Email to the Superintendent and Board of Ed. in Hayward Unified

Here's the email I sent to the superintendent and the board members on April 5, 2007.
I have not received a response.

Dale, Grant, Sarah, Myrna, Jeff, and Paul,

You have witnessed the strength of the Hayward Education Association.

We have the support of the parents and community of Hayward as demonstrated by numerous empty classrooms, empty school parking lots, and overwhelming generosity of parents.

It is time for you to direct your Bargaining Team to invite HEA's Bargaining Team back to the negotiations table with a better proposal and settle this labor issue now before Spring Break.

Dale, using your words from your TV interviews this week: if you think we are a "Blue Collar" town with "Blue Collar" wages, then how do you justify your salary of $229,000 as our Superintendent of "Blue Collar" Hayward Schools? How do you Board members justify his salary? Is this what you really had hoped for?

If you have not seen or read the recent news coverage of HUSD, I am providing links below. How much "damage control" do you really want to do? Or do you just not care about the students of Hayward? Your "spin" is not working!

Alan Pickering-Walters
Ruus and Peixoto Librarian

The Daily Review
http://www.insidebayarea.com/search//ci_5555536
http://www.insidebayarea.com/localnews/ci_5601045
http://www.insidebayarea.com/dailyreview/ci_5604492
http://www.insidebayarea.com/search/ci_5512647

Channel 2
http://www.ktvu.com/video/11522599/index.html?source=
http://www.ktvu.com/news/11523015/detail.html

Channel 4
http://www.kron4.com/Global/story.asp?S=6328160
http://www.kron4.com/Global/story.asp?S=6328160

Channel 5
http://cbs5.com/education/local_story_093152246.html
http://cbs5.com/education/local_story_094230444.html

Channel 7
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=education&id=5184348
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=education&id=5185823

Channel 11
http://video.nbc11.com/player/?id=88218
http://www.nbc11.com/news/11533088/detail.html?dl=headlineclick


Youtube.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ItmnsetTug
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HuElKcGRNs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQwgD8bWJ3U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9o-iyNKj_4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pw6JrA0gK2M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-M2kwkSZfj0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xewkVvqr-nE