Worth Watching

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8577255250907450469&pr=goog-sl

CUSD Gives Superitendent Raise

District prepares to trim 427 jobs, including 266 teachers as state cuts loom.

http://www.ocregister.com/news/budget-salary-class-1988231-cut-school

PROTECT PROP 98 CAMPAIGN – IMMEDIATE ACTION NEEDED

SHOUT OUT FOR SCHOOLS DAY
MONDAY, MARCH 3, 2008

We are trying to FLOOD the Capitol phone lines with phone calls!

We need to put pressure on the governor and the legislature now.
They need to know that we do not want them to suspend Prop 98.
By protecting Prop 98 CUSD will not have to make many of those proposed $28 million cuts that will be so devastating to our students.

ANYTIME BETWEEN 9AM & 5PM ON MONDAY, MARCH 3RD, ALL PARENTS & CONCERNED CITIZENS PLEASE DO THE FOLLOWING:

Call (best) or e-mail (if you can’t get through on the phone) Governor Schwarzenegger, Education committee members & California’s First Lady, Maria Shriver, to let them know that you are extremely upset with the Governor’s proposal to cut funding to education next year and that you want to see Proposition 98 upheld. (Prop 98 is the minimum funding guarantee for education funding). We have selected these people because a) it’s the Governor’s proposal & b) the committee members are the ones currently meeting to discuss the proposed education budget cuts.

This list is put together in priority order. If you only have time for one phone call or e-mail, please contact the Governor. Next, call Jack Scott etc.

A staffer will answer the phone and it will usually be a very brief conversation – about one minute. If the staffer asks why you are calling this particular person when you are not a constituent, say it’s because they are making decisions that will affect all the children in California, including ours in CUSD.

Here’s what you say (or something similar) to Governor Schwarzenegger:

• My name is_____________, and I am a member of Capistrano Unified PTA, in Orange County.
• I urge Governor Schwarzenegger NOT to be the terminator of public education
• I am very unhappy with his proposed $4.8 billion budget cut to California’s schools. This will severely damage the quality of education in our state and prevent many students from ever reaching their full potential.
• Please tell him to find a better solution to balance the state’s $16 billion deficit without doing it on the backs of children.
• Please tell him to NOT suspend Prop 98.
  

If you e-mail the Governor:

• You have to pick a subject - select "Budget"
• You also have to check either "pro" or "con" - select "con".
• Text for you to cut & paste is on next page - or using your own words is even better:
  

Dear Governor Schwarzenegger,

I am a member of the Capistrano Unified PTA, in Orange County, and I strongly urge you NOT to be the terminator of public education.

I am very unhappy with your proposed $4.8 billion budget cut to California’s schools. This will severely damage the quality of education in our state and prevent many students from ever reaching their full potential.

Please find a better solution to balance the state’s $16 billion deficit without doing it on the backs of children and WITHOUT SUSPENDING PROP 98.

Thank you,
Your name & address


Here’s what you say (or something similar) to the Education committee members:

• My name is_____________, and I am a member of Capistrano Unified PTA, in Orange County.
• I am very unhappy with the Governor’s proposed $4.8 billion budget cut to California’s schools. This will severely damage the quality of education in our state and prevent many students from ever reaching their full potential.
• Please tell _______________ to REJECT the Governor’s proposed education budget and do NOT allow a suspension of Prop 98.
  

People to contact:

1. Governor Schwarzenegger
   916 – 445 - 2841
   http://gov.ca.gov/interact
2. Jack Scott **
   Chair, Senate Budget Sub-Committee for education
   916 – 651 - 4021
3. Julia Brownley **
   Chair, Assembly Budget Sub-Committee for education
   916 – 319 – 2041
   http://legplcms01.lc.ca.gov/PublicLCMS/ContactPopup.aspx?district=AD41&
4. Maria Shriver **
   First Lady of California
   916 - 445 - 2841
5. Mark Wyland **
   Vice Chair, Senate Ed committee
   916 - 651- 4038
   http://legplcms01.lc.ca.gov/PublicLCMS/ContactPopup.aspx?district=SD38
6. Martin Garrick **
   Vice Chair, Assembly Ed
   916 – 319 - 2074
   

** We have to phone these members. We are unable to e-mail them because they only
take e-mail correspondence from their own constituents.

California Education Reform Article

This is a good article on education reform in California, when a great explanation of proposition 98. Click Here, for the article.

or

You can read the Prop 98 Primer. This article contains graphs and analysis on the failed history of Proposition 98. It also highlights some of the problems with Proposition 98.

Please make your voices heard!

Hi Everyone,

Please check out the attached flier.

It explains how you can go about contacting Sacramento regarding the state's fiscal crisis and its impact on education. I urge you to do this! Please let our elected officials know that you expect them to maintain Prop 98 and not make cuts to educational funding!

At a meeting I attended yesterday, Superintendent Carter, Trustee Stiff, and Kim Anderson, legislative chair for CUCPTSA all stressed the importance of voicing your concerns. As Mr. Carter stated, "Silence is concurrence!" So, let's not be silent! PTA is stressing advocacy right now, while CUSD Foundation puts together a plan for fundraising. Let your neighbors, family, business associates, dry cleaners, guy who bags your groceries, dentist, pediatrician, piano teacher, sports coach, anyone who cares about California's future know how to contact Sacramento (you don't have to have children to understand the importance of education). Make it easy for them, forward them my email or print it out and ask them to send a quick email message to Sacramento.

Any questions, let me know.

Thank you!
Dana Lush

MonaVie party

Martene Africa is hosting a MonaVie party.

Location:	Martene's House
When:	Wednesday, February 27, 7:00PM
Phone:	949-492-5654

"MonaVie is the pulp, peel, skin and seed of the most powerful antioxidant in the world...the Acai berry from Brazil(grown in the Amazon Rainforest). Monavie also adds 18 other fruits(all organic) that were specifically chosen for their anti-inflammatory properties. They then add a plant-based glucosamine(from palm oil) for muscles and joints. I have my BS in Nutritional Science and after studying this product and others out there, I have come to realize that there is NOTHING that even compares to MonaVie."

I have personally tried MonaVie and I think it is a great product for those looking to live a health living lifestyle.

For more information on Martene's MonaVie Party, please contact her at ameafrica@yahoo.com.

Health Inspection Record

If you are interested in knowing the quality of the restaurant you are going to be eating at in Orange County, then check out: http://foodinspections.ocgov.com/foodinspections/

School Board Meeting February 11, 2008

URGENT!

Vista Del Mar Elementary and Middle School Attendance Boundaries will be decided at an important SCHOOL BOARD MEETING next Monday!!!

Please note that ALL neighborhoods of Talega are still at risk of being redistricted from Vista Del Mar Elementary to Lobo.

All members of the public are urged to attend and show support for our community.

Event

Date: Monday, February 11, 2008
Time: 7:00 p.m.


Scheduled by the CUSD Board of Trustees


Location: CUSD Education Center
33122 Valle Road, San Juan Capistrano
Directions: I-5 FWY NORTH. Exit CAMINO CAPISTRANO/SAN JUAN CREEK. Turn RIGHT on VALLE (stop sign on off ramp). Continue past the Volkswagen dealer to the end of the street.

Flyer presented by: Kids Count Foundation [kidscountfoundation@yahoo.com]

Go out and Vote

Today is election day in the OC. Important not only for electing a presidential candidate but also for Props 92 -97 and Measure C.

92: Community Colleges Funding.
93: Term limits
94-97: Indian Gaming
C: Pacific Golf Course

Save Trestles Meeting

IMPORTANT!!!
All You Need to Know About
the Feb 6, Del Mar

The California Coastal
Commission Hearing

to Save Trestles and San Onofre.

BE THERE to save it
click here for details

More information - Save Trestles.

CUSD RESPONSE TO THE STATE FISCAL CRISIS

TOWN HALL FORUMS – CUSD RESPONSE TO THE STATE FISCAL CRISIS: Superintendent Woodrow Carter will present information on the State’s fiscal crisis and what it will mean to CUSD at a series of Town Hall meetings to be held from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. on the following dates and locations:

• Wednesday, February 6 at Tesoro High School
• (Monday, February 11 – Board Meeting, Education Center, 7:00 p.m. —2008-09 budget will be discussed)
• Wednesday, February 13 at Aliso Niguel High School
• Wednesday, February 20 at San Clemente High School
• (Monday, February 25 – Special Board Meeting, Education Center, 6:00 p.m. – Vote on tentative budget for 2008-09)
• Wednesday, February 27 at Capistrano Valley High School
• Thursday, February 28 at Dana Hills High School

Photos regarding the toll road!

Calling all surfers, nature lover's, open land lover's etc.... You will get so sick when you see these photos. Click below. I found this article on Surfline.com

I will be going to this meeting next week and I know some of you that are joining the Trestles peops.

Sue

http://www.surfline.com/surfnews/photo_bamp.cfm?id=13362&ad=1