CPEEA Local News

As of the deadline April 17th, 2020, 5pm......we have a slate of candidates for the executive offices of the CPEEA. They are as follows: President: Kathy Commeret Vice President (certified): Tim Olson Vice President (support staff): Mandy Rodriquez Treasurer: Sarah Weber Secretary: Gina McCambridge In addition, Lisa Czypera has stepped forward as a building rep for Pine Island EA and Sarah Anderson as EA rep for the High School. Thanks very much.  Once the new school year starts we'll have to fill out the rest of the building and classification representation with building level selection run by the current representatives in those spots.  If you are interested in becoming involved in the CPEEA contact Kim Pfeiffer.

Good afternoon, The bargaining team wanted to let you know we have been working very hard every week so we are ready to bargain when that time comes...We wanted to reach out and communicate with you what our top priorities are based on a representative from each of your buildings. -Getting the district to pay the hard cap (the maximum the state allows) to reduce insurance costs to members -Salary increase for everyone -Step with correlating pay for everyone -Lower class sizes at the elementary especially with discipline problems that have been occurring. If you feel strongly about one of these or feel a different item needs to be discussed please let us know. Thanks, The Bargaining Team

Our bylaws and constitution call for an April election of officers in even-numbered years. We have 5 positions to be filled for the next 2 year terms of our Executive Board: President, VP Certified, VP Support Professionals, Treasurer and for Secretary. Any member in good standing who wishes to be placed on the ballot please send an email notification to your current president, Kim Pfeiffer and the current Secretary, Gina McCambridge. Send us your name and which office you would like to run for and do so by April 17th, 5:00pm. At that time your current Exec Bd will determine how to conduct the election and send out a notification.  These are difficult times for all of us and we will need to make many adjustments to regular procedures. It is also a bargaining year and our bargaining committees continue their work. The Michigan economy has been devastated by this statewide shutdown, gas prices way down and sales tax revenues greatly reduced. The optimistic projections for n...