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Sac City Unified Demands SCTA to Cease and Desist its Unlawful Effort to Block Students’ Access to the District’s Distance Learning Plan
Letter orders SCTA leadership to end attempts to create confusion for students and families preparing for distance learning
SACRAMENTO – ÇÑ×ÓÊÓƵ City Unified School District today sent a cease and desist letter to the ÇÑ×ÓÊÓƵ City Teachers Association calling on SCTA to cease its direction to its members to ignore the district’s distance learning plan and schedules. Sac City Unified students can little afford any disruption to their education, as 70 percent of students are low-income, foster youth, or English Learners. All students have been impacted by this health crisis, and require a high-quality distance learning program when school resumes.
ÇÑ×ÓÊÓƵ City Unified Adopts Student-Centered Distance Learning Plan Despite Lack of Agreement with Teachers Union
Students to receive standards-based live instruction beginning Sept. 8
SACRAMENTO – The ÇÑ×ÓÊÓƵ City Unified School District today announced that – in order to meet the academic, social, and emotional success of all students – it would move forward and implement a full distance learning plan to begin on Sept. 8, without an agreement with the ÇÑ×ÓÊÓƵ City Teachers Association (SCTA). With this plan in place, students and families can receive a class schedule for distance learning, with high quality components including a focus on essential standards and live instruction. A distance learning schedule will begin on Sept.
ÇÑ×ÓÊÓƵ City Unified Announces that Students will Begin Distance Learning on Sept. 3 as SCTA Declares Impasse
District expressed dismay over stall tactics, failing to meet the needs of our most vulnerable students; Negotiations to move to mediation as students begin school on September 3
SACRAMENTO - The ÇÑ×ÓÊÓƵ City Unified School District today announced that negotiations with the ÇÑ×ÓÊÓƵ City Teachers Association have ended as the union declared impasse. In lieu of a full agreement, students will begin distance learning on Sept. 3 and 4 with a temporary schedule including primarily asynchronous minutes. On September 1 and 2, SCTA members will receive paid professional development that will allow them to best meet the academic, social, and emotional success for all students.
ÇÑ×ÓÊÓƵ City Unified Prevails in Fight to Protect Cost Savings for Students
SACRAMENTO - ÇÑ×ÓÊÓƵ City Unified School District prevailed today in an arbitration with ÇÑ×ÓÊÓƵ City Teachers Association (SCTA) over a 2017 contract dispute between the parties regarding the application of health care savings.
The arbitrator’s decision agrees with the district and found that district did not violate the contract.
ÇÑ×ÓÊÓƵ City Unified School District Announces Next School Year to Begin with Full Distance Learning
SACRAMENTO – ÇÑ×ÓÊÓƵ City Unified School District announced today that students will begin the school year on September 3 with a full distance learning program. This decision was made in close consultation with public health officials and the ÇÑ×ÓÊÓƵ County Office of Education, to protect the health and safety of students and staff as new COVID-19 cases have drastically surged and testing results are delayed.
Kennedy High School Teacher Honored by the Special Olympics of Northern California
SACRAMENTO, CA – ÇÑ×ÓÊÓƵ City Unified Teacher Chloe Stidger was honored by the Special Olympics Northern California (SONC) for her efforts to go above and beyond for students and encouraging an environment of inclusion and acceptance. Stidger is a Special Day & Autism Teacher at John F. Kennedy High School (JFK) and was honored alongside five other teachers in Northern California.
Regional Superintendents Issue Joint Statement on Athletics and Sports Programs
SACRAMENTO - All school districts face multiple challenges in planning the 2020-21 school year including how to safely continue with robust athletic and sports programs. Sports play a significant role in the culture and communities of our schools, and the lives of many dedicated student-athletes.
Sac City Unified Leaders Issue Statement on Supreme Court Decision Saving DACA
SACRAMENTO - ÇÑ×ÓÊÓƵ City Unified School District Superintendent Jorge Aguilar and Board President Jessie Ryan issued the following statements on the Supreme Court decision overturning the repeal of DACA:
Sac City Unified to Continue Providing Kids Free Meals During Summer
Serving breakfast and lunch to anyone 18 or younger at 13 sites
SACRAMENTO - Cafeterias may be closed this summer, but children and teens can still get nutritious breakfasts and lunches at no charge throughout the ÇÑ×ÓÊÓƵ City Unified School District beginning June 15.
Sac City Unified has served nearly two million meals since the beginning of the COVID-19 closure. ÇÑ×ÓÊÓƵ two-third of SCUSD’s 40,000 students qualify for a free- or reduced-price meal through the federal school lunch program.
Sac City Unified Developing Plan for Safe Reopening of Schools after COVID-19
SACRAMENTO – ÇÑ×ÓÊÓƵ City Unified School District and 13 other local school districts, as part of an effort coordinated by the ÇÑ×ÓÊÓƵ County Office of Education (SCOE), today shared SCOE’s document of guiding principles and planning considerations regarding reopening schools for the 2020-21 school year.