Joyce Abrams v. Chula Vista Educators

Joyce Abrams, CVE and PERB
An Odd Relationship

School Board Primary Held on March 26

Three of the five seats on the San Diego Unified School District Board will be
up for election this year. Two of these seats are being vacated by current
board members Ann Armstrong and Shirley Weber. The third seat is held by
Ron Ottinger, current board President, who is running for re-election. Seats for
Districts B and C, held by Sue Braun and John de Beck, are not up for election
this year. San Diego has a somewhat unusual style of school board election in
which the primary election for each seat is limited to the specific district while
the final election is held on a city wide basis. Thus, citizens from throughout the
city need to be aware of the contests in all districts and can substantially affect
the content of the board.

The material below is largely derived from an article by Sharon L. Jones of the
San Diego Union-Tribune, January 3, 1995, page B4.

District A
Clairemont, La Jolla, University City

Joyce Singer Abrams - Elementary school teacher in Chula Vista. Former
Grand Jury member, favors a shift of authority to individual campuses.
P.O. Box 786
La Jolla, CA 92038

[Requested that the Board Delay Math Adoptions on 3/28]

March 1996
Primary election results
SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL - DISTRICT A

BARBARA CARPENTER                          8,960     24.50
FRANCES O'NEILL ZIMMERMAN             7,988     21.85
JOYCE SINGER ABRAMS                        7,529     20.59
DEBRA PATTERSON                            6,615     18.09
ELAINE G. SPRINGER                         5,474     14.97

November 1996
SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT A

FRANCES O'NEILL ZIMMERMAN                171,413     69.75

BARBARA CARPENTER                         74,344     30.25


RAMONA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

JOHN M. (RAGIC) RAJCIC                     1,847     10.80

Joyce Abrams, a member of the Board of Directors of Chula Vista
Educators, violated the rights of another teacher--but went ballistic
when union leaders left her out of the inner circle.

Imagine her surprise when her loyalty to a corrupt union couldn't buy her
a seat on her pet committee!

Ironically, Joyce Abrams complained to PERB that her rights under
EERA had been violated!

Unfortunately for Joyce, there is no California law that says that Joyce
Abrams has to be on the CVESD PAR committee.