Dear
Douglas County Employees,As you are well aware,about
a year
ago, weheld a Bondand BudgetElection
that failed. Becausef this and he state of the state andnation, weare seeing
unprecedentedudgetcuts. TheDouglasCountyFederation s well awareof the
fact that this has mpacted ll our employees ith morework, ess manpower,biggerclass sizes, potential salary freezes,etaWeare now acing anotherelection. Our school boardhas four out of seven
seatsup or election. It is imperativehat weworkhard o ensurehat the right
people ill theseseats. Peoplehat will supportour philosophy nd deas or
future contracts. Wewant o ensure hat the newlyelected boardmembersave
employeesnd studentsbest interest at heart. There
are
people unning n thiselection that believe that weshouldnot hold anotherbondand budgetelection
for years. Othershavebeenknowno say that our employeesre already over
paid. These re not the peoplewewant on the board.We annotstress enough ow, now, more han ever, we needpeople to step upandhelp us with this election. We aveasked our DCF uilding rap to try to findsomeonet yourbuilding o serveas a political liaison. If youare receiving his, it
is becauseour schooldoesnot havea political liaison. This personwouldserve
as a go betweenor the Union, he District, and heir school/site/community.heliaison will be expectedo attend one raining next week nddisseminateinformationand ecruit volunteers. Whileweunderstandhat everyones very
busy his must ecome priority. If wework ogether, wecan ulfill our goal ofensuringa successful uture for the employeesndstudentsof the Douglas
CountySchoolDistrict.
Please
onsidervolunteering or this ever so importantrole in yourschoolandschooldistrict. Please ontactme f you wouldike to
serve n this position.In solidarity,The DCF/DCFCECindi LeitchDouglasCountyFederation of Teachers303-688-3381cindi.leitch(~dcsdk12.orcl
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