Through the AFT Plus/Union Plus program, Union members receive discounts on everything from car rentals to hotels to pet insurance. This is a terrific benefit that more people need to take advantage of.
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On a Thursday night in early March, I had the pleasure of viewing the Young Artist Exhibition featuring visual art by middle school students, along with drama and dance performances. A week later, All City Dance took place at Arts High School. This coming Thursday, All City Music will happen and at the end of March, the Teen Arts Festival will occur.
After the first two shows, I had a conversation with Margaret El, the Director of the Visual and Performing Arts Office. In the first two performances, excellence
I am extremely excited to share the approval of next year’s calendars. Enclosed you will find the 2023-2024 school calendar.
To review, the process for approval of the calendars has three steps. The first step is that a district team creates several options for consideration. Although the calendar is managerial prerogative, the second step is that bargaining agreements indicate that every Union is to review these calendars prior to final approval and dissemination. This assists the district
During the last 10 weeks, I have joined the ELA office led by Jazleen Othman on site visits to elementary schools. While there, we have been reading students’ writings posted on the walls. It’s evident that in some classrooms and schools students have been learning how to use conventions well when writing. Thank you to those teachers. Also true are classrooms where such instruction is less evident. As you know, all punctuation rules do not matter equally. Some carry far greater weight and these must be attended to explicitly. Of great
