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Negotiations Update #1 March 31, 2015

What happened during negotiations on March 30, 2015?

Our second day of negotiations took place on March 30, 2015. The following was discussed:

Instructional Minutes K-12
The district’s proposal of standardizing K-6 instructional minutes
Kurt Suhr addressed district-wide K-6 Instructional minutes
Steve McLaughlin addressed district-wide 7-12 Instructionalminutes
We reviewed the secondary training schedule
Discussed the impact of a secondary 8 period Block Schedule
Raised questions related to the 8 period block schedule- specifically I.B., zero periods, and athletic periods.
Questions were raised about

Open Letter from John Caldecott to NMUSD Employees

Dear NMFT Members,

As you may know, the School Board took action to terminate John Caldecott's employment at the January 27, 2015 School Board meeting. One thing that came to light at this meeting was John Caldecott's request for public information and the Board's refusal to provide it.

Since N-MFT has a shared interest with all members of the Newport-Mesa Community and the general public to ensure that our School Board is transparent, we will be making the same request for information as John Caldecott.

You may share this message with anyone to/from private email addresses, but please DO NOT use any district property, such as copy machines, computers, or district email, to distribute this letter.

Please see John's message below.