East Side Teachers Association

06/08/2026

East Side educators, ESUHSD Board Trustee Bryan Do, and Tony Lam, ESUHSD Board candidate, Area 4 support Tony Lam for ESUHSD School Board, Trustee Area 2!

Trustee Area 2 represents Santa Teresa High School, Oak Grove High School, and Calero High School.

06/02/2026

ESTA, Anthony Montes, and Bryan Do support Tony Lam for ESUHSD School Board, Trustee Area 4.

04/27/2026

Join us for a Meet & Greet with Tony Lam, the ESTA endorsed candidate running for Trustee Area 4 (Independence and Piedmont Hills area) of East Union High School District.

Tony is excited to meet, listen, and fight for you. Before he can fight for you on the ESUHSD School Board, we need to help him win in November. ✊✊✊

We will have food so please use this RSVP Link or the QR code on the flyer: tinyurl.com/tlmg429

Update from previous post: Meet & Greet location changed

04/24/2026

Join us for a Meet & Greet with Tony Lam, the ESTA endorsed candidate running for Trustee Area 4 (Independence and Piedmont Hills area) of East Union High School District.

Tony is excited to meet, listen, and fight for you. Before he can fight for you on the ESUHSD School Board, we need to help him win in November. ✊✊✊

We will have food so please use this RSVP Link or the QR code on the flyer: tinyurl.com/tlmg429

02/06/2026

Our students deserve better!

01/30/2026

01/24/2026

East Side Teachers Association members, students, and community members showed up to the Jan. 22nd school board meeting to speak out against staff layoffs and cuts to student services.

The school board voted to approve the layoff list. An addendum was passed that there will be a special committee form to explore alternative cuts to teaching staff by taking a closer look at other categories, including contracts & operations and district office management.

The fight continues on February 12th, 2026 ✊✊✊

01/20/2026

ESTA member and ESUHSD alumnus, Eden Conghuyen, shares her thoughts about current crisis and the district's layoff proposal.

Show up to our board meeting on January 22nd at 830 N Capitol Ave, San Jose, 95133 ✊✊✊

01/17/2026

Proposed ESUHSD Budget Cuts Threaten Student Services and Classrooms, Preserve District Office Administration

Read more below:

At the ESUHSD Board Study Session on Tuesday, January 13, the superintendent presented a proposal to cut $6 million in direct services to students, a plan that would result in the elimination of 49 positions -- including teachers, counselors, social workers, and student-support staff. These proposed...

01/16/2026

Op-Ed from ESUHSD Trustee Bryan Do regarding a deeply concerning matter.

Trustee Do outlines how ESUHSD Board President Van Le and Trustee Manuel Herrera violated the Brown Act for the second time in less than a year by arbitrarily and without notice restricting student speaking time.

For reducing public comment from 2 minutes to 1, specifically after seeing students who had waited hours with signs to advocate for their AP science classes, these board members effectively attempted to silence the very voices we are here to serve. This stance in stark contrast to previous meetings where the "red carpet" was rolled out for charter school supporters and political elites who were granted their full time to speak.

Targeting our students with these limitations simply because they were prepared to advocate for change as the betrayal of the democratic process. It is unacceptable to see political interests prioritize over the rights and participation of our students. The students of ESUHSD are the heart of our work. When board members devalue student input and disregard transparency, they fail in their primary responsibility to this district. As educators, we cannot support leadership that refuses to prioritize the voices of our students

You can read it directly here:
https://www.eastsideta.org/single-post/integrity-over-inconvenience-why-our-students-deserve-two-minutes-of-our-time