LWEA News

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  Welcome to LWEA

  The Lake Washington Education Association takes great pride in serving the needs of our members. We are the bargaining unit made up of 2,000 teachers, counselors, library media specialists, school psychologists, SLPs, OTs, PTs, and other Support Specialists in the Lake Washington School District. We understand that our students' learning conditions are our members' working conditions.
  
  Through LWEA's Executive Committee, Building Reps, Officers, and countless members who volunteer their time to support their fellow members, we advocate for the legal, professional, contractual, and human rights of our members; serve as an integral part of educational decision making in the District; promote the professional growth of our members; and foster increased community support for and involvement in public education.
  
  If you are not already a member, please accept my invitation to become a member of LWEA. If you are currently a member, please accept my thanks for all you do to support our students and our community. Membership enrollment forms are available from the building reps at your school, online in the Membership section, or by contacting the LWEA office.
  
  On this website you will find a variety of information describing how LWEA works and how you can become an active participant. In addition, we have information regarding various aspects of your employment - salary schedules, calendars, leaves, student discipline, an explanation of the days in your working calendar, and our LWEA sponsored professional development.
  
  Once again, welcome to our community of educators. We look forward to working with you to make our schools the best they can be and to make your teaching experience in the District a successful and positive one. We look forward to working with you.
  
  Katie Badger, President

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• Say no to cutting $2.2 Billion from education. Say NO to I-2109

  We’re educators because we believe in building a bright future for our students and together in WEA we are fighting against cuts that would hurt students and our communities. A California-based multi-millionaire paid to put a tax break for the ultra-rich on the ballot this fall and if it passes, it would cost our schools $2.2 billion and shift the tax burden to working families. That’s why WEA members are saying NO to I-2109.
  
  The Children’s Alliance, Save The Children Action Fund, Moms Rising, and many more oppose I-2109 because it will cut more than $2.2 billion over 5 years from education, worsening Washington’s childcare and school funding crisis in both rural and urban areas.
  
  I-2109 also puts more tax pressure on the rest of us. It carves out a tax break for a handful of people - fewer than 4,000 wealthy households - shifting more tax responsibility on middle- and low- income Washingtonians who are already paying the biggest share in state and local taxes - up to 17% of our incomes.
  
  Join educators across the state in voting NO on I-2109, and sign up to join a virtual phone bank to get the word out to more voters: https://wea.mobi/noon2109phonebank

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  LWEA Executive Committee Calls for Action on Racial Equity in our District

  The Lake Washington Education Association stands with Black students, Black families, and Black colleagues in our schools. We condemn racial violence and racial bias; we are committed to dismantling institutional racism, racial prejudice, and white supremacy culture in our schools, in our organization, and in our communities; and we are calling for urgent action from our elected school board. While we seek to meet mutual interests, we are compelled by the pain of our Black and Brown community members and colleagues to act and demand change. The Executive Committee is formulating a plan, to be released in advance of the June 22 school board meeting, calling for immediate and explicit policy actions by our school board that result in concrete and sustained changes to ensure that our schools are actively anti-racist and equitable for our students.
  
  Black Lives Matter.

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