VUSD attendance is down but teachers are not fired charge the ANTIs

Our ANTI public education friends who post venom laced, fact challenge blogs about our good VUSD teachers and district at the North County Times, have recently taken to charging that VUSD has fewer students(lower ADA) but no fewer teachers (FTEs). Our ANTI friends say it is because the VTA runs the district and does not care about bankrupting VUSD.

I know it sounds crazy but these folks actually seem to believe the nasty lies they make up. Below are a couple of snippets from the blogs of two of the most error filled and hateful ANTI bloggers, Roxy and Vista Watchdog 1.

Oops, sorry I cannot show you Roxy's blog. I just checked for it at the the NCTimes. Roxy's remarks have been removed. Roxy's remarks were similar to Vista Watchdog's below in red except she was a bit more venomous. She wrote something about VTA union thugs not allowing teachers to be laid off when enrollment declines.

Here is what Vista Watchdog 1 wrote on January 29 at 5:10 am:
"VUSD has seen a SIGNIFCANT (sic) decline in enrollment over the past 5 years and it is time for equal cuts in the number of teaches employed by VUSD"
Read his full set of erroneous comments here:
http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/vista/article_5d484135-59db-577e-8f37-22631a428030.html?mode=comments


But first here is proof from the Sacramento Bee that the number of VUSD teachers has declined with the decrease in student attendance (ADA).

http://www.sacbee.com/1098/story/995141.html?appSession=037133731095564&RecordID=646&PageID=3&PrevPageID=2&cpipage=2&CPIsortType=&CPIorderBy=


The Sacramento Bee newspaper compiles statistics on all school districts in the state. According to the Bee, VUSD lost the a little more than 16 teachers last year. The exact total is likely more because all school districts in California report the number of FTEs or Full Time Equivalents rather than the number of people (bodies). One FTE usually means one teacher, however sometimes it does not if two half time teachers lose their jobs, the FTE is reported as ONE even though two people are out of work.

Here is the Sacramento Bee web address showing that VUSD lost approximately 16 FTEs in the last reporting period:

http://www.sacbee.com/1098/story/995141.html?appSession=859133727860984&RecordID=646&PageID=3&PrevPageID=2&cpipage=2&CPIsortType=&CPIorderBy=


It should be noted that the Sacramento Bee is known for its ultra conservative editorial rhetoric and is hardly a friend of unions or the middle class pay that unions get for their members.

VUSD average salary ranking in the county has decreased slightly as well. We are now 33rd out of 38 reporting districts in San Diego County rather than last years 22nd out of 29 reporting districts. Note there are not more districts this year, just more districts that reported their statistics to the state.

See the rankings here:
http://www.sacbee.com/1098/story/995141.html?appSession=192133727791159&RecordID=&PageID=2&PrevPageID=1&cpipage=2&CPISortType=&CPIorderBy=