You Are Amazing Thank you for all your hard work and dedication to students this year. The support that you have provided students is what will be remembered for years to come. Your students won’t remember the iReady, the SBAC, the data, or labels that were placed on them. They will remember you and the friends they made in your class. You are the heart of our schools. Remind yourself of that as you close the door to your classroom today. Thank you again for your service to students. Your June Paycheck The office of Human Resources has informed KEA that due to the number of timesheets that were turned in, on time, for the end of the school year, some KEA members will not see PEE, overload, class coverage, and para support pay on their June paycheck. The onus was placed on KEA members for waiting until the last minute to turn in their timesheets. KEA leadership pushed back and stated that the reason educators wait to turn in their timesheets is because overload and para pay timesheets can’t be turned in until semester.  Not to mention, principals don’t have to have their PEE lists completed until March. Logically it makes sense that many timesheets come in at the end of the year. KEA put the onus back on the District reminding them that KEA members would rather not fill out PEE timesheets as it would be nice to have it deemed done – like the principals do. Additionally, overload, class coverage, and para pay timesheets are issues that the District needs to solve, not KEA members. Contact the KEA office if you have concerns about your June check. Can We Leave Early Today? We are aware that many principals told their staff that if they are checked out, educators may leave early. One principal told their staff that they must stay the entire day and contacted HR for guidance. Now because of the one principal, HR is reminding principals that all educators need to stay the entire day. KEA has no language to support early dismissal, so you may have to sit in your empty classroom until it’s time to go.   Classroom Take Down Teachers should get as much done as possible in their classroom today. There is no obligation to come back on Monday to finish up. You are only compensated through June 23rd. The District has not bargained a takedown day, so no extra ordinary measures should be required without an agreement between KEA and HR.  Building Files Materials have been placed in some KEA member's building files that don’t have signatures or email verifications attached. Many of our members have no idea that derogatory materials exist in their building files. The District maintains that they don’t have to follow the contract and can place derogatory materials in building files simply through email notification. This is a clear contract violation but one that KSD is willing to spend thousands of taxpayer dollars to continue this practice. KEA has notified the District that they will be taking this issue to arbitration.

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