Leon Classroom Teachers Association

09/29/2026

The work can feel heavier than the progress.
➡️ Keep showing up. ✊
gives us clarity.
gives us footing.
moves us forward.

09/28/2026

Sometimes people speak up because a need is not being met, a commitment has not been honored, or a system is not working as it should.

Healthy organizations do not personalize those concerns. They create space for people to advocate, ask difficult questions, establish boundaries, and seek resolution.

We can acknowledge another person’s humanity without surrendering our own agency.

. . .

The goal isn’t to hurt people.
The goal is to build systems where people don’t have to remain silent to keep the peace.

09/27/2026

Simply put: It’s better in your union.

09/26/2026

“Yes, and…” is what Acceptance in Action looks like.

09/25/2026

Have you had enough of the teach pay penalty in Florida?

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09/25/2026

When truth reveals, character is the response: the secure examine themselves; the insecure dismiss, delay, and defame.

09/24/2026

Sept. 24:
Vote by mail ballots start being sent out!

09/23/2026

Before Florida’s teachers are blamed for what is wrong with education, Floridians should follow the money.

😡 Erika Donalds recently described teachers — 😳 including successful veteran teachers — 🤬 as potentially the “blockade” to implementing new technology in classrooms. She and Byron Donalds have also described a vision in which education operates more like a marketplace, with public dollars following students and private enterprise playing a larger role. Erika Donalds put it plainly:
😮 “Profit is not going to be a bad word when it comes to the education industry.”

Seems all about the kids, right? 😣

At the same time, investigative reporting based on charter-school financial records found that the Optima nonprofit and affiliated taxpayer-funded charter schools paid more than $10 million to two for-profit companies connected to Erika Donalds. Florida Bulldog reported that one virtual charter alone paid OptimaEd roughly $3.2 million in 2023 and 2024, an amount equal to nearly 89% of the government funding the school received during those two years. Those payments were for contracted services; the figures themselves do not establish wrongdoing.

That is a legitimate contrast for Floridians to examine:

🙂‍↔️ Teachers are described as obstacles.
👎 Education is described as an industry.
😬 Profit is openly embraced.
🤯 And family-linked companies have received millions from publicly funded schools.

David Jolly is presenting a materially different education policy:
🍎 greater investment in neighborhood public schools and teacher compensation;
🍏 coupled with stronger accountability requirements for private schools receiving public dollars.

This conversation should not be reduced to slogans about “school choice.”

The deeper question is what happens to Florida’s children when educating them becomes not only a public responsibility, but also a business opportunity.

👉 Follow the policy.
💰 And follow the money.

Erika Donalds attacks teachers while cashing in on Florida’s school wars | Letters

09/22/2026

COMING SOON! - SLPs, OTs & PTs
The Florida Education Association's statewide taskforce of Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs), Occupational Therapists (OTs) and Physical Therapists (PTs) is gathering information from district-employed related service professionals across Florida.

UNION MEMBERS: You will get an email in the next days from FEA with a link to the survey. Please keep your eyes open for it!
Share it with any service provider who is not yet a member.

NOT YET A MEMBER? If you are a district-hired SLP, PT, or OT, you can complete the survey too!

Please share it with colleagues in your district. Consider joining your local union to continue to support our work and strengthen our profession.



https://portal.floridaea.org/fasttrack/217

09/22/2026

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