PueblocountyTA-D70 Union

01/07/2011

The bi laws for the merger between the certified union and classified union are coming along. Look for the end product in the coming weeks.

08/22/2010

WOW! Can summer really be over already? We are already starting the second week of school and the work is in full swing. Starting now we will be updating you on the progress of all the negotiations and the work we are doing. If your building doesn't have a representative you might be missing out on information. Contact us so we can be sure to keep you informed. The website will also be up to date.

04/11/2010

Did anyone read Jill Brake's editorial about tenure in the Chieftain? I personally believe she is dead wrong. I don't know of a single teacher that hides behind their tenure to not teach our students. Every single teacher I know works both in and out of the classroom to enrich the lives of their learners.

04/11/2010

A number of people did not like the presentation we made to the board. I received many terse messages from members, non-members and people in the community. However, the bargaining team has been selected to fight for the rights and working conditions of teachers. You are our interests. As this road gets bumpy remember these are our colleagues and we all work to service our students.

04/08/2010

Thanks for all the emails of support. You are great members now let's be a unified front and show the district we will not be bullied into taking pay cuts.

04/08/2010

I hope you all got to look at the presentation we made to the board. The best part is the paper picked up on it and now Pueblo knows. The district has money in other areas that they can use to keep up from being furloughed. Do they want to use it? Is instruction the most important aspect of the all the jobs we have? We will get to see their philosophy in action when we bargain next week.

04/07/2010

Keep Eileen in your thoughts. We want to wish her a speedy recovery.

04/07/2010

We had a productive conversation with the board about different cuts and the lines in the budget that have excessive amounts of money. We will continue scrub the budget and research areas that can be used to help fill the gap and still save the teachers in our schools. The students need us to teach them and the shell game is not going to be acceptable anymore.

03/18/2010

Have a look at what our President had to say.

PUEBLO COUNTY – The Pueblo County SchoolDistrict 70has already been forced to cut a day from it’s school week, but it's not in the clear quite yet.

03/18/2010

Districts across Colorado are not furloughing their teachers, as some people would have you believe. Our administration has not looked at the budget line by line to find all possible savings. Before they take our pay, we are going to question every line in the budget we're concerned about & we're not settling for simple answers. Keep up your efforts, the board knows we mean business.

03/18/2010

Thank you to all the teachers and district support staff who were present at the board meeting Tuesday night. We will continue to fight for you. Your part is to continue showing up en masse at the board meetings to let them know we are strong.

03/08/2010

On the district home page toward the bottom is a link that says, " View our progress toward our goal." Click it for an animated update about the budget cutting measures.