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Update 5-31-23 Certificated Contracts for 2023-24 SY

Update 5-24-23 WA Cares Act - LTC Begins Again July 1, 2023

Update 5-17-23 Annual Leave Carry Over Survey

Update 5-10-23 Call for Nominations Round 2

Update 5-3-23 Elections for Reps to the Executive Committee

Update 4-27-23 Olympia Watch: a look back at the 2023 session

Update 4-6-23 The Power of the PAC

Update 3-29-23 Olympia Watch: It's make-or-break tiem. Take Action!

Update 3-22-23 Olympia Watch: tracking our priorities

Update 3-15-23 Our CBA Requires Some Decisions be Revisited

Update 3-8-23 Olympic Watch: Tracking Our Priorities

Update 3-2-23 School Start Times 2023-24

Update 2-22-23 Olympic Watch: Tracking Our Priorities

Update 2-15-23 Enjoy Your Mid-Winter Break

Update 2-8-23 Important Deadlines are Approaching

Update 2-1-23 Olympia Watch: tracking our priorities

Update 1-25-23 It is Time to Think About the 2023-24 SY

Update 1-18-23 The Power of the Pac

Update 1-11-23 Navigating the Student Loan Forgiveness Journey

Update 1-4-23 Legislative Session begins on January 9

Update 12-14-22 Lake Washington EA STEM Robotics

Update 12-7-22 WEA and NEA Rep Assembly Election Ballots

Update 11-30-22 Know Your Contract

Update 11-23-22 Have a Wonderful Thanksgiving

Update 11-17-22 5 Days Left in OE

Update 11-9-22 13 Days Remain - OE Ends Nov. 21, 2022

Update 11-2-22 Important Changes to Kaiser Permanente

Update 10-26-22 SEBB Benefits - OE Begins Monday!

Update 10-19-22 The Most Expensive Pizza You Have Ever Eaten

Update 10-12-22 Know Your Contract

Update 10-5-22 SEBB Benefits - Open Enrollment

Update 9-28-22 1st Pay Day is Friday!

Update 9-21-22 Our CBA Requires Some Decisions be Revisited By Staff Every Year

Update 9-14-22 LWEA and LWSD to Engage in Full CBA Bargain This Year

Update 9-8-22 Welcome to the 2022-2023 school year!

Update 6-15-22 Stay Connected

Update 5-25-22 Certificated Contracts for 22-23

Update 5-18-22 2022-23 LWEA Executive Committee Election Results

Update 5-11-22 Ballots for the 2022-23 EC Elections Close Friday, May 13

Update 5-4-22 Summer/Spring Cert Training and Clock Hour Opportunities

Update 5-2-22 Special Election Update - Exec Committee Elections

Update 4-27-22 Nominations Are In for the 2022-23 Exec Comm Reps

Update 4-20-22 Key Dates for Semester 2

Update 4-13-22 Updated Safety Protocols in Our Schools

Update 3-31-22 5.5% COLA: what does that mean for you?

Update 3-24-22 Legislative Wins and WEA-PAC

Update 3-17-22 The End of the mask mandate: what comes next?

Update 3-10-22 Sine Die = Final day of the 2022 regular legislative session!

Update 3-2-22 Say YES to Adequate COLAs + NO to Educator Pay Cuts

Update 2-23-22 Educator COLAs

Update 2-16-22 Enjoy Your Mid-Winter Break

Update 2-9-22 2022 Levy Measures Likely to Pass

Update 2-2-22 The 2022 Levy Measures will directly impact the staff, programs and space at your school

Update 1-27-22 The 2022 Levies Will Directly Impact Your Students

Update 1-19-22 Tell Voters How the 2022 Levies Will Impact Our Students and Schools

Update 1-13-21 The Success of the 2022 Levies Will Impact You and Your Students

Update 1-5-21 How Will the 2022 Levies Impact You and Your Students? Prop 3

Update 12-15-21 How Will the 2022 Levies Impact You and Your Students? Prop 2

Update 12-9-21 How Will the 2022 Levies Impact You and Your Students?

Update 12-2-21 Dear Members, Thank You

Update 11-17-21 The Latest LOU: Instructional Supports for Quarantined Students

Update 11-10-21 Weds, Nov. 10 - ITW Day

Update 11-3-21 Make Changes Now to your 2022 SEBB Benefits

Update 10-20-21 Covid Leave Provisions

Update 10-13-21 Coming Soon: SEBB Open Enrollment

Update 10-6-21 October 1

Update 9-29-21 Missing Sub Coverage Plans

Update 9-22-21 Did you know that our CBA requires some decisions be revisited by staff every year?

Update 9-15-21 What is Happening With Bargaining This Year?

Update 9-8-21 Instructional Supports for Students Required to Quarantine

Update 9-2-21 Welcome Back!

Update 6-16-21 Acknowledgements and Thanks

Update 6-9-21 Farewell and Good Luck

Update 6-2-21 Did You Receive Your Additional Pay?

Update 5-26-21 Certificated Contracts 2021-22

Update 5-19-21 Annual Leave Carryover

Update 5-12-21 LWEA and District to Begin Bargaining New CBA

Update 5-5-21 Did You Audit Your Paycheck?

Update 4-28-21 Submit Professional Funds NOW!!