REGION IV
With the support of the President's Release Grant and CTA-ABC grants,
Association of Placentia-Linda Educators (APLE) took on the fight of their
union life! After four years of enduring an extremist board majority, APLE
spent months planning and organizing, and was able to flip their school board.
APLE and allies are now rebuilding the culture and outstanding reputation of
Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District. At left, APLE members canvass
for their candidates.
Members of Grossmont Education Assn. in East San Diego have been mobilizing against harmful layoffs, and
an anti-student, anti-union school board majority. Hundreds of educators, parents, students, labor partners and
community allies showed up at school board meetings to demand that the board rescind the layoffs of teacher
librarians, classroom teachers, special education teachers, VAPA teachers and more. The board's rejection of
the demands of the school community has activated a coalition of allies to continue the fight to rescind layoffs
and a campaign that is building power to flip the school board in 2026.
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