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		<title>MBUTA Suspends District-Wide Actions Pending Ratification of Tentative Agreement</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Sep 2012 08:29:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ADVISORY! THE MANHATTAN BEACH UNIFIED TEACHERS ASSOCIATION IS SUSPENDING ALL DISTRICT-WIDE ACTIONS EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, PENDING THE OUTCOME OF RATIFICATION  OF THE TENTATIVE AGREEMENT BY THE MBUTA MEMBERSHIP AND MBUSD BOARD OF TRUSTEES.]]></description>
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		<title>MBUTA Reaches Tentative Agreement with District</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Sep 2012 08:03:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Thursday, September 6, 2012 MBUTA reached a tentative two-year agreement with MBUSD in impasse mediation proceedings. The terms of this agreement stipulate a three percent (3%) salary schedule increase for 2012-13, retroactive to July 1, 2012, which will stay on the schedule unless there is a drastic reduction in the funded base revenue limit. In addition, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Open Letter to Angry Parents of Manhattan Beach</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2012 00:10:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, the teachers at Mira Costa High School overwhelmingly endorsed suspending writing letters of recommendation for college pending a comprehensive contract agreement.  There are those in the community who are angry.  We understand that.  Your anger is misdirected. For 10 years teachers in MBUSD have received no salary adjustment that overcomes the effects of inflation.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Advisory Regarding Immediate District-Wide Actions</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2012 02:37:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[URGENT ADVISORY! THE MANHATTAN BEACH UNIFIED TEACHERS ASSOCIATION HAS IMPLEMENTED THE FOLLOWING INITIAL ACTION PLAN EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY: MIRA COSTA HIGH SCHOOL 1. Teachers shall not commit to letters of recommendation until further notice. 2. Teachers shall not advise, sponsor, or host any clubs during lunch, or before school and after school. 3. Classrooms shall be closed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MBUTA Notice to Staff Regarding Letters of Recommendation</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2012 00:03:17 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Bargaining Update]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[RE: Letters of Recommendation Dear Mira Costa Faculty, We stand at a pivotal moment in our lives as professional educators and at a critical juncture in our history as a faculty. We face a District that has declared impasse after a refusal to offer us anything but a paltry one-time salary bonus tied to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>District Retires COPs with Bond Proceeds and Sheds Estimated $1.7 Million in Annual Payments</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2012 01:22:20 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Bargaining Update]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dating back to 1995 and 2000, a series of district wide modernization efforts, particularly the high school, were financed by a convoluted mixture of bonds (Measure A and M) and COPs (Certificates of Participation). This modernization was plagued by cost overruns that exceeded 50 percent. The initial COP which provided bridge financing could not be repaid with bond proceeds [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Superintendent Matthews&#8217; and Deputy Bagley&#8217;s Salaries to Go Up 3% Anually</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jun 2012 23:07:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few months ago MBUTA requested a copy of the MBUSD employment contracts with Superintendent Matthews and Deputy Rick Bagley. We are angry. Both of their salaries are guaranteed to rise by 3% each year. Their negotiated agreement with the district includes the maintenance of purchasing power even though they each make in excess of $150,000 [...]]]></description>
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