Montebello Teachers Association was among the top signature gatherers in the State for the Improving Education Act. Many thanks to all those who brought in signatures.

Improving Education Act Will Not Be On The Ballot

The California Teachers Association (CTA) Officers and Board of Directors voted April 8 not to submit the Improving Education Act initiative for the November ballot. CTA reports that as a result of members’ efforts, we would have exceeded our signature collection goal and easily qualified the initiative. The decision not to file was based on an appraisal of the changes in the context of the November election. Twelve other initiatives were being qualified for the ballot, and four of the initiatives sought to increase taxes. Thus, our initiative would be extremely difficult to pass.

El Dia de los Niños, a holiday celebrating the value of Latino and all children, is April 30.

The Latin American holiday was initiated in 1999. Cities throughout the State have committed to creating parades, book festivals, health fairs and other special events promoting the well-being of children. The group sponsoring this day of celebration is the National Latino Children’s Institute.

The California Legislature passed a resolution to share in the establishment of El Dia de los Niños April 30, 1999 and subsequent years. Some information about El Dia de los Niños, including event ideas, and more information about this special day that celebrates children, are available at www.nlci.org.

You’re Invited To The Historic
Unveiling of the
National Chavez Center at La Paz

Who: The Cesar E. Chavez Foundation & The Chavez Family

What: The Unveiling of the Chavez Memorial

When: Saturday, April 24, 2004
Sunday, April 25, 2004

Where: National Chavez Center at
Nuestra Señora Reina de la Paz
29700 Woodford-Tehachapi Road
Keene, CA 93531

For more information about the unveiling of the Chavez Center visit www.chavezfoundation.org or call (818) 265-0300.

Live Better With EASE

EASE is a benefit of employment provided by the District.

EASE provides free confidential help for

Family Trouble
Emotional Distress
Drug/Alcohol Problems
Job Stress

(800) 882-1341

Kenny Seto (SHS)
gathered the
most signatures
for the Improving
Classroom Education
Act (133 signatures.)

State NEA RA Election Results
Following are the final results of the State NEA RA Election. There are 13 positions available.

Julian De La Torre (L) 1140
Sharon Kuroyama (S) 1115
Les Nakasaki (S) 1113
Judy Bailey (S) 1096
Susan Jauregui (L) 1025
Dorothy Chu (L) 1016
Chris Kakimi (L) 995
Dan Vaughn (L) 991
Pat Kasababian (S) 972
Rosalyn Collier (S) 962
Ray Garcia (S) 958
Jenny Rapp (S) 935
Dianne Garcia-Stevens (L) 923
JoAnn Wallace (L) 876
Marvin Inouye (S) 871
Anthony Gonzalez (S) 868
Sergio Flores (S) 864
Randa Littell (S) 835
Norma Velasco (L) 799
Jim Weidner (S) 785
Marianne Reynolds (L) 739
Phyllis Butland (L) 685
Kelly Salazar Sunada (L) 677
LaTrina Patterson (S) 662
Tyrone Cabell 643
Brian Stevens 642
Rebecca Worthy 633
Manuel Ortiz, Jr. 618
Irving Bartikofsky 597
Ida MacMurray 596
Dimitri Elbling 588
Cynthia Notto 579
Kimura Washington 558
Shaibu Obakhume 535
Gayle Adkins 532
Nancy Howorth 530
Charles Barnes 464
Manuel Chan-Lee 463
Tarita Allen 452
Chris Obieje 425
Marjorie Dawn Codding 418
Delilah Outley 382
Fidelia Anyia 324

(L) = Local delegate
(S) = State delegate