Tami Castelluccio, President of CSEA had a productive labor management meeting with Assistant Superintendent Rogenski and Director of Classified HR Nancy Gamache. CSEA shared a survey they would like to send to Unit 3 members to get feedback and to use in meetings with the Special Education department. Friday, September 30th was staff development which was a day of learning and camaraderie for the classified staff. Ms. Castelluccio noted that CSEA is working to get out the vote for Proposition 55. Ann Katzburg, President of SRVEA shared that SRVEA’s focus has been on hate and intolerance and Ms. Katzburg attended a conference with that focus. Last week SRVEA held a community engagement meeting with community leaders. Ms. Katzburg …show more content…
Many schools have denied and opted out of cell towers on their sites as they do not believe it is safe for their students. Carrie Nevis reviewed a federal government report which was released in May of 2016 from the National Toxicology Program. To date it is the largest study done and while inconclusive and requires more research, it does state there is something going on regarding radio frequency fields. Ms. Nevis suggests we place the cell tower in another location where it will not impact children and community members. Aric Gurovith is a resident of Danville and has 2 daughters in the District, he feels since we do not have a 100% guarantee that there will be no long term effects, the District should not take the chance. Mary Beedle noted that according to information she has read there was some analysis done previously where three schools were identified and Cal High was chosen at that time for a cell tower. She would like to know why there is a need for another cell tower and who is identifying the need. She would also like to know if the need is identified by Verizon, why their map shows the highest coverage possible in the San Ramon Valley. She noted there is currently a cell tower in the commercial district of downtown Danville. She would like to know the sources the Board used previously to help make their decision on the safety of a cell tower, and she
Higgins wrote, “The issue of security and red alerts on terrorism threats became an issue, and school systems began to relax the prohibition on cellphones in schools.” Schools are relaxing the harsh ban, and understanding the benefits of cell phones in school. The issues of security and red alerts are a threat, and are becoming an issue in the school systems which make this a valid reason. While cell phones do not prevent the threats, they do allow for help faster. This is a valid reason because cell phones in school can save lives. They can prevent more people from being injured during a school shooting and they can be used as a way to get help when there are no other ways of doing so. In brief, cell phones in school should be allowed because they are beneficial resources in times of security and red
4. Due to potential problems, many school systems have adopted a policy that bans cell phones on school grounds. However, some parents have
CSEA President Tami Castelluccio congratulated all of the amazing nominees for classified employee of the year and stated the District could not run without the classified staff. She congratulated Jeri Sutherland as the SRVUSD classified employee of the year. Ms. Castelluccio thanked the District and Human Resources for the classified staff development day at Monte Vista on March 11, 2016. CSEA is continuing labor management meetings with Mr. Rogenski and Ms. Gamache every 2 weeks. They have reached tentative agreement on reopeners for the 2015-16 school year and thanked the CSEA and District teams for their hard work.
Being caught with a cellular device (on or off) will be confiscated and kept in a file cabinet in the principal’s office, waiting for your parents with $25 to pick it up. All cell phones will taken including phones discovered during searches of reasonable suspicion. The agenda states that under no circumstances should cell phones ever be used inside the school building. Cell phones should be enabled in our school for many reasons. It can teach our student responsibilities, to use for emergencies, for help and as learning aids and to keep us students
"Schools embrace cell phone use." Leader-Telegram [Eau Claire, WI], 1 May 2011. Opposing Viewpoints in Context, link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A255124528/OVIC?u=lom_accessmich&xid=d37232f4. Accessed 25 Apr.
Have you ever heard of the gruesome Columbine High School massacre? This incident occurred on April 20th 1999 and involved two students embarking on a shooting rampage, killing twelve students, a teacher and wounding twenty three others. Unfortunately during this incident, the school 's most easily accessible phone was on the complete other side of the school in the library. Perhaps some of these lives could have been saved if the students in this class had cell phones that they could 've used to contact the authorities more quickly. The issue we are addressing today is the usage of cellular devices in educational facilities. Both Cameron and myself believe that cell phone usage is of extreme convenience, and has academically beneficial
tragedies, various school boards reversed cell phone bans and/or loosened rules governing student use of cell phones on campus.” (Trump). After these attacks, school boards realized that parents needed to have some sort of way to know how their children are because they may think that their son or daughter were killed. An Ebsco Host article detailed the reason for this shift in policy, saying that it was “...driven by safety concerns of both parents and teens...” (Ballaro, Ginsburg).
The Center for Disease Control’s 2008 Wireless Substitution report shows that one of every seven Americans place and receive most, if not all, of their calls on a wireless phone. The increase in cell phone usage has expanded into our children’s schools. Many children in today’s society carry a cell phone on their person to school. This increase of usage and change of demographic has created a debate in many schools.
Central Idea: The use of cell phones in school is great for educational purposes, social life, and as a safety tool
It cell phones can be a huge threat to school and everyone in it by being used as a bomb or a
The Board of Health debated on the travel distance of harmful radiations. The safety zone of radio waves frequency was unidentified and made me wonder if specific policies on the safe zones for cell towers would help resolve the health safety issues? Would the law against building cell tower in residential areas prevent health issues? Or, would residents have to relocate due to potential harm from technological expansion in the residential towns? Cell phone towers would pertain to great danger for public health when its harmful effect is not taken into consideration. Therefore, this hearing made me contemplate the implications of health policies that promote wellbeing, but also present danger to the
If 69% schools have taken students cell phones away, there must be some reasons. Thomas & Mcgee
With cell phone usage increasing, many individuals have become concerned about the health effects of radiation from cell phones and cell phone towers. In recent years, various studies have been conducted to determine whether the radio frequency waves from cell phone towers have a detrimental effect on health. Current research has yielded inconsistent results regarding the effects of radio frequency waves, and while the World Health Organization does not view radio frequency waves as serious risk, more research needs to be done in order to be certain (USDA, 2009).
I am going to talk about the arguments about how cell phone radiation can affect our lives and whether these arguments are accurate or not. Cell phone radiation is a type of electromagnetic radiation that has the ability to cause health issues. The radiation from this device can cause serious brain tumours, according to one study by Anna Lahkola of the Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority in Finland, which found that people who use their cell phone for more than 2000 hours have a higher chance of getting a brain tumour. The
radiation (the kind used in X-rays) is known to cause cancer at high doses, the risks of