Archive for February, 2010
Meridian’s Day at the Legislature
Posted on 26. Feb, 2010 by tricia.waltner.
17 MEA members lobbied their legislators February 16th as part of IEA’s Grassroots Lobbying program. The goal of the group was to learn from their conversations with legislators and share an educator’s perspective on the proposal to cut education funding by nearly 13%.
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MEA & Meridian School District begin Interest-Based Bargaining Process
Posted on 19. Feb, 2010 by tricia.waltner.
This year, the MEA and the Meridian School District will begin using the IBB (Interest Based Bargaining) Process using a 3rd party facilitator trained by the FMCS (Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service).
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Dessert Feeding Frenzy!
Posted on 12. Feb, 2010 by tricia.waltner.
MEA members attending the monthly B Team meeting on Monday, February 8th were pleasantly surprised to find over 100 tantalizing desserts awaiting them. But they soon found that satisfying their sweet tooth would come with a price.
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New ESP Newsletter
Posted on 11. Feb, 2010 by tricia.waltner.
The Idaho Education Association ESP Committee has put together an informational newsletter for all ESP (Education Support Personnel). Please click here for the February edition.
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Negotiations Support Team Meeting
Posted on 04. Feb, 2010 by tricia.waltner.
[ February 16, 2010; 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm. 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm. 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm. 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm. ] Our first meeting of the year will be on Tuesday, February 16th in the north cafeteria at Meridian High School.
Please RSVP to Tricia Waltner.
We will be going over the survey results, talking about legislative funding and discussing collaborative bargaining among other things. See you there



