Survey Results

Your bargaining team would like to thank all REA members for their insightful responses to the bargaining survey.  Our members concerns are what drives the bargain and guides the team in crafting meaningful new language for our contract.  The following is a list of the top twelve concerns members rated as important and/or very important:

97%  Improve Staff and student social/emotional and physical safety
96%  Increase behavior supports (EA's, SMT's, noon assistants, etc.)
91&  Have whole child curriculum (recess, art, music, etc.)
91%  Establish firm class size and caseload limits
89%  Have a clear protocol for placing students in self-contained behavior classrooms
87%  Increase salary that recovers previous losses in salary
85%  Have a clear process for student discipline which is shared with teachers, counselors, and appropriate support staff
83%  Have a diverse selection of available electives (including CTE and languages) at the middle and high school level
82%  Have collaborative meeting time with teachers and support staff
75%  Have sufficient amount of training time for new curriculum technology
74%  Restore new teacher mentor-ship program
74%  Have a clear and transparent process for tuition reimbursement and subsequent column movement

Please plan to attend the February 20th initial exchange meeting at Woodland Elementary starting at 4:30.  This is where you will see member concerns directly addressed through new contract language proposed by your bargaining team..  This is also when and where you will see the districts approach to our concerns.

At your service,

REA Bargaining Team