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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><SPAN
class=962245002-05032005>contact: </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma> roia
ferrazares [mailto:roiapta@mindspring.com]<BR></FONT><SPAN
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<DIV><SPAN class=962245002-05032005> </SPAN>Berkeley PTA Council invites
all Berkeley Public School parents and caregivers to an informational forum on
the subject of the Teacher's Union/ School District contract dispute.</DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG>Monday, March 14th, </STRONG><STRONG>7:00pm-8:30pm</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>Longfellow Middle School Auditorium</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>1500 Derby Street in South Berkeley (At Sacramento
Street)</STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV>Spanish and Sign Language Translation Provided (unconfirmed but we're
working on it)</DIV>
<DIV>Childcare provided (with snack)</DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG>Featured speakers include:</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV>Pete Mesa, retired Oakland Unified School District Superintendent and
current Visiting Scholar at Mills College Graduate School of Education
and,</DIV>
<DIV>Mary Alice Calahan, Ph.D. candidate in Education Policy at UC Berkeley
and past teacher's union president</DIV>
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<DIV>Come learn more about how union/district contract negotiations work. Learn
what questions parents should be asking themselves as they are effected by an
impasse in negotiations. How do we keep the best interests of our children in
mind as we search for our role in the dispute? Come share your concerns with
representatives who are at the negotiating table, during the public comment
portion of the evening. This event will be videotaped for later broadcasting on
Berkeley cable channel 33.</DIV>
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<DIV>Because of the sensitive nature of teacher contract disputes, Berkeley
Teacher's Union representatives and Berkeley School District staff will NOT be
invited to speak, but will be providing printed material to be taken home and
studied. All community members are invited to attend, but please no visible
insignia, buttons, armbands or signs for either the Union or
District-<STRONG>this will be strictly enforced</STRONG>. The Forum will be
an opportunity to learn more about the negotiating process. You will be
invited to take home the statistics and then make up your own mind where you
stand. Let's come together as a community and be joined by our common goal of
putting the children first.</DIV>
<DIV>The question and answer and comment portion of the evening will be
moderated by Berkeley Council Parliamentarian Lorenzo Blades.</DIV>
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<DIV>Roia Ferrazares</DIV>
<DIV>President</DIV>
<DIV>Berkeley PTA Council</DIV>
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<DIV>--- roia ferrazares</DIV>
<DIV>--- <A
href="mailto:roiapta@mindspring.com">roiapta@mindspring.com</A></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2>______________________________<BR>Janet Huseby and Kathryn Capps
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