February 2012
California Casualty School Lounge Makeover – This program supports 1 school
per quarter, selected randomly, from entries submitted by NEA members. The more members who enter from a school, the better the odds for winning a makeover for your lounge. The dollar amount of the makeover program will be $7,500 per quarter. For more details, go to: http://schoolloungemakeover.com/
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February 2012
"Money is like a sixth sense - and you can't make use of the other five without it." by William Somerset Maugham. Check out these great savings for February like discounts on flowers. Valentine's Day is fast approaching.
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You’ve doubtless seen the press coverage of the release of Governor O’Malley’s FY13 budget. The governor’s proposal to shift a portion of teacher pension costs to local jurisdictions received a fair amount of ink today, and likely will continue to in the coming weeks.
In response to the proposed shift, MSEA shared the following statement from President Clara Floyd with the press:
MSEA has long opposed, and remains deeply uneasy about, shifting teacher pension costs because of the detrimental impact such a shift would have on students, programs, and local school funding.
Without a comprehensive fix to maintenance of effort, a shift would be a disaster for our schools. Meeting Thornton funding and proposing strong investments in school construction are important steps. But educators, students, and parents will remain deeply concerned about how we protect the quality schools that we’ve built together until the governor and General Assembly fix the $2.6 billion of local school funding now in jeopardy due to a broken MOE law.
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January 2012
The contributors and TABCO are proud to offer these scholarships to the children of TABCO members. Higher education is a vital component to an individual’s success and the success of our community as a whole. We encourage all children of TABCO members going on to or continuing higher education to complete the application attached and submit it to TABCO by April 2, 2012.
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The TABCO/ESPBC Government Relations Committee is inviting all members to meet with our Baltimore County Delegates and Senators in Annapolis. We'll depart Monday, February 27, 2012. We will provide transportation to and from Annapolis for our members. The bus(es) will be leaving promptly from Cromwell Bridge Park & Ride at 4:30 p.m. and the bus(es) will leave Security Boulevard Park & Ride at 5:00 p.m. Please be present 15 minutes before departure. There is no cost to members and a box dinner will be provided on the bus. Return bus(es) will pick up participants at 8:30 p.m.
Please RSVP to TABCO/ESPBC by February 13, 2012, by returning the attached form or by emailing Kim Melfa at kmelfa@mseanea.org or by calling TABCO at 410-828-6403 to confirm your attendance.
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See what four dedicated Baltimore County teachers have to say about teaching in Maryland and Baltimore County http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTwnz-cZeuA
The teachers are Rosette Ladson, Deithra King, Emily Constantine, and Maryland Teacher of the Year Joshua Parker. In their brief stories, you’ll hear how they struggle to find materials for instruction and basic supplies for students, how special education and class size is suffering, and how cuts have impacted crucial reading and intervention programs.
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