Dear Walgrove Families and Staff,
Each Spring, it is a particular LAUSD practice that teachers come in one at a time in order of seniority and sit with the Principal and UTLA Chapter Chair to select their preferred grade levels for the following year. (While UTLA prefers a meeting with all teachers, the District prefers one at a time.)
While the Administrator is able to pursue the process of making adjustments to the Matrix in order to best serve the school's instrutional program, it is customary to avoid doing so at all costs because it is important to honor teachers and to ensure they are happy about what they are teaching. So, typically, the Principal assigns teachers to the grade levels they have each selected.
After current Walgrove teachers make their selections, Dr. K reviews the results and then adds to the Matrix any new-hires. In our case, this year, we added Ms. Lynn Webster, who is a returning Walgrove teacher, and two additonal new-hires, each of which is slated to teach at Walgrove starting either this year (as in the case of Mr. Fernandez) or next year (as in the case of Ms. Diamond).
Today, eligible Walgrove teachers participated in this Matrix process. The following is the resulting Matrix:
