Local 925 Members With Representative Maxwell

K12 members w/ Marcie Maxwell

Local 925 members Shellie Smith (Bellevue
School District busdriver, far left), Janet
Zins (Lake Washington School District
Instructional Assistant, second from right)
and Jackie Wheeler (Bellevue School District paraeducator for special needs kids, right)
meet with State Rep. Marcie Maxwell (second
from left), 41st legislative district.

SEIU Member's Essay Changed The Way Some Schools In Marysville Serve Lunch

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Lake WA Schools Craft a Responsible Budget

The Lake Washington School District, with an $8 million deficit, tackled a tough job in a responsible way. Superintendent Kimball opted to cut adminstrators and increase fees in order to keep the impact of the deficit as far from the district's kids as possible. This includes protecting safety net programs for struggling learners, such as the Ready Start preschool program.

Jeannie Parks, LWSD

We're really proud of our district for having the wisdom to put our kids and families first in these tough times.
Jeannie Parks, Preschool Teacher, Lake Washington School District

At the Table...

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Local 925 members caucus during negotiations with the Bellevue School District. "We're hard at work!" says Chapter President Linda Matsumoto (in back, at right). "We're doing our best for members in these challenging economic times."

Historic Education Reform Passes

"This bill lays the foundation for fully funding the services our members provide United for Good Jobs & Schools

and ensuring a quality education for the children of our state," says Tyler Bass, Local 925 K-12 Division Director on the passage of the historic education reform bill. SEIU Local 925 calls on Governor Gregoire to sign it into law. To see the Seattle Times article, click here.

SEIU Quality Public Services: Everybody Wins!

Local 925 member Matt Edgerton (right) presents Marysville School District's Jim Baker with a $20,000 grant from SEIU to implement Matt's award-winning idea.

"The Green Team," Local 925 member Matt Edgerton's winning idea for Quality Public Services, has been such a success that the Marysville School District plans to implement it at all its elementary schools this fall.