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Send us your comments Letters to the editor regarding stories appearing in California Educator may be sent via mail, fax or e-mail. address: California Educator Magazine CTA Communications 1705 Murchison Drive Burlingame, CA 94010-4583 fax: e-mail: (650) 552-5002 editor@cta.org Create a cartoon concept We invite members to send in cartoon concepts for future issues of the Educator. All we ask is that your ideas deal with current events in education and captions are no longer than one sentence long. Please use the information above to send your cartoon ideas through mail, fax or e-mail. “We want you to be excited about learning, but we’ve had to make a few adjustments.” LETTERS LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor: Having not yet received a hard copy of the April ’09 California Educator, I chose to view the interactive version on the CTA website. I really enjoyed the Pink Friday article “I’ve Received a Pink Slip. Now What?” — especially given that it was our big event of the month. I thought the ar- ticle contained some very good advice for laid-off teachers and staff, and answered questions that some teachers have re- cently asked me. I hope members will take advantage of this good information and pass it on to others. Also, I was struck with how easy and fun it was to flip through and read the interactive ver- sion of the Educator. California Teachers Association April 2009 Volume 13 Issue 7 PINK FRIDAY EVENTS > Page 6 PINK SLIP ADVICE > Page 14 MAY 19 SPECIAL ELECTION VOTER GUIDE George Melendez CTA Board Member 6 California Educator | MAY 2009 Dear Editor: I’m writing in response to an article writ- ten in the March issue of California Educator entitled “San Francisco Charter Creates Own Union, Enlists CTA for Help” [page 23]. I was vice principal at Edison Charter School during the academic year 2006-07. The implication that I resigned from my position in the fall, after the entire board resigned, is false. I tendered my resignation in the spring of 2007. The principal fol- lowed shortly after, and the board members resigned piecemeal over several months. The allegation that my resignation had any connection with the union’s request for the school’s fi nancial records is also false. I was not aware of any communication between the union and the school adminis- tration regarding the disclosure of fi nancial records, nor was I involved in the negotia- tion process with the union. In fact, the only responsibility that I had that related to the school’s fi nances was procurement of school materials and curriculum. And I would have welcomed any scrutiny into the details of those eff orts. Given the contentious nature of the school board while I was the vice principal, I was extremely sympathetic to the teachers’ attempts to gain representation through unionizing. I would not expect the sources of this article to be aware of the various factors behind my resignation. California Teachers Association March 2009 Volume 13 Issue 6 ELIMINATE 2ND-GRADE TESTING > Page 33 CTA-SPONSORED BILL TO READ ACROSS AMERICA READING IS COOL! > Page 24 VIRTUAL FIELD TRIPS > Page 18 SCHOOL BEHIND BARS TEACHING INCARCERATED STUDENTS > Page 8 Amy Fisher Probst, San Francisco The Educator appreciates Amy Fisher Probst’s support of teachers during this tumultuous period of Edison Charter Academy and thanks her for setting the record straight on the true reasons for her resignation. Editor Dave Crosland, hiredmeat@gmail.com