Volunteers from AFT-Maryland affiliate agencies conducted a concentrated effort to get out the vote for Maryland’s primary elections Tuesday, June 24.

Representatives from AFT-Maryland’s affiliate agencies, including union presidents, key staff members, and members of the AFT-Maryland Legislative and Political Action Committees attended training on Committees on Political Education (C.O.P.E.) and the federation’s political and legislative activities on June 19. Chris Runge, AFT Deputy Director, provided an overview of AFT’s political perspective and national priorities and presented information on the importance of building political power by encouraging members to participate in union C.O.P.E. activities.

Both First Grade classes presented a play based on a popular children’s book. Mr. LaFera’s class performed Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak. Mrs. White’s class performed The Signmaker’s Assistant by Tedd Arnold.

Student privacy protection will cost $1 million

BESE plans to spend about $1 million to implement a law aimed at protecting the personal information of Louisiana school students.

Here is the budget committee report from the 2013- 2014 school year.  Please download the .pdf file to read the answers to the many questions given to the superintendent regarding the school's budget. 

In this edition:

• Margie Brumfield – SRP of the Year
• New course mandate for new teaching assistants applying for certification
• AFT: Reclaiming the promise
• Have you reviewed your TRS or ERS member information lately?

A recent article by Dave Johnson on Salon.com explains why corporate CEOs make as much 300 times more than their employees.

We had a great turn out with 70.2% of our members that voted in favor of the tentative agreement.

Thank you to all our members that took the time to vote!

The Beaverton School Board approved the contract at it's June 16th Board meeting.