DAILY UPDATE #14 -- 4/2/2020
 

  • AASD Office Closure

    AASD will be sending out a Daily Update, Monday-Friday, throughout the school closure period.  The AASD Office will remain closed during the period of time the schools/district are closed.  AASD staff will be working remotely and can be reached at the contact information at the end of this Update.

    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.  

    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.

    NOTE:  All previous AASD Daily Updates and Weekly Updates are located on the AASD Website www.aasdcs.org if you need to refer back to them for information.


     
  • Q and A (April 2, 2020)   (Questions were submitted by AASD members; the answers are from the District.  AASD publishes the answers as they are received from the District.)
     
    No responses were received from the District to questions that have been submitted.  All questions submitted have been sent to the District for response.

     
  • JOINT STATEMENT FROM MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING ACSA AND CASBO
    The joint statement below was discussed with the SDUSD’s Labor Relations Department this morning.  The District’s response is that they believe that any agreements made thus far are in accordance with this joint statement.

     
    Message from ACSA - At a time when the academic, physical, emotional, and mental well-being of our students and employees are paramount, management organizations like the Association of California School Administrators, California Association of School Business Officials, California County Superintendents Educational Services Association and the California School Boards Association have been collaborating with labor organizations, our state Superintendent of Public Instruction, and representatives for Gov. Gavin Newsom to help districts more expeditiously and seamlessly implement their plans for providing high-quality distance learning, serving meals, caring for younger students and paying employees. 
     
    This joint document provides agreed-upon basic principles of current school priorities and is meant to serve as a framework for labor-management collaboration. This document is not intended to abrogate, revise or affect any current law, regulation or executive order; nor does it purport to be official guidance from the California Department of Education. The framework intends to assist those parties who are working to reach agreement and is not intended to be used to disturb any memoranda of understanding already reached between local education agencies and bargaining units.
     
    The intent is to clarify and promote the following: 
    • Especially in these times, we should be collaborating and consulting with our labor partners regarding assignments, workloads and public health concerns.
    • Paying employees through 2019-2020 is contingent upon schools, county offices of education and colleges receiving their full-year funding.
    • If employees are paid through 2019-2020, classified and certificated employees should be expected to complete any assignment that is reasonably similar to their assignments before COVID-19 and any additional assignments would need to be negotiated at the appropriate time.
    • While there is an acknowledgment that emergency declarations, to date, have not suspended obligations to bargain, both management and labor organizations agree that the priority must be essential service to the public while maintaining employee safety. Management and labor organizations agree that providing essential service to the public may result in the need to take significant and time-sensitive actions, and while those essential services may trigger the obligation to bargain, that bargaining should happen as soon as practicable, but not in place of impeding the provision of the essential services to the public. 
    • Local Education Agencies should not deduct from accrued leave in the case of COVID-19 health-related absences. If an absence is not COVID-19 health-related, accrued leave may be deducted unless an employee has dependent-care needs. In that event, accrued leave may be deducted only after the employer has offered no-cost childcare and the employee has refused.
    • Currently, school district and county office of education employees have not been ordered to report to work as disaster service workers pursuant to Gov’t Code § 3100. If at any point Gov’t. Code § 3100 is effectuated, this framework was not intended to apply and should not be applied to disaster service worker assignments.
       
    Our organizations recognize the extreme challenges our respective members face in these unprecedented times. Our coalition is committed to continuing to work on your behalf to ensure you have the support you need to serve our state’s students. 

     
    Click here to review the labor-management agreement

     
  • ATTENTION AASD RETIRED MEMBERS
    If any AASD retired member needs assistance with essential items, shopping, phone check-in’s or anything else during this time of crisis, please contact one of the AASD staff member’s below who will ensure that you get help.  We know some of our valued retired members may be alone during this time and we want to assure you that we are here to support and help you.

     
  • INFORMATION FOR AASD MEMBERS REGARDING ZOOM
    AASD Members are reminded that the District’s Zoom account (virtual meetings) is the District’s account and should not be used for anything other than appropriate SDUSD school district business.  Members may set up their own personal Zoom accounts for non-school district business including chatting with family, friends and colleagues socially by using their personal e-mail address.
     
  • VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY – FOOD DISTRIBUTION
    The District continues to need to volunteers to help with handing out meals at the District Food Distribution Sites to ensure thousands of children are able to access food daily while schools are closed. Sites that are in great need of additional volunteers for the week of  April 6–10 are Ibarra, Perkins, Sherman, Chollas/Mead, Horton,  and Chavez.
    Please go to  https://sites.google.com/sandi.net/mealdistributionvolunteerinfo for more information and to sign up if you would like to volunteer!  All employees are welcome to volunteer, please share with your staff if desired.
    NOTE:  Since this volunteer opportunity is for district employees only, the link above will only work if you are logged in to Google with your district ID number and password.
     
  • SPECIAL GRATITUDE 
    If an AASD member has a department or individual that deserves special recognition during this time of crisis, please use the link above for reporting issues/questions/concerns to also show your gratitude for the department or individual.  AASD will publish that special thanks in our next Daily Update.

     
    The AASD staff thanks our IT support, Issac Silva, from YourSimpleIT, for all of his assistance and help getting AASD Staff Donis, Linda and Jim set up and connected remotely so we can continue the important work we do on behalf of our members.  Thank you, Issac!
     
  • OTHER NEWS 
    San Diego County Schools to get $8M from State for pandemic costs (San Diego Union Tribune 4/1/20)
    https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/education/story/2020-04-01/san-diego-county-schools-will-get-8-million-from-state-for-pandemic-costs
     
    Los Angeles Unified launches mental health hotline for students/families (CBS, Los Angeles, 4/1/20)
    https://mynewsla.com/education/2020/04/01/los-angeles-unified-school-district-to-open-mental-health-hotline-on-thursday/
     
    University of California Suspends SAT/ACT Requirements for 2021 Applicants (Ed Source, 4/1/20)
    https://edsource.org/2020/uc-suspends-sat-act-requirements-for-2021-applicants/627670

     
  • DISTRICT WEBSITE
    For your convenience, the District has created a list of Frequently Asked Questions.  To access that list, click the link https://sites.google.com/sandi.net/covid19/staff-info
    NOTE:  Since this is a link for district employees only, the link above will only work if you are logged in to Google with your district ID number and password.
     
  • 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.
     

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