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DAILY UPDATE #1 --
3/16/2020
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AASD Office Closure: March 16 through
April 3, 2020
Dear AASD Members in Good
Standing, Affiliate Members
and Retired Members:
AASD will be sending out a
daily update,
Monday-Friday, throughout the
school closure period.
At this time, schools are
closed through April 3, with
students returning April
6. Of course, that is
open to modification as we go
into the upcoming weeks.
The AASD Office will
remain closed during the
period of time the district is
closed. AASD staff will
be working remotely and can be
reached at the contact
information at the end of this
e-mail.
AASD has created a Google Form
for AASD Members to report
issues, questions or concerns
regarding work-related issues
and the COVID-19 virus.
Any issues, questions or
concerns submitted via the
Google form will be shared
daily with the District.
AASD will then share the
answers to issues, questions
or concerns submitted as those
answers are received from the
district. Our first set
of answers is below.
The link to share
issues/questions/concerns
is:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeVSsqBQSHboCdgqbnpaucUY--DHKjosG8MAmRuCxawzB4blg/viewform?usp=sf_link
Please do not share this link
outside of AASD membership
(classified and certificated
management/supervisors).
The link will be active until
this crisis is over.
PLEASE CHECK THE DISTRICT’S
WEBSITE TO ENSURE YOUR
ISSUE/QUESTION/CONCERN HAS NOT
ALREADY BEEN ADDRESSED
THERE.
Q and A (March 16,
2020)
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1. Q - Are AASD-represented
employees (classified and
certificated) paid during
the district closure?
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A – Yes, all monthly,
salaried AASD-represented
members are paid during the
closure of the District.
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2. Q --
Is the central office (Ed
Center and other central
office locations) open or
closed?
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A – All central offices are
closed. Select
“essential personnel” (such as
School Police) are to report
to work as directed by their
supervisor. Other
central office personnel are
working remotely from home as
directed by their
supervisor.
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3. Q –
Are some AASD members being
required to report to work
during the closures?
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A – Yes, essential personnel
(such as school police and
food services supervisors) are
required to report.
Others may be too, but we are
still receiving information on
that.
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4. Q --
Is the school year going to
be extended in order to make
up for lost days for
students?
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A -- The District is
waiting for guidance from the
State on this topic.
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5. Q --
Will employees who either
self-quarantined or
employees who were sent home
from work due to possible
symptoms have their leave
banks replenished for the
time they were absent?
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A -- Yes. Effective
March 9, 2020, the District
created an alternative paid
sick leave absence type for
all regular monthly employees.
Please be patient as the
district works through this.
For more information,
employees can check with
District website at: https://sites.google.com/sandi.net/covid19/staff-info
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6. Q --
Will the days employees
aren’t reporting to work
effect our retirement for
calendar days worked this
year? I’m planning on
retiring June 30, 2020. I
want to know if this is
going to effect my
years/time worked?
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A – The closure days will not
affect anyone’s
retirement. All monthly
salaried employees are in paid
status during the
closure. CalPERS and
CalSTRS reporting will show
all employees in paid
status.
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7. Q
-- The announcement of
school closures going out to
news stations prior to the
Principals being able to
release information created
a lot of problems. Parents
were upset that the news was
informing them before me.
The office staff spent hours
not doing their regular work
to field phone calls from
about 9:30 AM through the
end of the school day. It
would have been a better
choice to send this closer
to the end of the school day
or after school was
dismissed. Understood that
this would not allow for
work to be sent home, but
since it's not going to be
required what was the point
to panic parents and have
staff deal with the phone
and email messages for
hours?
Why is information going to
the news stations and
Twitter before staff and
Principals? I just heard
from a staff member at 6:25
PM that Fox 5 has announced
that any parents who didn't
send kids on Friday will
have "no retributions." At
least attempt to alert us
first prior to news stations
please. This is problematic
and not good communication
skills. We've asked this
numerous times and yet it is
still not followed.
A -- The District agrees
that the timing of the
communications have not been
perfect. However, the
decision to close was done
jointly with LA Unified and
announcements were made sooner
than expected to the
media. In times of
crisis, unfortunately
sometimes things like this
happen. The District
leadership knows the timing
was off and apologizes for the
ramifications of that.
We have been told they are
continuing to refine how they
communicate, with whom and the
timing.
AASD Contact Information
During the District
Closure:
Executive Director, Donis
Coronel -- donis@aasdcs.org 619-813-8792
Office Manager, Linda
Crout-Hamel -- linda@aasdcs.org 619-861-2701
Office Clerk, Jim Costello
-- jim@aasdcs.org
Please keep informed via the
District’s website www.sandi.net,
Daily Updates from AASD
and via the AASD Website
www.aasdcs.org.
Be well,
Donis Coronel
Representing the AASD Board of
Directors
Donis Coronel, Executive
Director
Administrators Association of
San Diego City Schools
(AASD)
3505 Camino del Rio South,
Suite 264
San Diego, CA
92108-4037
donis@aasdcs.org
Phone (619) 295-2118
Cell (619) 813-8792
Fax (619) 295-6274
www.aasdcs.org
Contacts
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