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22Oct2008
Bellevue School District Community Meetings – Superintendent Search
Next week, parents and community members will have their first opportunity to help shape the profile of characteristics desired in a new superintendent. Two public meetings with consultants form the search firm Hazard, Attea, Young and Associates are scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 30.
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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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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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Open Letter from the Bellevue School Board to Parents: Sept. 5, 2008
All of us on the Board deeply regret the decision to strike. Like you we live in this district and take pride in the quality of the education provided to our children. Postponing the start of school due to a strike is much more than an inconvenience. We understand that a teacher strike affects the very fabric of our community, and are actively engaged with the school administration in seeking solutions that will end the strike, reopen the schools, and re-establish a cooperative and respectful environment for all parties.
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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.
Continue ReadingLeave a Comment25Aug2008
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.
Continue ReadingView Comments (9)03Jun2008
America’s Top Public High Schools
Bellevue schools are well represented in the following list of the 23 top ranked Washington public schools, according to Newsweek. The schools are ranked according to a ratio devised by Jay Mathews: the number of Advanced Placement, Intl. Baccalaureate and/or Cambridge tests taken by all students at a school in 2007 divided by the number of graduating seniors.
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