WAEA: After The Bell...

Unable to attend the most recent WA Board of Trustee meeting, or just want a quick run-down of all the important things that happened?

We discuss the meeting that occured on Monday, November  15th with our ever-vigilant WAEA Observer, Sue Darden.
 
In this episode we discuss:
 
The Superintendent's Update
Multiple Policy proposals that passed first reading
Marcus Meyer's Fall Benchmark Data Review
The Return to Masks Optional - Begining November 29th

On November 2nd, voters in West Ada Zones 1&3 will pick the two individuals to Replace Trustees Klopfenstein and Buffi on the  WA Board of Trustees. In this episode, we sit down to talk with two candidates Brent Hart (Zone 1) and Anita Beckman (Zone 3) to get a sense of who they are, what qualifies/motivates them to be in this position, and what their priorities would be if elected. 

** NOTE - Lori Frasure (also Zone 1) and Angie Redford (Zone 3) were asked to take part in this episode as well, but both camps refused to participate... more on this in the episode. 

Miss the WA Board of Trustee meeting last night, or just want a quick rundown? Today we chat with Sue Darden, our resident WAEA Observer about all the most recent happenings.

We cover:
The latest with the Amy Johnson protests
Bub's update/District spotlights
Trustee Rezoning Map
Revised communications policies

Link to Sue's Notes from the meeting HERE

Miss last night's meeting, or want a quick recap? In this episode we discuss the most recent WA Board meeting with our official Association Observer, Sue Darden.

Sue's Notes
602.20 Academic Freedom and Responsibility in Teaching Controvercial Issues
403.80 (Revised) Title IX - Non-Descrimination Policy

Today we talked with Sam Perez, the new President of the WAEA, about his background; the job of a union president; the association's goals for the year; the challenges we face with COVID-19; CRT furvor and teachers' rights in their classroom.  

In this episode we talk with Sue Darden, our resident board meeting expert, about the big happenings at the trustee meeting that occured on September 8th, 2021. We discuss Sue's history with the association and board meetings before diving into Dr. Bub's mask announcement, the Academic Freedom policy's second reading, a supplimental levy and more.

Sue's notes on the meeting can be found HERE.

HERE is a link to the Academic Freedom and Responsibility in Teaching Controvercial Topics policy #602.20  

West Ada hired over 230 new certified employees this year! We took the opportunity to chat with a few of them at the new teacher event held on August  18th about where they are from, what their previous experiences are and about the prospects (both exciting and scary) for the upcoming school year. 

In this very first episode of WAEA: After The Bell, I interview Dr. Bub about his background, the coming year's challenges,  and a variety of other topics.