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Miramonte teachers share their story CTA presidents send letters of support MIRAMONTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL staff addressed State Council in March, describing their treatment amid allegations of abuse by a single individual. Since then, CTA President Dean Vogel and dozens of local chapter presidents wrote letters to LAUSD Superintendent John Deasy expressing their disapproval. They urged him to follow district policies and state law in deal- ing with abuse allegations and student safety, and to treat teachers with respect. (See more on this story on page 31.) The following are excerpts from the teachers' statement, which Smart. Squared. Get the clever smartphone you want from Sprint. Combine it with your service plan discount to drive a shrewd bargain. Samsung Galaxy S™ Epic™ 4G Touch II, was read by Maria Miranda. We are the teachers from Miramonte Elementary School. … We take our job as mandated reporters very seriously, and the safety of our stu- dents has always been our top priority. 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It's time to save, to win It's time. Dr. John Deasy, that we were to pack our personal belongings and vacate the campus. We were given two days to pack up our lives as edu- cators. With each box we packed, we sealed our hopes and dreams of plans we had for our students. We packed our expertise and our chosen purpose in life. We had one hour during the two-day packing process for a "seamless transition" to impart all of our knowledge of our students and educa- tional plans to our replacement teachers. Now Miramonte is being used as a model to create educational policies that negatively impact student achievement and the teaching profession throughout the state of California. We fear that this trend will spread. … This is exemplified by pending California legislation to remove teachers based on allegations prior to an investigation and without due process. By attacking our earned pensions and reviewing our personnel files, gpp omotion. 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