Our local budget makes up almost 30% of our total funding. The current local budget proposal being considered by the Guilford County Commissioners is $11.4 million under what the Guilford Board of Education requested. We need you at the budget hearing this Thursday, June 7th a starting at 5 pm. We #MakeItHappen every day for … Continue reading Local Budget Hearing June 7th!
Updates
Important Updates for May 16
Whew. 29 NC School Districts closed on May 16th. Probably more when you read this. You did it Guilford. Over 2,000 personal days logged. We're headed to Raleigh on May 16th. As we move toward the opening of the NC General Assembly, we're going to have to delegate more responsibilities than usual. Please bear with us, … Continue reading Important Updates for May 16
We Make it Happen. Join Us.
If you are not yet a member of NEA, you can sign up online. We are the voice for educators in a environment increasingly hostile to public education. We can only do this together. NEA is our national organization and joining means you are also a member of NCAE (state) and GCAE (local, if in Guilford). … Continue reading We Make it Happen. Join Us.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Teachers speak out about how underfunding of public schools contributed to tornado devastation
MEDIA ADVISORY: Teachers speak out about how underfunding of public schools contributed to tornado devastation Guilford County educators to hold press conference to discuss the link between chronic underfunding of public schools and the severity of the devastation caused by last week’s tornado, and call for action on May 16 GREENSBORO -- Guilford County educators … Continue reading FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Teachers speak out about how underfunding of public schools contributed to tornado devastation
May 16: It’s personal.
An unprecedented wave of public school teacher walkouts and strikes, impossible to consider even a few months ago, is overturning assumptions that teachers and other public school workers are either apolitical or fearful to act. In February of 2018, public school educators in West Virginia kicked off what is now an undeniable movement of teacher … Continue reading May 16: It’s personal.
