New Chapter Officers Elected  Lisa Scott has been elected Chapter president and Janet Zins has been elected Vice President for Communications.The following officer positions are currently vacant:

Vice President for conflict resolution
Vice President for organizing

If you or a coworker are interested in a leadership postion please contact Lisa Scott at the LWSD Resource Center or call the union office at 206.322.3010. 

Procedure for Initial Assignment of Hours for IA's in the LWSD

I. Prior to distributing the preference forms the Principal/Program Manager shall determine the current continuing assignments and notify the IA's. [Section 16.5.1] (Note: Hours assigned after October 15th of the school year are considered non-continuing and are not guaranteed to employees [Section 15.5.3])

II. Preference forms shall go out to the IA's the last week of May and the IA's shall return them back to the Princiap/Program Manager by the end of the first full week of June. [Section 16.5.2]

III. Principals/Program managers shall determine the number of hours available and program/building needs. [Section 16.5.2]

IV. Provided that the EE has indicated a preference to retain their previous assignment the Principal shall assign current assignments to IA schedules provided that a junior employee (building seniority) shall not be assigned more hours than a senior employee if the senior employee has expressed a preference for more hours. [Section 16.5.2]

V. If an EE has lost time the Principal/Program Manager shall assign any new time to EE's to make them whole (in building seniority order). If no additional time comes into the buidling the senior EE's who have lost time shall be made whole by reducing time from the least senior EE's. [Section 16.7.2, A]

VI. If ther are hours not assigned:
      a. Utilize the preference form to assess if there is any interest in taking the time.
      b. If no preference is given the Principal/Program Manager can either assign the unassigned time to IA's or offer the time to TA's.

Note: If more time becomes available during the summer months before school is in session the Principal/Program Manager shall use the preference forms from the prior spring, If more time becomes available after the start of school the Principal/Program Manager shall use the Additional Assignment of Hours language. [Section 16.5.3]