Oakland Schools Labor Coalition

Labor’s budget proposals to District Feb.-Mar. 2010

Oakland Schools Labor Coalition• AFSCME 257: Custodians, food service, aides to

handicapped• AFT 771: Adult Ed hourly teachers• BTC: Building Trades workers• IBT: Warehouse workers & drivers• OEA: Classroom teachers, education professionals• SEIU 1021: Administrative, instructional staff• UAOS: Certificated & classified administrators• Alameda Labor Council, AFL-CIO

Here’s the money…Overview1 Excess management, salaries (site & ctrl ofc) $10 million

2 Unmandated testing $10 million

3 State Trustee $317,500

4 Outsourcing / consultant contracts $5 million

5 New Teacher Project $1 million

6 School consolidation (3-4 schools) $1 million

7 Reduce reserve from 2% to 1% $4.6 million

8Waive payments on state loan, fines for violating state ed code

$7 million

9 Adult Education (non-classroom instruction) $1 million

10 Measures E/G (misallocated portion) $5 million

$35 million

Excess management, salaries

• 80 x $125,000 = $10 million / year• State’s 55% rule is 8 administrators / 100 teachers• Ed. Code 41372• Eliminate unnecessary NEXOs & office overhead,

top administrators (total cost is $3.3 million)• Audit of OUSD found as many as 78 excess

management positions in 2006-07

Unmandated testing

• $10 million / year• Money wasted on technology alone – at least $5 million / year

• At least $5 million is wasted on contractors, unnecessary testing staff time • Developing test• Validating questions• Producing / distributing tests• Administering tests• Scoring / assessing tests• Analyzing test results• Gaming the test / “teaching to the test”• Professional development on how to teach to the test – developing, presenting• Additional technology for testing: hardware and software

State Trustee

• $317,500 / year

• What work does Trustee perform?

• Will State reimburse District for Audit findings from Trusteeship period?

• Transfer by Jack O’Connell to charter schools of $500,000

Consultant contracts, outsourcing

• Minimum $5 million / year…• Review every dollar for duplication• Utilize in-house talent• Evaluate consultants, track outcomes• Redirect contracted-out coaching, professional

development, PD presentations, new teacher recruitment and subsidies to in-District resources

The New Teacher Project

• $1.2 million• How effective are Teach for America, Oakland

Teacher Fellows?• Do these programs provide stability?• Re-invest in District’s community, build a future in

the District; Stabilize, professionalize workforce• Shift to Teach Tomorrow in Oakland

Consolidate (not close) schools• Reluctantly, in the context of drastic cuts, work to

preserve small schools wherever possible while eliminating duplicate management

• Respect parents, community in process – strive for stability and confidence

• Assess the 13 most recently divided schools (now more than 30) and consolidation, not closure

• Improve safety and security, compromised on divided campuses

Reduce “reserve for economic uncertainty”

• Temporarily reduce from 2% ($8 million) to 1% ($4 million) - one-time savings

• Seek a waiver under these extraordinary circumstances

Payments on State Loan • $6 million / year for 5 years• Seek legislative support to waive or suspend payments• Seek State reimbursement for Audit findings under state receivership,

especially in Attendance, State/Fed Compliance• $1 million / year • OUSD is fined more than $1 million / year for violations. The money goes to

the state – even though the state was responsible for the violations under the state takeover.

Impact of State takeover

2002-03 $37 million deficit

2009-10 $100 million debt

Adult Education

• Eliminated 200 teachers - only 150 teachers remain

• 9 non-classroom-instruction = salary $804,000

• Non-classroom-instruction support staff = salary $281,000

• Total $1,085,000

Measures E & G• Permanent parcel tax to "attract and retain qualified

credentialed teachers" and "maintain small class sizes“

• Generates $20 million / year in revenue• $5 million misallocated – mostly coaching and

professional development – including professional development for principals and Nexo's!

• Spending authorized by state administrator without community oversight since April 2008

Total savings1 Excess management, salaries (site & ctrl ofc) $10 million

2 Unmandated testing $10 million

3 State Trustee $317,500

4 Outsourcing / consultant contracts $5 million

5 New Teacher Project $1 million

6 School consolidation (3-4 schools) $1 million

7 Reduce reserve from 2% to 1% $4.6 million

8Waive payments on state loan, fines for violating state ed code

$7 million

9 Adult Education $1 million

10 Measures E/G (misallocated portion) $5 million

$35 million

Oakland Schools Labor Coalition

We make this District work

AFSCME 257: Custodians, food service, aides to handicapped

AFT 771: Adult Ed hourly teachers

BTC: Building Trades workers

IBT: Warehouse workers & drivers

OEA: Classroom teachers, education professionals

SEIU 1021: Administrative, instructional staff

UAOS: Certificated & classified administrators

Alameda Labor Council, AFL-CIO