February 6th No School
There have been many questions regarding the February 6th (originally February 3rd) no school day. February 6th is not “deemed done” nor is it a “report card” day, simply put, it is a non-workday.
Historically, this day was a workshop day to complete report cards. However, in the recent bargain, KEA went from working 187 days to 185 days. This “report card” day was removed, as was the floating day before the start of the year. This adjustment allowed us to receive the same salaries over fewer days, increasing our per diem rates.
Report Card Due Date
All report cards are due 4 days following the end of the semester as stated in our CBA. The soonest report cards can be asked to be completed is Friday, February 10th. Additionally, elementary teachers do not have to complete report cards for any student(s) they have had for less than 20 school days.
WEA RA Delegate and Calendar Vote is Live
Electronic ballots for our election of delegates to the WEA Representative Assembly and calendar options for the 23-24 school year were sent to HOME emails Monday, January 16th. The email with your ballot will be coming from BallotPoint, not KEA.
If you do not see the email in your inbox, please double check your spam folder. After that, if you still don’t have the ballot email, it may be that KEA does not have your correct home email listed. Should that be the case, or if you have any other questions, please email KEAElections@washingtonea.org from your HOME email and we will work to get the issue resolved. Thank you for exercising your right to vote!
EDL Rollover
This is just a friendly reminder that if you have rolled over EDL from last year, don’t forget to use them! The EDL days that are rolled over each year are always at risk of being lost at the end of the year if they aren’t used. Annual EDL days are compensated at the Guest Teacher rate at the end of the current school year if not used, but EDL days that are rolled over don’t have this same benefit. Don’t get yourself in a position where you haven’t used them by the end of the year, and they are taken away from you and you don’t get compensated for them either. USE them, you earned them!
