The Department of Justice (DOJ) will be conducting FREE seminars about the Wisconsin Open Meetings Law and Wisconsin Public Records Law. DOJ FREE seminars about the Wisconsin Open Meetings Law and Wisconsin Public Records Law. Department of Justice experts will explain key principles and discuss recent updates. The in-person seminars are October 17 and 27; the webinars are on November 6. See the brochure for more details.
The “Official Ballots” for the 2014 BCFPE Elections for Officers and Delegates were mailed on September 9, 2014. If you have not received your ballot by Monday, Sept. 15, 2014, you should request a packet in writing immediately from the Election Chair, Josette George at BCFPE.Chair@gmail.com.
Please be on the lookout for the BCFPE envelope marked: OFFICIAL ELECTION BALLOT ENCLOSED. Follow the election instructions closely and vote for your BCFPE Executive Board Nominees!
Provided from CFT
Judge’s final “Vergara” ruling an attack on teachers
Education unions to appeal
LOS ANGELES — The final decision rendered by Los Angeles Superior Court judge Rolf Treu today in the Vergara v. California case offered no new reasoning or information as to how stripping teachers of their workplace professional rights will help students gain a better education. In rolling back the protections that allow teachers to educate their students and advocate for them without fear of arbitrary and capricious retaliation, the judge has set back a century of well-reasoned law.
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Welcome to the Labor Day weekend!
All of us at AFT-Maryland and our Local affiliates wish you a happy and healthy holiday. We hope you'll join us in taking the day to recognize the hard work and dedication of Maryland's workers.
We also hope you'll take a moment to visit the AFL-CIO's Labor Day 2014 web page. They remind us that "despite our sweat, sacrifice and innovations, too many families are struggling to make ends meet.
This is not an accident. The rise in political and corporate attacks on working people has meant that wages have declined or remained stagnant. Good jobs are scarce, unemployment still is unacceptably high and the greedy few have rigged the game to reap the gains in productivity at the expense of the working people who made those gains possible."
TICTAC is a new initiative created by the Ichabod Crane Teachers' Association.
Our Mission:
Thorugh our membership, we will fulfill the promise of public education and promote the welfare and well-being of our students, our members, and our local community.
By Suzanne Russell
PERTH AMBOY — Acting Superintendent of Schools Vivian Rodriguez takes a calm approach in making sure the district focuses on getting work done.
The calmness she displays in her management and personal approach may be one of the reasons she was asked back to the district after being on sabbatical for several months.
Perth Amboy school superintendent Janine Caffrey has been put on paid administrative leave for the third time. Whether Dr. Caffrey will be returned to the district again or not, she has already announced her decision not to apply to be rehired for next year.
