperson Angela Burrell says cuts like this are affecting all districts and that SAUSD’s declining enrollment has contributed to the shearing of its staff.
Santa Ana Unified is the biggest district in the county, with more than 54,000 students and an operating budget of more than $552 million. Capistrano Unified—OC’s second-largest district, with 51,000 students—recently eliminated only 62 full-time and 67 part-time employees. However, Garden Grove Unified, the third largest in the county with 48,000 students, didn’t cut any of its 2,647 full- and part-time positions, even though it is also facing enrollment declines and has a $515 million budget.
Burrell says things could change at any time regarding the job cuts, but she couldn’t confirm whether the district will use either of the big funds to bring back hundreds of fired employees.
DALTAN@OCWEEKLY.COM
Before we dip into the rainy day fund, why are we not looking at the bloated district office staff? There are many questionable positions with obsure titles and vague duties filled by employees that seem to have nowhere to go.
And in the midst of all of these cuts, not one of them has been cut, in fact, I think their ranks are growing.
Our beloved CSEA President, Rafael Sandoval has been recalled…….
maybe now he can grow grass…and do his job..right.
Since he wont have any excuses as to why he is not on site..
About time classified employees woke up….
#562 and #565
There were an awful lot of employees who just took their job cuts by zoning out in stages of quiet disbelief and helplessness. That is exactly the opposite reaction of what is required in dealing with SAUSD “decisions” that affect employment. RIF’ed workers are going to have to network and become outraged and refuse to let the district fire them, as a whole.
Many of the affected job losses will impact employees who live in Santa Ana and who send their kids to SA schools. The severity of the cuts will no doubt affect the schools’ ability to deliver sound educational services to students. There really is a double impact on so many residents as the schools will have an even harder time doing the job it is supposed to do, while community parents now become unemployed and no longer even have the safety net of their health care packages for their families.
Aren’t there enough forclosures in Santa Ana already?
Wake up, people. No one is coming to the rescue. Local newspapers, the Weekly and even this blog have shown you that others are willing to support you getting back you jobs. But YOU will have to demand them back. You’ll have think about how bad it is going to be for your families in just a few short months when you no longer have your monthly pay and you no longer have a health care strategy in place for your family. In less than 6 months, it will be Christmas time when families tradtionally celebrate holidays with family and friends. It is really going to suck this year if you are out of work and, gracious me, if someone in your family needs medical attention and you don’t have the independent means to pay for it.
You’re going nowhere unless you get angry and realize how shafted you are right now. Your own city school system has dumped your jobs and severely compromised your childrens’ education at one fell swoop.
You gotten rid of your good-for-nothing union president. That’s a good move, and long overdue. Now you have just weeks before the beginning of school and you’ve got to have a plan on how to get the school district to do the right thing and figure out a way to budget all your jobs back in. Your jobs were not “frivolous”. Don’t be ashamed and intimidated. Demand that the board and the superintendent figure out another way to balance the budget.
Everyone should also be paying attention to which board members were responsible for this shortcut in balancing the budget – including the board president who seems to be unaffected that he fired his own auntie who raised him. He’s not much of a man for betraying good people.
You need to be a registered voter and you need to specifically target those board members for removal. Rosie and John were your only allies. You need to let them know that their shameful treatment of students and employees will not be tolerated. It’s not tolerated in other school districts and SAUSD residents deserve much better.
Demand that the bloated club of administrators be cut in half. None of them are fiscally responsible and their laziness is costing YOU YOUR jobs.
SAUSD continues to remodel district office space.
#566 –
CSEA doesn’t have the huevos to stand up to the district and SAEA is spineless when it comes to standing side-by-side with their collegues.
This is why the BoE, Supt and her admins get away with this crap. It’s conquer and divide under the tutelage of the Superintendent, Noji, Richardson & Hernandez.
Tuesday’s board meeting may be significant for you, but you need to get involved in the upcoming city and school board elections. If SAEA can stick their nose into raising the taxes of those who own property within SAUSD, then they can pony up money, time, and talent to help defeat school board members Hernandez and Richardson and mayor Miguel Pulido. After all, its Pulido who pulls the power strings in this city.
Scroll down and click on the donate button for Art Pedroza, Council Member Ward 3. Just do it!
It’s time to draw your line in the sand and stand tall.
I’m not exactly sure what CSEA or the classified staff expects SAEA and the certificated staff to do at this point other than attend the board meeting and try to help, IF they are even aware what is happening. Please remember that the majority of the certificated staff is completely in the dark about the cuts as they were already on summer break when they occurred. I did receive an e-mail from SAEA today asking that those who have expressed their outrage at the situation attend the board meeting. However, this is only because I am receiving SAEA mail through my regular e-mail address. The majority of certificated personnel only receive district e-mail and most do not check it during the summer. Suffice it to say, the certificated staff is going to be shocked when they return from their break and find the classified staff all but gone. It may be the case that SAEA isn’t fighting for the classified staff as they should, but please remember that school hasn’t begun yet and the district went to great lengths to keep this information from teachers.
So look… what about next school year?? Are there more cuts coming to classified?? I mean really..They can’t cut any of them any more.. Or will we just go back to taking a cut from teachers and asking classified to take 5 or ten days without pay? I really want to know if this year is it or are we looking for more cuts next school year? Do you think ousting the idiot Board President out and his cronies will help? I am all for getting rid of these people..as are most of who I am talking with. I just feel for some of the people who have been cut at my school.
The thing that gets me is that HR is telling them to bump people in their old positions that they had. Ok fine. They have a job then BUT most of the clerical staff has to take a step back into jobs that they had before. HELLO! If they wanted to stay in those postions do you really think they would of left them in the first place? They also go down in pay if they do that. How sad. Most will do that..All will be unhappy. I hear we have some coming to our school who do not want to be there but they have to because “it’s a job”.
Our staff will suffer with these people who are bitter..(I don’t blame them)have to come to our school AND the current staff will suffer because they are now to say goodbye to the current people who have been doing those jobs (and doing a damn good job at that) and these people who are layed off have to stick around till the day before school starts and give 100% just to know that in a few weeks they will be jobless. As one office worker told me..”Its hard to give 100% knowing in a few more days I will not have a job” I’m sorry I am very upset..and yes. I did call my union, yes..I heard we are working on things. I am very fortunate that I was not cut. But what about next year? Do I leave a job I LOVE..(I’m very lucky to love my job) or do I just start applying for jobs all around now because of rumors that “we are next” People saying that “only office managers and custodians are safe” Thank you for letting me vent. I’m sorry if I have spelling errors as I don’t really feel like going back and proof reading this thing..
I’m happy/sad. Will be returning to my same school but at 1/2 time. I’m one of the lucky ones in that I will work 4 hours a day with benefits. However, how can one be happy when their salary will be cut in half but the workload will remain the same. Go figure!
For All Parents, Student, and Staff of the SAUSD
Join us to
Rescind Layoffs & Cure Russo-Olsky-Itis
August 12th – BBQ / Rally / March
At 4 P.M.
Laborer’s Hall.
1532 East Chestnut Ave, Santa Ana, CA 92701
SAUSD IS SICK WITH
“RUSSO-OLSKY-ITIS”
Is a disease caused by poor leadership resulting in the decline of quality Education for Santa Ana Children.
Send the School Board a “Get Well Soon” message and cure Russo-Olsky-Itis
Contact Information: Kenny Wilson, (714) 532-7135 or Pilar Sanchez, (714) 600-5158
kwilson@csea.com csea41sanchez@hotmail.com
The BofE is the only entity that can make the Superintendent accountable since it is within their purview to hire and fire the Superintendent. And as long as Richardson and Hernandez are sitting on the school board that will never happen. Hernandez is Noji’s lap dog.
Send a clear & loud message to Richardson and Hernandez on Nov. 4 — vote Thomas Gordon for school board.
Russo-Olsy-Itis –
These two gals were not pleased with the Russo-Olsky-Itis chant and were pissed with the antics of the get well cards.
The Superintendent pulls down $250,000 a year and doesn’t have a doctorate in education; she doesn’t speak Spanish, the primary language of the customers she serves; and is clueless when it comes to a school budget.
Who benefits from a puppet Superintendent?
I agree with everything (anon #574)except “she doesn’t speak Spanish”. Oops gosh, I thought we were living in America.
Was wondering if anyone knew about the SPECIAL BOARD MEETING this Saturday at Segerstrom?
#575 –
You need a reality check – the Superintendent serves over 52,000 students which translates to about 100,000 parents. When one “serves” such a large constituency it is prudent that one effectively communicate with those customers. In a Walgreen’s world it would be ideal if everyone spoke English, but they do not.
Your this is America routine smacks of a bumper sticker from the last century — America, love it or leave it. 100% crap.
Well I’m mexican and I don’t speak spanish.. I work in SAUSD.. are you saying I shouldn’t #575?
Yes, 578, that is exactly the statement. Most of my students’ parents only speak Spanish. I am in constant communication with them, and I speak Spanish with them. Most parents don’t hear about their child’s progress simply because English only SAUSD employees LIKE YOU refuse to make that extra effort. Do us a favor and quit. Go to Irvine or some other monolingual/monolithic district.
#579, that is a rude comment coming from an educator. Did it you ever think that maybe #578 is working at the D.O. where most of the office positions do not need to be Bilingual. Case in point, we have a Superintendent who is not Bilingual yet is earning how much money from the tax payers of Santa Ana? Who cares if she lives in the city. More reason to speak the language. So who really needs to go and work in Irvine- #578 or the Sup.
Maybe you should quite and go to Mexico. If I go to Mexico, I’m expected to speak Spanish. My family were immigrants also, and they learned English, and I grew up speaking English.
to # 579 that would be “quit”.
No! My parents didnt speak spanish to my family #579! And it’s none of your business what language I speak and DO NOT SPEAK. How dare you! Who the hell do you think you are!? Hell no
I’m not quitting. Why because your lame self has to think all should speak spanish. You are the one who needs a reality check. You should not be a teacher with that kind of attitude! I have never heard such a statment from anyone! There are so many in the schools who do not speak spanish. and do you know what..they have been there for a long time. I know certain phrases that get me by..can I make a ful conversation..?No. I find some parents know english but just are afraid to use it. When you encourage them they try. I appreciate that.. when I try to talk to them..they appreciate that. Even if it is not enough..they see that and I have NEVER met a parent who has been mad or rude that I don’t speak it fully. They want there children (who are english speakers) to continue and get a good education. I would think that is the bottom line here. For you to make such a statement to me is beyond me. By the way I am not a teacher. I am in this profession and work here because I went to S.A. high schools growing up. Gee..makes me now think how many teachers think like you.. not many from the teachers that I see who taught me and who I still see. So you are in the norm. Did I mention I’m not quitting.. so talk all you want.
Sounds like the only here who needs to quit is you # 579. I am shocked at your comments!
You’re right it’s not my business nor did I ask you for your personal anecdote to justify yourself.
I stand by my original comment. I am a proponent of having bilingual ability. So you speak only one language, and if you can get by with that and can accept your limited opportunities, more power to you. However, it’s a great disservice to the community you serve. I’m certainly not the one who needs to quit.
I still beg to differ 585. This person wasn’t trying to “justify themselves” It’s a free country you live in so get used to people not agreeing with everything you say. I rest my case. If you feel the need to babble on you go right ahead. You both have a opinion and have a right to it. I still feel you are one sided here. I work at a school where there is 4 teachers who are hispanic and they do not speak spanish one speaks limited spanish. They are great teachers!!!
# 585 How I envy you- the ability to be ignorant, intolerant and uninformed in 2 languages.
The ability to speak other languages is a wonderful talent, however is should not be a requirement.
Should the President of the United States be required to speak Spanish? I believe he serves more than 100,000 constituents.
#588
Poster #577 blogged it would be prudent if the Superintendent spoke Spanish. Your post has transitioned into required. I certainly hope you know the difference between prudent and required.
For a variety of reasons, I agree with #577, it would have been prudent if the Board of Education cited Spanish-speaking as a requirement for the Superintendent positon. Of course, most do not recognize that the Board failed to list a doctorate in education or prior experience as superintendent of an urban school district as prerequisites. SAUSD is the fifth largest school district in the state and the Board missed the mark on these important standards.
Sofie #578 – I don’t think you should quit your position at SAUSD because you’re monolinguistic, however I’d wager it would be an asset to you and those you serve, if you did speak Spanish.
I’m in the medical profession and it is not required that I speak Spanish, however as a healthcare professional I have found it prudent to “communicate” with the patients and families I serve.
As compassionate and caring professionals sometimes it’s that extra effort one invests in themselves that makes all the difference.
Sofie, invest in yourself and learn to speak Spanish. Expand your horizons; life is an ongoing educational journey.
Sorry to change the subject, but when is this site going to get rid of the picture of Mijares?
So what if the most qualified, educated, and experienced person, does not speak Spanish? Let me reiterate, I believe being bilingual is an asset. Please don’t interpret this to mean I think Russo is qualified. I’m just asking the question.
Realtyck,
Bilingual (English/Spanish) is an asset for the SAUSD Superintendent and it would have been “prudent” if the BofE had exercised better judgement when setting the requirements of its current Superintendent.
1.) one qualification the BofE should have put in place was all candidates must have a doctrate in eduction.
2.) candidate should have experience as a Superintendent of a urban school district with a student population 30,000+.
3.)Candidate should be bilingual English/Spanish
I know the language qualification irks you, however I cannot imagine any major company placing its most qualified CEO or CFO in one of its foreign operations and not requiring that person to speak the language. What good is it to have the best and brightest when he/she cannot communicate with those they depend on to make their operations a success? An essential component of leadership is communication. And for that reason it would have been prudent for the BofE to take into consideration the language factor.
On this we agree to disagree.
#593 (I’m guessing since SMS keeps changing things)
When did SAUSD become a “foreign operation”? I don’t think it matters if the superintendent is bilingual or not. But it would help if she was competent.
This is a side issue I’m sure that CSEA loves since the basic question somewhere up above was that the teachers were not deprived of their benefits when reinstated while classified/ie CSEA may have negotiated away part of our insurance option package just like they have done time and again for the last 20 years.
School Police and District Safety Officers have received NO communication from CSEA as to the eleven month status. Is the eleven month status forever? Just this year? I can only assume it remains the same. Safey officers are required to take a month off and police officers must take off fourteen hours per month.
Anyone know what’s happening?
See how much money Camille Boden got for SAUSD. Only Chicago got more than SAUSD. See for yourself. Now ask yourself……where did the money go?
Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools Discretionary Grant Program for 2007
Q184E070062
Santa Ana Unified School District
Santa Ana, CA
Camille Boden
$708,769
http://www.ed.gov/programs/dvpemergencyresponse/184e07awards.pdf
It seems like this blog has forgotten the students at Franklin Elementary School. Remember the boys with the leukemia. Some of them have died. Everyone has covered this thing up. False reports have been submitted to cover SAUSD’s responsibility. The city of Santa Ana is to blame for their part in the cover up. Even the Orange County’s epidemiologist, Dr. Hildy Meyers won’t tell the truth. I thought she would help find the solution to this problem. Without listening to anything I said, she dismissed my information and
gave me another person to call about the problem. She told the O.C.Register that it was within acceptable levels. The O.C.Register wrote back verbatim…….
“i think it’s a very emotional issue and, of course, science is rarely 100
percent certain. but, hildy meyer’s response aside, it looked to me as
though several agencies and academics made all reasonable tests they could
to find any indication of a cluster there and came up empty.
it’s always possible something was missed, but i’ve covered these issues
for a long time and i was particularly impressed with the thoroughness
with
which the tests and statistical analyses were done…”
It doesn’t matter what I try to say, it makes no difference. It is hard to stick up for one’s rights and even harder if you are a child. Just remember that school is full of toxic lead, arsenic, and other heavy metal waste. Teachers and staff have also gotten cancer, had grand mall seizures, had physical and allergic reactions, and some have died.
Somewhere out there…. someone has the ability to change all this. Thanks for listening.
#595
Thank you for the reminder.
Camille Boden has wasted that much money on lawsuits from workman compensation cases. She fights every claim justified or not. Some employees have been in litigation with Risk Management and the district for years, and the district just keeps on losing both the cases and the legal fees.
The latest soccer mess profiles her incompetence and her ‘cat eradication’ project last year should make anyone consider her qualifications and sanity. Strange that Risk management never made the news or cost the district so much money under the prior risk manager.
Is there going to be a new CSEA contract/handbook more recent than the 2004-2007 coming out in the near future? Without an updated contract for certificated and classified, I think it only strenghtens the position of the people who abuse their power at SAUSD.
#596
I haven’t heard about the “cat eradication” project. I’m not kidding you when I say I’ve seen rats bigger than cats at various SAUSD schools. Without the cats, the rats will take over for sure.
She has a lot of power coming from somewhere. People have figured it out and are so scared they remain silent.
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#598
Not to worry about the cats. The targets were only the ones at the district office. Boden could not have cared less about the cats at the schools.
I believe it was last summer this came up. One of the district employees, commonly known as the cat lady, has been taking care of them for years. Boden got a wild hair about the cats or the district employee and wanted all the cats removed. It made the paper and was talked about a lot here on this thread. As far as I know Boden backed off once it went public.
#599
A very worthy cause. People, including myself, have short memories (especially when the district wants something forgotten) Please keep reminding everyone about this link.