Teachers vote on  

Furlough Days

A proposal is made about a five-day shorter school year

in LAUSD schools, which will be decided by votes.

                 

                  A proposal by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to shorten the school year by five days is creating panic among educators. Teachers rejected LAUSD pay cuts for furlough days, which is an absence of students in the school. Many students don't know this, but this can be harming their education. Though teachers have a saying in this. Mr. Ramirez, a teacher at South East High School said, "My vote would be yes to save money and to save teachers from losing their jobs." But he also said, "I am not happy about this because we lose ten days of education which is a disadvantage, though I like the fact that this will save jobs " So as you can see, this decision is very difficult to come up with.

Teachers voting will take place starting on April 7-9 before school and during lunch in Mr. Islas classroom. If this proposal passes, California would save $1.1 billion for when California faces a budget crisis. Teachers will also lose an estimated 2.5% of their salary. The proposal would save more than 2,000 school employee jobs. South East High School’s schedule is a 4x4 block schedule, students will end up losing a lot of education rather than just losing five days of school.

            District officials said other cuts would remain in place because of the deficit. The elimination of summer school, reductions in bus services, cuts to arts programs and positions in the districts central offices would happen because of these budget problems.

            Teachers have voted and the furlough days have passed. This situation is not only happening to SEHS, it is happening to all LAUSD schools. Roughly 600,000 students will be affected.

            Students should not be happy about this, because it’s going to affect their education, and they are not getting all of it, that they should receive. The student’s education has been already been affected by the budget cuts, and it does not seem to stop. 

Jaguar Baseball Embarrasses the Sea Kings

On March 5, Cesar Carrillo gives up one

hit against Palos Verdes High School.

 

Cesar Carrillo, a senior and pitcher at South East High School, threw a one-hitter on March 5. The Jaguars played the opening game away, against Palos Verdes High School. Carrillo started the game with a first pitch ball.

            Before the game, Carrillo thought they were not going to be able to beat Palos Verdes. He said, “I heard they were good, and they won league last season”.

Before games, Carrillo likes to focus, listen to his iPod, and doesn’t like to throw until after he warms up.

            During the game, Carrillo threw only two pitches; a change-up and a fastball. He said, “That was all I needed. My technique was to go inside out, then throw some speed.” The team and fans cheered Carrillo on during the game.  In the last out of the last inning he said, “My hand got numb, I couldn’t open it.” But, he was able to get that last out with a fly out to center field, and get the Jaguars their first win.

            At the end of the game, Carrillo threw 106 pitches, and only gave up one hit. The Jaguars pounced on the Sea Kings as the final score was 2-0. He said, “I couldn’t believe it. We actually beat them. I didn’t think they were going to be difficult, until we started playing”.

            The starting shortstop, Armando Rodriguez, a junior, said, “I believed Cesar would have been able to pitch the whole game. He started out in the beginning very good and he kept going.” Rodriguez also said, “I couldn’t believe he threw a one-hitter, it surprised me and everyone. I was really excited and proud of Cesar”. Rodriguez believes Carrillo can do it again because he has discipline and “what it takes” to finish the game. He also believes Carrillo can possibly throw a ‘no-hitter’ this season.