Posted by Katy Grimes at 11:25 am on Nov 03, 2016 Comments Off on Anti-Charter School Labor Union Controlling San Diego County Board of Education
How does the San Diego County Board of Education become
dubiously entangled with the owner of a solar company and a labor
union boss?
It’s For The Children… Yeah, right.
In 2012 and 2014, the American Federation of Teachers labor
union local 1091, led by union boss Jim Mahler, financed the
take-down of community based San Diego County Board of
Education board members, and installed his own labor union
members.
In 2014, an independent board member, Doug Perkins, beat the
union candidate, Rick Shea, but Perkins fell ill and resigned. The
union-dominated board jumped on the opportunity and appointed Shea,
giving the labor union 100 percent control of the board.
However, in the 2016 June primary, pro-reform candidates
supported by the Charter Schools Association, won two seats.
The third and deciding vote on the five-member board will be
determined in a run-off between pro-reform candidate, former State
Senator Mark Wyland,
and labor union supported and appointed,… Read More