Friday, April 11, 2014

SEND A MESSAGE TO THE BOARD: VOTE!!

Colleagues:  we have now entered FTA's election season.   As if we didn't already have enough to do!   We teachers are BUSY:
  • teaching . . .
  • planning lessons . . .
  • attempting to incorporate new paradigms like Common Core . . .
  • 'testing the test' by piloting SBAC . . .
  • and (last but definitely not least) working together to build our organization during this critical negotiations period . . .
That's plenty for anyone's plate. 

But here's the thing: participation in our Association's elections sends a signal to the district.   

The district doesn't care who wins the election that much;  what they care about is how many of us actually vote.   High levels of participation will show that our membership is getting organized and informed, which increases our leverage at the bargaining tables:



The voting period begins TODAY and continues through Spring Break.   If you have not received your ballot, please call me at 916-0777 and I will make sure you get it.  It is extremely important that we participate in elections.

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