Archive of Ann Oxrieder

11Sep2008

Teachers want Bellevue to tap levy money for raises

Striking teachers want the Bellevue School District to dig deeper into its maintenance and operations levy to increase teacher pay -- even as that fund is squeezed by state-mandated raises for teachers.

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01Sep2008
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Bellevue Teachers Strike! + Child Care Options

Bellevue School District teachers will start their strike tomorrow. Negotiators have assisted the bargaining process since Saturday. Those close to the negotiations predict the strike lasting all week. But let's not forget when contract negotiations broke down in 2003, Marysville teachers staged the longest school strike in state history - 49 days.

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25Aug2008
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Clyde Hill PTA ‘On The Ball’ & BEA Hacked!

Whilst writing this Bellevue teacher strike article, we learned the Bellevue Education Association (BEA) website was hacked by the Albanian Kosova Hackers Group. The enewsletter from the Clyde Hill PTA is below the screenshot below, but we wanted to warn readers about the potential threat of visiting the BEA website.

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25Aug2008
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Clyde Hill PTA ‘On The Ball’ & BEA Hacked!

Whilst writing this Bellevue teacher strike article, we learned the Bellevue Education Association (BEA) website was hacked by the Albanian Kosova Hackers Group. The enewsletter from the Clyde Hill PTA is below the screenshot below, but we wanted to warn readers about the potential threat of visiting the BEA website.

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22Aug2008

Bellevue Teacher Strike

Lindsay Larin, with the Bellevue Reporter, has just written a piece on the current threat of a teacher strike for Bellevue schools. I can't help but feel a little disappointed the school district has no readily available information on its website about the potential strike.

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