From the President's Desk

Brant, the Federation president, has put together a short video explaining the potential impact if the millage renewals fail. You can see this video by clicking here. Please make a plan to vote for all four millage renewals tomorrow, Saturday, November 13th.

Several people have expressed concern about this letter from the STPSB to BESE regarding the mask mandate. Here are a few things to consider:

[TL;DR—The STPSB does not have the power to lift the mask mandate. It would take a court ruling for BESE to overrule the governor. In my view, that is unlikely.]

1. On Thursday, June 10, the STPSB voted to adopt a voluntary mask policy for the 2021-2022 school year with 11 Yeas, 0 Nays, and 1 abstaining.

2. On July 28, the union put out an online survey after the district released its back-to-school COVID protocols. Of the 258 employees who took the survey

Dear STPSB Employees:

Today I met with Mr. Pete Jabbia and Mr. Cosse to discuss matters of immediate concern. Our first topic was building reps, who will be a vital part of our union this year as well as moving forward. Given that so many directives are left to individual schools to work out, our building reps will have the job of negotiating with administrators directly in order to service the contract and troubleshoot problems. We are in the process of getting out training materials and will post the list on our website. Each school will also have a union bulletin board that will be updated