Louisiana's early voting period runs from Saturday, September 25th through Saturday, October 5th (except September 29th), so you have the chance to vote now, in advance of election day on October 12th. This year's elections are incredibly important for Louisiana's future. Not only is the Governor up for re-election, but so is the entire Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE), as well as a number of important house and senate races.
The City Union of Baltimore cordially invites you to the Swearing In Ceremony for Newly Elected Officers and Steward Council to be held Tuesday, October 1, 2019 at 5:00 pm. Lite refreshments will be served. For more information, call 410-962-1492.
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See you at a bus stop! Starting Oct. 21, FEA officers and staff will roll out on a statewide, five-week bus tour for public education. We will be on a campaign for our students, public schools and YOU. Please plan to come out and meet us at a stop. The idea is to focus attention on public schools and build community support well before January, when the Legislature will be making decisions that affect all of us. If we are going to win in the next session, we need to be seen and heard now. The stakes are very high. We are fighting for improved funding for public schools and for better pay for all school employees. We want an end to the over-testing of students and a halt to the expansion of voucher programs that divert public money to private schools. We demand that this state support the schools that educate 90 percent of our students, and that lawmakers show proper respect to the people who devote their lives to Florida’s children. In coordination with local unions, the Fund Our Future bus tour will make about 50 stops at events and schools from Pensacola to the Florida Keys. The first stop will be on Oct. 21 in the Panhandle, and the tour comes to a close on Nov. 23 in Orlando. The Hernando stop is slated for the afternoon of November 1st! More details are coming. Be sure to save the date! |
This fall, Louisiana has the chance to #flipBESE!
“These communities lost everything, and the pictures don’t do it justice.”
ED nurse Amannda Ramsdell was part of a relief mission to the Bahamas with the International Medical Corps.
September 18, 2019 - FEA's second article in their series exposing how Florida policies are undermining student success focuses on the scam that is VAM. Since its introduction into teacher evaluation processes, educators across the nation have protested the use of this flawed measure to identify ineffective teachers and brand schools as 'failing'.
September 18, 2019 - FEA's second article in their series exposing how Florida policies are undermining student success focuses on the scam that is VAM. Since its introduction into teacher evaluation processes, educators across the nation have protested the use of this flawed measure to identify ineffective teachers and brand schools as 'failing'.
In This Issue!
1) Health and Wellness check up
2) How can I possibly do everything my administrator asks me to do in a day?
3) Professional Improvement Fund Deadlines
And More!
