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12Sep2008
Settlement Reached between District and BEA: September 12, 2008, 8:54
A settlement between the Bellevue School District and the Bellevue Education Association has been reached. BEA members will vote on Sunday evening and the parties have agreed not to comment on the terms or disclose settlement information until after BEA members have an opportunity to ratify the tentative agreement.
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Bellevue school board won't go to court in strike
The Bellevue, Wash., School Board has decided not to seek a court injunction to force striking teachers to begin work.
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Message from Clyde Hill Elementary Principal Jennifer Benson
School regrettably remains closed for another day. Negotiations between the Bellevue School District and the Bellevue Education Association (BEA) resumed again today at 11 AM. I continue to remain hopeful we will make progress toward a resolution and negotiated agreement soon.
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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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Are Bellevue Teachers Striking – BellevueBubble says YES!
Bellevue teachers appear ready to assume picket line positions in protest of the district's web curriculum. Teachers claim the new curriculum limits their flexibility within the classroom as each day, in some instances each minute, is planned for them.
Continue ReadingView Comments (7)25Aug2008
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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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.
Continue ReadingView Comments (3)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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