Bargaining, Meet & Confer, School Board Elections, Veterans Day

Bargaining: We met for session #8 this past Wednesday.  Virtually everything is now on the table, so it's time to really get down to business.  The details of the session can be found here: www.ahemnegotiationsnews.blogspot.com.  Our next two sessions will be Wednesday, October 23rd,  4:45 – 6:45 pm, at the ESC and Wednesday, November 6th, 4:45 – 6:45 pm, AHEM Office 


Meet & Confer: You are invited to discuss the following topics with our school board this Wednesday:

• Traveling Teachers' Issues
• Special Needs of Students Regarding Clustering
• Media Specialists Perspective on the Book "Eleanor & Park"
• Open Forum (where you can bring issues not listed here)

Wear red and meet us Wednesday, October 9th, 6:00 pm in the Ehrling Johnson Rooms at the ESC. Support your colleagues and educate our board about key issues in our classrooms. 


School Board Election Forum: Half of our district's school board seats are up for election this November 5th. Meet the candidates at the League of Women Voters forum on Tuesday, October 8th at 6:30 at the Sandburg building in Anoka.  All the candidates have agreed to participate: 

• District 3 (Champlin, Dayton and parts of Coon Rapids): Bill Harvey and Grace Baltich
• District 4 (Ham Lake, Nowthen, and parts of Andover and Ramsey): Janelle Kirkeide, William Fields and Paul Meunier.
• District 6 (parts of Coon Rapids and Andover): Jeff Simon

Veterans Day: Getting ready to celebrate Veterans Day with your students? Visit NEA's lesson plan area at http://www.nea.org/tools/lessons/veterans-day-activities-intro.html for some good ideas. Honoring Veterans Day is another way to show military connected families that we support them.