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SCCOE: Car Caravan

We’ve won a promise of more training for the health and safety of our school staff, students, and the community, but we won’t really know until January if the training is sufficient. We still have the following issues that have not been yet resolved by management:

  • Working from home for office staff whenever possible. Office staff should spend as little time as possible at the office for mail pickups, checks, etc., only when absolutely needed, and management should rotate the staff in the office so that there are less chances of COVID-19 infections. Managers are able to work from home and office workers should be able to do the same during the pandemic so that they don’t take unnecessary risks.
  • When schools re-open in January, allow school staff with someone at home with health conditions or school-aged children, to be able to work from home. Some staff will be needed in-person, but with less than 1/3 students coming back to school, less staff will be needed; otherwise, school staff is taking unnecessary risks.
  • Change in schedule for our 24 custodians. Management would like to substantially change their schedule from day shift to night shift for half of the staff so they can clean classrooms and school sites after students and school staff are no longer present. This the lowest-paid group of employees at COE, therefore almost all of them have two jobs to be able to survive in the Bay Area. If their schedule changes, they may not be able to keep their second jobs. How will they survive in the Bay Area, one of the most expensive area? We are asking for a case-by-case basis to accommodate custodians’ second jobs.

Join Our Car Caravan
WHEN: Saturday, December 19, 9:45 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
Meet Up Location: Lucky’s parking lot, 2175 Grant Rd., Los Altos, CA 94024

It’s important we have a great turnout at our car caravan this Saturday, December 19, 2020. Join us at 9:45 a.m. at Lucky’s parking lot, 2175 Grant Rd., Los Altos, CA 94024. RSVP NOW to Tammy.Dhanota@seiu521.org.

The car caravan will roll out promptly at 10 a.m. and we will drive to Superintendent Mary Ann Dewan‘s residence at 1534 Wistaria Court, Los Altos, CA 94024.

Route Map:

Step-by-step directions:

  • Meet up location: Lucky’s parking lot at 2175 Grant Rd., Los Altos, CA 94024
  • Line up at the parking lot; do not exit your vehicle due to COVID-19.
  • Go right when exiting the court and then go around to get to Grant Road.
  • Turn Right onto Grant Rd.
  • Turn Left onto Arboretum Dr.
  • Turn Left onto Deodara Dr. 
  • Turn Right onto Wistaria Ln.
  • Turn Right onto Wistaria Ct.
  • End of car caravan: Superintendent Mary Ann Dewan‘s residence at 1534 Wistaria Court, Los Altos, CA 94024 (Please turn right when you exit the Court)

Important Notes:

  • Stay in your vehicle at all times. This is important due to COVID-19.
  • Decorate your cars with the following messages: 
    • Safety First, Santa Clara County Office of Education! #SafetyFirstSCCOE
    • Superintendent Mary Ann Dewan is wrong! #DewanIsWrong
    • Please don’t obstruct your windows. You may use cardboard signs attached to your car doors or window markers.
  • Listen in to our speakers via Zoom once the car caravan rolls out at 10 a.m.: 1-669-900-9128, type the webinar ID: 996 7994 4599, then the passcode: 521. Or iPhone one-tap: +16699009128,,99679944599#. Please don’t get distracted while driving; just dial-in and place the conference call on your hands-free speakers to listen in.

Reminder: Chapter Meeting Thursday

Please join us for our regularly scheduled monthly chapter meeting on Zoom, Thursday, December 17 at 5 pm. https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIkdOGqrT4oEt2-l1SoVQD2OJbKx6i6C3KA