eConnection Archive (2021-2022)

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Negotiations Update: SUNDAY NIGHT PROGRESS UPDATE

Progress Made in Negotiations on Sunday; District Sent Further Enhanced Compensation Proposal to SCTA Sunday Evening 

Dear Sac City Unified Families,

The Sacramento City Unified School District (SCUSD) and SCTA continued to make progress in negotiations, and worked well into the evening on Sunday. We will meet on Monday with SCTA and we are scheduled to meet with SEIU at 10:00 am on Monday.

District latest counterproposals to SCTA

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Schools remain closed tomorrow due to strike as negotiations with SCTA and SEIU continue

Dear Sac City Unified Families,

All schools will remain closed tomorrow, Monday, March 28, 2022, for student instruction and activities. We have been working all weekend to end this SCTA/SEIU strike through good faith bargaining, and are still negotiating with our labor partners. Because we know our families need to plan for tomorrow, we are confirming that all schools will be closed tomorrow, Monday, March 28, 2022, although we remain hopeful to reach agreements with SCTA and SEIU soon, and that our labor partners will suspend the strike. 

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Strike and school closure updates; Board of Education and Superintendent statements

Strike and school closure updates; Board of Education and Superintendent statements

Dear Sac City Unified Families,

After three days of school closures due to labor action, we know you are anxious for information as you plan for school, work, child care and food next week. We are too. Despite our requests to continue negotiations, SCTA has not yet responded to us with a counterproposal to resume bargaining. Our negotiations team is ready, willing, and able to bargain through the weekend in order to get our 40,000 students back to school on Monday.

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Free COVID Test Kits and Face Masks in Friday Meal Distribution

Dear Sac City Unified Families,

Today, striking activities continued that resulted in schools being closed for instruction. Our district’s negotiations team remained – and remains – ready to meet at the bargaining table to end the strike and hope to hear from SCTA soon about resuming such negotiations. Unfortunately, this means that our families should anticipate that all SCUSD campuses will be closed for student instruction and activities tomorrow, Friday, March 25.

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Negotiations Update: Sacramento City Unified Negotiations Team Met with SCTA and Mediators Throughout the Day; Enhanced Proposal to SCTA with Additional Health Care Benefit

Following a mediation session that went late into the night on Monday, the Sacramento City Unified School District’s negotiations team continued to meet with representatives from the Sacramento City Teachers Association (SCTA) bargaining team and two state appointed mediators throughout the day on Tuesday. 

Here is the schedule of meetings that were scheduled and occurred over the last 48 hours.

Monday, March 21

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Updates on Possible School Closures in the Event of a Labor Strike Tomorrow

Dear Sac City Unified Families,

As of now, Sac City certificated and classified labor partners, SCTA and SEIU, are still planning a joint strike tomorrow Wednesday, March 23. If no agreement is reached this evening, all schools will be closed tomorrow and until the strike comes to an end. District leadership is continuing to work with our labor partners to avert a strike and you will be notified as soon as schools are scheduled to reopen.

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Grab-and-Go Meals Available for Students

In an effort to make sure Sacramento City Unified School District (SCUSD) students have access to healthy meals in the event of a strike on Wednesday, March 23, SCUSD Nutrition Services Department is offering grab-and-go meals for students.

Meals will be available at several convenient community locations for pick up between 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. each day. Meals will also be available in limited quantities at all SCUSD school locations IF NECESSARY during the school day, but we recommend that you visit one of nine convenient community locations.

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Update on ongoing negotiations with SCTA and plans in the event of a strike

Dear Sac City Unified Families, 

Last night, SCUSD’s negotiations team met from 2:30 p.m. until late into the night at the bargaining table with the Sacramento City Teachers Association (SCTA) and two state-appointed mediators, who provided ongoing negotiations support between the two parties. The district’s negotiating team is meeting with SCTA’s negotiations team and the appointed mediators again today.

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Important SCTA/SEIU Negotiations and Possible Strike Updates

Dear Sac City Unified Families,

Beginning at 2:30pm today, SCUSD has been meeting at the bargaining table with SCTA to work toward reaching agreement in hopes of averting a strike. 

As a reminder, if an agreement is not reached by the start of the SCTA/SEIU planned strike beginning on Wednesday, March 23, 2022, all campuses will be closed for instruction. 

We will continue to update our SCUSD community daily on our negotiations efforts and what to expect beginning Wednesday. 

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Update on Negotiations with SCTA/SEIU

Dear SCUSD Families: 

You may have already learned that the Sacramento City Teachers Association (SCTA) and SEIU Local 1021 announced a planned strike to begin on Wednesday, March 23, 2022. We will keep you informed as we attempt to reach an agreement with our labor partners to avert a strike.

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A Message from our Board of Education

Dear SCUSD Families:

We care deeply about all of our district’s students and staff. We appreciate the hard work and dedication staff have demonstrated during these difficult years impacted by the pandemic, and their ongoing commitment to our students. 

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Weekly Update
March 11, 2022

Dear SCUSD families,

As we head into the weekend, we have some updates for our community. We hope you enjoy the sunshine and get some rest. 

TODAY IS SEL DAY!

SEL stands for social emotional learning, and incorporates social and emotional skills into education. Today is #SELday! To celebrate, check out this video showcasing SEL in action in our schools districtwide.  

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Communication Sent to SCUSD Staff About SCTA Efforts to Vote for a Strike

Dear SCUSD families, 

Please see this letter which was sent to all SCUSD staff this evening in response to questions and concerns about a possible strike in our district.

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Dear colleagues,

I have heard questions and concerns from many of our school sites about Sacramento City Teachers Association’s (SCTA) current efforts to vote for a strike. I know that hearing about a potential strike and potential disruption to student learning can be extremely unsettling. In response I am sharing the following information.

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Board Vote on COVID Masking Guidelines

Dear Sacramento City Unified School District families,

In a special Board of Education meeting last night (Tuesday, March 8), District staff presented a recommendation for lifting SCUSD’s masking requirement. You may view the meeting powerpoint presentation here. The Board voted to maintain our current mask requirement until, at the earliest, after Spring Break (Monday, April 18).