Early Enrollment Offer
Right now first time members who sign up to join the MEA will not pay dues until September. If you know someone who is interested, you can reach out to me at kathryn.commeret@gmail.com or comstockparkea@gmail.com
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Governing Body Meeting February Minutes
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ed39r0CfB0_Zh3hFiPH7LmdJlycuMU2LaNfqcYQVff4/edit?usp=sharing
EA Staff Please Check your personal email!
I sent an email that also contains the link for the second survey which I am posting here. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdviLlaui2JA7V2uTQSEv0VhkeUu03iRSalzID5x1yl_tbZHA/viewform?usp=sf_link
Survey for Support Staff
Support staff - please fill out the survey for our upcoming bargaining/negotiations. The more feedback we have from you the better we can strategize to get favorable results. Please complete the survey by Monday March 22nd. I will be setting up a Google meet in the near future to discuss the results and get our bargaining team together. Mandy Rodriquez https://docs.google.com/forms/ d/ 1Bwx17eHrEeuElI9ad6odHaUGddTTy 6EjLEEX4elEe3o/edit
Survey due March 8.
This is an initial survey to help us generate a list of priorities. A second survey will be sent out next week. Please do the survey by March 8. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScGYbPlvZxlUNxV8STAdseWM2aeJhoEPX5MIUY3dJLoymr_Mw/viewform?usp=sf_link
Bargaining Meeting Wednesday 2/24/2021
Good Morning! Wednesday we will have a bargaining meeting at 1:00 pm in the High School Media Center. Anyone who is a member in good standing is welcome to attend. We will discuss what our topics of bargaining should be and get your input. If you know nothing about bargaining please don't be intimidated, all are welcome. We especially encourage younger members to get involved so you can learn this process for the future! We will discuss our bargaining team, minimum bargaining standards, and how to get input from our members. We will also set future dates to meet. If you feel uncomfortable coming in person, reach out to me and I can provide a zoom link. Thanks !
Financial Update!
Good afternoon! I know it's been a while so I thought I would share some things that have been on the minds of our leadership. First of all, I hope you are all navigating through this stressful year and finding time to take care of yourself and your families. At our executive board meeting last Wednesday we discussed the financial health of our district (which is very good) and how to change the mindset/dialogue of the past. I have been here for over 20 years and we have had some very tough times financially speaking. This has changed and I wanted to start the conversation about shifting our mindset and conversations. We have for so long been "scared" to spend money and we now need to start thinking about how best to "invest" in our district. I know we have heard some administrators say, but we have to save that money because we have declining enrollment. This mindset is short sited and we will never grow as a district thinking that ...