A General Membership meeting was held May 29th. Fifty members attended what was probably the shortest one in the history of the SVEA, thirty minutes.   

The dues increase was approved by a vote of 44-6. The new language to the Constitution and By-laws was approved by a vote of  46-4.

Freedom Johnson, WEA Sammamish Uniserv Director, spoke about the need to get out to family, friends, neighbors, and community events to gather signatures for Class Size Counts.   We are 50% of our goal of 5 signature per member.  We made a stand last fall over class size- we need to back that by ensuring that it gets on the ballot next fall.  We have three weeks of school to go!

Please try to attend an event this weekend by going to http://bit.ly/1kgAxZw  and signing up.  You could get 100 in an hour.   Fall City Days is coming up on the 14th of June.  If you can, join SVEA members there.  Please let me know, and I'll let the coordinator know you can be there. (I can't, my son is getting married that day!)

I did take the initiative to a camp-out last weeken. I got 22 signatures just sitting around the campfire. It really is that easy. 

Lisa Radmer
President
Snoqualmie Valley Education Association

Members, with your help we can lower class sizes in grades K-12. 

Class Size Counts coalition needs your continued work on gathering signatures.  This weekend is a great chance to gather 200 or more per person in just a couple of hours. Who is going to the game anyway?

We are coordinating two I-1351 signature gathering shifts on Saturday, May 31:

        11-1 PM (Sounders)

        5-7 PM (Mariners)

If we get 30 volunteers for each shift, we’ll be able to work in teams of 5 to cover all the major gates of both stadiums.  Don’t worry, we’ll provide all the materials and training.

Please have volunteers (member, friend, staff, family, etc.) use this link to commit to one or both shifts on Saturday: http://bit.ly/1kgAxZw

We will track signatures by Local so you get credit when the statewide tally is reported at 1 PM on Monday.

Here is a  list  of all the signature-gathering events that Sammamish Uniserv has planned.  Let's get as many signatures as we can. With just a little effort we can get the class size initiative on the ballot. Our local needs about 800 more signatures before school gets out. We can do it!

WEA-Sammamish UniServ Council COMMUNITY Signature-Gathering EVENTS

Over the next few weeks, a research firm hired by the district will be conducting a survey to gauge support for a school bond. Read more on Living Snoqualmie... http://www.livingsnoqualmie.com/key-survey-finally-set-course-next-school-bond-time-answer-phone/