Redistricting Drama to Play out : Deseret News

The special legislative session to start the redistricting of legislative and school board boundaries begins today.  You can read more about it at www.deseretnews.com

Tomorrow I will be attending an "Evaluation Summit" in SLC where keynoters and presenters will discuss the new evaluation plan that each district must complete.

Rick

OEA Leadership to meet with Supt. Smith

OEA President Doug Stephens and Vice-President Sara Byrd will meet with Supt. Smith and other district leadership Wednesday to discuss our concerns and plan for our Interest Based Bargaining training.
OEA's regular AR meeting and Executive Board meeting is Monday, Oct. 3 at the UniServ office.
Rick

OEA Priority Schools Community Partnerships

OEA is working with NEA to receive a grant to help with Community Partnerships in our five School Improvement Grant Schools: Madison, Dee, Odyssey, George Washington, and OHS.  I will be in a conference call with NEA in Washington, D.C. and our Western Region representative, Bev Johnson to plan our use of the grant.

Rick

Go to our website to view grant and seminar opportunities

Go to www.ogdenweber.org and look at the many grant opportunities and a social studies seminar in October.
Rick

What does WEA do for me?

Go to our website at www.ogdenweber.org and read a list of things that WEA has done for members. Rick

Whose mediocrity? SL Trib Opinion on Howard Stephenson's plan to privatize schools

Please read at www.sltrib.com the opinion piece: "Senator's goal: Privatize schools

"Sen. Howard Stephenson has on, seemingly all-consuming goal: to privatize public schools..."

Read in Thursday's, Sept. 22, Deseret News about "School Comparison data made public"

If Senator Howard Stephenson is happy you know it can't be good...read yesterday's article in the Deseret News (www.deseretnews.com) about the new "Public School Data Gateway" that the USOE has built to give data on schools and (I am sure it is coming) specific teachers.

Rick