Updates

Our latest newsletters and major news. We also have press coverage.

Letter to Faculty Senate

Leaders of the Association of Clovis Educators (ACE) Issues Action Team reached out to the executive board of the CUSD Faculty Senate (FS) asking them to join with ACE to call on CUSD administration to fix their mask exemption policy and make sure it follows important State and County public health guidelines. The letter to […]

Letter to Mr. Jager

Leaders of the Association of Clovis Educators (ACE) Issues Action Team sent a follow-up letter to Barry Jager, CUSD Assoc. Supt. of Human Resources, reiterating Clovis educator concerns about the CUSD masking policy (at the time) and the potential to contribute to avoidable COVID outbreaks, risking student and community health and threatening to destabilize in-person […]

Unfair Practice Charge #2

The Association of Clovis Educators (ACE) filed its second unfair labor practice charge (UPC) at the California Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) against the CUSD administration for continued and new violations of state law that govern the rights of certificated education employees to unionize without interference from administration. The violations include continued support and control […]

Valley Children’s Letter to CUSD Board

In a 6-page letter addressed to Clovis school board president Dr. Stephen Fogg, Valley Children’s Healthcare CEO Todd Suntrapak followed up his remarks made during the July 29, 2021 school board meeting underscoring that all Clovis students and staff should follow state and county public health guidelines requiring the use of masks indoors to mitigate […]

Clovis School Psychologists Filing for Union Recognition #WeAreACE

CLOVIS – Just a few months after a historic organizing campaign began among Clovis educators, nearly 75% of school psychologists are filing a petition with the California Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) to form a union, the first ever for these certificated professionals in the school district’s history. A union of psychologists is a first […]

School Psychologists File for Union Recognition

Clovis school psychologists filed for union recognition! 75% of school psychologists submitted union support petitions to the California Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) to form a union (ACE) to have a real voice in the decisions that impact all students and educators. View the entire letter (PDF).

Association of Clovis Educators File Unfair Practice Charges Against Clovis Unified for Illegal Behavior That Harms Educators and Students

CLOVIS – The Association of Clovis Educators (ACE) has filed charges with the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) regarding Clovis Unified School District’s support of its Faculty Senate, claiming the way the district represents the Faculty Senate’s scope and power, uses district resources and undermines educators’ voices violates state labor law. CUSD control of […]

Our Letter to Clovis Unified Administration

Leaders of the Association of Clovis Educators (ACE) informed CUSD to follow state law by respecting the rights of Clovis educators to unionize without interference, to give ACE notice and the opportunity to meet and discuss any changes to working conditions and to stop supporting and promoting CUSD faculty senate as the representative of Clovis […]

Clovis Educators Launch Historic Organizing Effort #WeAreACE

CLOVIS – Following years of district decision-making that have excluded educators and classroom needs as well as concerns that peaked during the pandemic, a large and diverse group of Clovis educators are launching a petition drive to form a union. The Association of Clovis Educators (ACE) has begun gathering signatures to build a union among […]