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RPS School Board Candidates Homework Assignment

I am assigning every RPS school board candidate homework. Is this a bit cheeky? Maybe. But I was seriously - SERIOUSLY - surprised when more than one school board candidate indicated to me that they do not watch school board meetings.

School Board candidates - here is your first assignment.

Study guide, quiz and syllabus to follow.

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The first assignment is to watch the public comment given by RPS employees at the May 6, 2024 School Board meeting.

In this series of public comments, members of the REA, including Board members and officers, describe multiple violations of the collective bargaining agreement and resolution.

These violations include transgressions against "the letter" (i.e. explicit conditions) of the agreement, as well as the spirit of collective bargaining.

The viewing homework lasts for approximately 30 minutes.

Speakers include:

  • REA Vice President,
  • REA Secretary (and past President), 
  • REA Treasurer of the REA, 
  • three REA Board members, 
  • an American Sign Language interpreter,
  • an REA rep from a school that had the 200-day calendar imposed on staff,
  • an administrative office associate who is member of that unit's collective bargaining team.

Clicking HERE will bring you directly to the pertinent portion of the public comment.

STUDY QUESTIONS WILL BE POSTED SHORTLY.

FULL MEETING BELOW. The public comment in question begins at 36:15. 

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