Dear Colleagues,

Please see below to learn how you can give input on the Common standards draft. If you would like me to forward your comments to CFT for a collective statement to the AFT, Council of Chief State School Officers, and National Governors Association please email them to me. -Kimberly

Dear Colleagues,

I know you are really busy with your students and all that goes along with educating them, but I thought you might want to take a few minutes to read the attached Research Brief by CFT Budget Analyst Patty Cox and the op-ed article (below) by Marty Hittelman, CFT President.

I hope you and your families are well. Your work with the children in our community is appreciated so much.

We're in this together!

Kimberly Claytor
President, Newport-Mesa Federation of Teachers AFT local 1794

Dear Colleagues,

In case you missed the first announcement last week... Please help N-MFT enforce our contract language on class size (Article 8) by completing the very brief survey through the link below.

Dear Colleagues,

Please read the following analysis by Jean Ross, Executive Director of the California Budget Project (CBP). Year after year, the CBP, a non-profit, non-partisan organization, studies, analyzes, and reports on California budgets.

-Kimberly

Dear Colleagues,

This LA Times editorial is provocative and goes along with the motto adopted by the 2009-2010 N-MFT negotiations team - GOOD FOR KIDS and FAIR FOR TEACHERS!