Chisholm is the only school district in Minnesota that hasn’t reached a 2017-19 contract agreement with its teachers. 

If that’s not bad enough, the district declared an impasse and is trying to impose pay, benefits and working conditions teachers did not sign off on. 

Let’s show our union family in Chisholm we have their backs! Chisholm teachers and school district officials are going into mediation Thursday, March 28, in hopes of reaching a fair and competitive settlement. 

Wear red and send solidarity notes and selfies starting Wednesday, March 27, and Thursday, March 28. Post your pictures and notes to the Education Minnesota-Chisholm Facebook page or on Twitter with the hashtags #solidarity #chisholm. 

Chisholm teachers deserve to feel respected and valued. It’s time for school district leaders to get back to the table and reach a settlement that keeps high-quality teachers and attracts new ones.

WCCO ran a wonderful piece on RAHS Band Instructor, Pat Moriarty:

https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/video/4050195-beloved-roseville-band-teacher-to-take-final-bow-after-30-years/

Today,  EM-R and districts across the state formally filed our intent to bargain a successor contract with the Bureau of Mediation Services.  

As such, your EM-R Negotiations Team has begun working on the initial phases of bargaining the 2019-2021 successor contract for our bargaining unit.  Look for a survey from your bargaining team about your priorities in the next contract. We will be using this data as we develop our proposals. We look forward to providing you with updates about the bargaining process. You can find those right here on emroseville.org. Your bargaining team includes President Dan Beck(Elementary), Emily Bergquist, EM-R Vice President (Student Services Elementary), Ben Schwanke, Member Rights RAMS(Middle School), Ryan Sauter (Elementary) and Gregg Martinson Chief Negotiator/Member Rights 9-12

MSRS (Minnesota State Retirement System) is offering a number of free, half-day

pre-retirement seminars.  The seminars are geared towards those within five years of retirement and cover social security benefits and your health care savings plans.  

Schedules and registration information can be found HERE. 

To find out additional information about your HCSP account (this is the one the district matches 2% of your salary each year) go to www.msrs.state.mn.us to log in or create an account.  

The field of possible candidates for this year’s Minnesota Teacher of the Year honor has been narrowed to 40, and 2 of those 40 are members of EM-R! Congratulations to Jeff Davies, RAHS Industrial Technology teacher and Myriam Castro-Franco, Little Canada Elementary 3-4 teacher. A selection panel of 23 community leaders chose the semifinalists from an initial field of 168 candidates from across the state.

The panel will review the semifinalists’ portfolios again and review semifinalist video submissions in late March and will select about 10 finalists from among the group. The current Minnesota Teacher of the Year, Kelly D. Holstine, will announce her successor at a banquet May 5 at the Saint Paul RiverCentre in St. Paul.

More information is available on the Education Minnesota Page:https://educationminnesota.org/news/media-resources/news-releases/Teacher-of-the-Year-candidate-field-narrowed-to-40

Jeff Davies and Myriam Castro-Franco are Education Minnesota Teacher of the Year candidates. See more here: https://www.educationminnesota.org/news/media-resources/news-releases/A-near-record-168-teachers-are-candidates-for-Minn

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