Chesterfield Education Association

10/13/2026

Butter us up cause we’re on a roll with these site visits! Our newest raffle winner is Stephanie Saum from Wells ES. Congrats Stephanie! 🎉🎉

10/12/2026

🌠More You Know Monday 🌠
Looking ahead to tomorrow's SB Business meeting (6:30 pm)- visit BoardDocs for full presentations.

Consent Agenda:
⚕️ 2027 Health and Dental Contracts
🧮 Changes to Math Pathways

Action Items:
🗺️ HS Redistricting for new West Ridge HS

10/12/2026

CEA's Fund for Children and Public Education (PAC) is announcing their endorsement of Christina Brady for School Board- Clover Hill district!

10/12/2026

📢📢📢 Get Out the Vote!!

Join the Chesterfield Education Association and The Central Virginia Balance Project for an evening of advocacy and fun! We will meet at the CEA office on Monday, October 19 from 4:30-6:30pm to create postcards to send to potential Chesterfield voters. We will hand-write reminders on the card about dates and times when our citizens can cast their votes. THIS EVENT DOES NOT ENDORSE ANY CANDIDATE OR REFERENDUM. We will only be providing information about the election to our citizens. We will have food and drinks available. Folks of all ages are welcome to attend. Please RSVP below.

RSVP here:

Please RSVP for the upcoming Get Out the Vote event hosted by The Balance Project and the Chesterfield Education Association on 10/19/26 from 4:30 to 6:30.

10/12/2026

Congrats to Molly Risendal, who won the raffle during the site visit at Deep Creek MS! 🎉✨

10/09/2026

Meet our Treasurer, Todd Starkweather! 👋🏼

Todd currently serves as CEA's treasurer. He has been a proud member of CEA since 2019. Todd teaches English and IB at Midlothian HS. When he isn't teaching or doing union work, Todd loves to bicycle around Richmond, do yoga, and attend as many hardcore, punk, and metal shows as his budget and time allow.

10/08/2026

Meet our Vice President, Jason Rodrigues! 👋🏼

Jason has a bachelor's in business (Salem State University) and history (Southern New Hampshire University). He is a career switcher who spent three years teaching history in middle school and now is in his 2nd year teaching history in high School. He is a father to 4, 1 adult child and 3 children that go to Chesterfield schools. In his free time when not spending time with his family, he is a huge gamer and enjoys playing D&D.

10/08/2026

Congrats to our two latest raffle winners, Julie Rose (Davis MS) and Heidi Williams (Clover Hill HS)! 🎉✨

10/08/2026

Now that the school year is underway, it’s time to introduce our 2026-2027 CEA Board of Directors! First up is our President, Rob Hammel! 🎉🎉

Rob Hammel is in the second year of his first term as CEA President. Rob earned his bachelor's at Empire State College and his master's in Special Education with a concentration in Deaf Education at Radford University. In the last 15 years in the classroom he has worked as an instructional assistant, an ASL interpreter, and an ASL teacher. Rob enjoys playing Dungeons and Dragons and seeing live music in his free time. Rob is married with three adult children who all live and work in Richmond. They get together for family dinner most Saturdays.

10/05/2026

Congratulations to Arianna Teo (Salem Church ES) and Steve Davies (Thomas Dale Main Campus), who won our raffles during their site visits! 🎉🎉