Port Angeles ParaEducator Association

03/20/2024

Join us for a community forum on the school district budget, spending, and priorities, and please share with parents, allies, and the broader community!

03/20/2024

Please go like and follow our new PAPEA page! Due to a password situation, we're migrating over to a new page, and this page will be phased out. Please encourage your colleagues, friends, and family to follow along as well!

New page here: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61557164535387

03/19/2024

The PAPEA team is back at the table today in mediation with the District and PERC, working through lunch to secure a fair contract for our members!

03/19/2024

Fun fact: Superintendent Marty Brewer's car allowance for 2023-2024 ($600 per month) is more than the District's total financial offer for the 134 paraeducators currently working in the District.

Join us this Thursday for a community forum on the school district budget, spending, and priorities, and please share with parents, allies, and the broader community!

03/18/2024

"No group that works as hard as all of us do at Port Angeles School District, certified and classified, should ever have to bargain a cost-of-living. That should be automatic. We're not out here to strike or bargain to break the bank or take from kids. We're saying, your priorities have to start with those that are taking care of the kids. And I've said this to Superintendent (Marty) Brewer, "Who's taking care of us? That's your job."

-PAPEA President Becky Winters

By Pepper Fisher PORT ANGELES – The paraeducators of the Port Angeles School District say they are going to go on strike on April 8 if they don’t get a 3.7% cost-of-living (COLA) increase that they have

03/16/2024

If you're at the Port Angeles Farmer's Market today, stop by and say hi! We're inviting the community to the School Budget Forum
On 3/21, and asking folks to sign our petition for a fair contract that includes the 3.7% cost of living adjustment!

03/16/2024

Check out this excellent story of our recent school board action! Lots of great info on our fight for a fair contract!

Labor group asking for same raise teachers received

03/15/2024

Amazing turnout last night at the school board meeting! There were more than 100 Paraeducators, teachers, and parents in attendance in RED in support of a fair contract for paras.

Thank you to those who addressed the board with your compelling stories, and thank you to everyone who showed up. We are united, we are strong, and we won't back down until the school board and Superintendent Brewer bargain a fair contract that includes the cost of living adjustment funded by the legislature.

03/14/2024

Today, the PAPEA bargaining team visited members at all worksites to connect, deliver t-shirts, and remind all staff and allies to show up the the school board meeting tomorrow at 5 pm! (Pizza provided by the union!)

We had a fantastic day with all of you, and look forward to seeing you tomorrow as we collectively raise our voices for a fair contract for Paraeducators!

03/08/2024

Still no new contract.

No one wants to put our community through the disruption of a strike on April 8, but they're leaving us little choice when we can no longer afford for our paychecks to move backward against inflation and our students can no longer afford to keep losing dedicated paraeducators.

Next Thursday, March 14, we need everyone to attend the school board meeting to show them that we mean business. Maybe seeing their friends and neighbors there-all wearing red- will remind them we're real people and we deserve respect.

Please RSVP via the QR code or link in the image. Thank you!