Bargaining Information
One of the major roles of the association is to bargain and enforce contract language for members. Your BEA Bargaining Team is at the table now bargaining for the schools our students and educators deserve. You can learn more about the bargaining process here and see a brief glossary of bargaining terms here.
You can see our bargaining sessions here and you can watch today’s bargain livestreamed here. We know the audio in our space has been challenging, and we’re working to make it better for our next session. If you have questions or comments about bargaining, please email [email protected].
We’ll be posting our proposals, the District’s proposals, and updates here, so check back often!
Bargaining Updates
April 4, 2024
Good afternoon colleagues,
We just finished our fourth bargaining session with the BSD management team.
Today, your BEA team countered articles around transfers and the job expo, language around layoff and recall, as well as language around insurance benefits. We know from our bargaining survey that maintaining robust and affordable insurance coverage is a priority for members, and we are taking into account anticipated increases in insurance premiums as well as the overall budget available for this bargain as we negotiate. You can watch today’s bargaining session here:
- Article 12 (Vacancy and Transfer) – we want to codify language around limiting the number of transfers allowed for a single employee, as well as the assistance for members who are involuntarily transferred
- Appendix J (MOU on Article 12) – we are working to hold management accountable to earlier dates for placements and the Job Expo
- Article 13 (Layoff and Recall) – we want to increase the time of notice for layoffs
- Article 19 (Group Insurance Benefits) – we are proposing an increase in the cap of $300 in year one and an additional $250 in year two. If we agreed on these numbers, this would definitively maintain two insurance plans under the cap (which means no monthly premium costs to members).
Your BEA team also proposed an MOU (a temporary agreement) around an adjustment in the timeline for when we receive paychecks (shifting from a payment year of August to July to a payment year of September to August), along with a $1,500 bonus. We encourage you to check out a brief slide deck describing the MOU here (here is a presentation of that slide deck). If you have any questions about this MOU, please check in with your CAT member.
The BSD team countered the following articles:
- Article 6 (Complaints Concerning Employee Performance)
- Article 8 (Employee Rights and Responsibilities) – management is proposing language that weakens academic freedom
- Article 14 – Job-Related Injury or Quarantine – this is being rolled into Article 15
- Article 15 – Paid Leaves of Absence – management has agreed to bereavement leave
- Article 16 – Unpaid Leaves of Absence – management has agreed to allow access to electronic District infrastructure for members on protected unpaid leave
- Article 17 – Tuition Reimbursement – management has declined to increase the amount of assistance available for workshops and conferences
We also reached our very first Tentative Agreement! This means that we have reached agreement on all the language in this article.
- Article 6 BEA Tentative Agreement – tightened up language around the complaint procedure
Our next bargaining session is April 10, 12-4 pm at the BEA office. You can watch live on our YouTube channel. As a reminder, we also made a video explaining the bargaining process and timeline—check it out here.
Please keep wearing your BEA blue on Tuesdays to show District management that we are stronger together. We have a competition going on during the month of April, and the buildings that have the highest percentage of members in blue will receive paletas in May!
In solidarity,
Your BEA Bargaining Team
Suzanne Albrich, Chair, Cooper Mountain ES
Julia Barto, Fir Grove ES
Amy Borlaug, Five Oaks MS
Lora Dee, Sexton Mountain ES
Alysoun Lowe, ISB
Katie Lukins, BEA Vice President
Elizabeth Lynch, Scholls Heights ES
Adam Oyster-Sands, Westview HS
Lindsay Ray, BEA President
Janine Weir, Merlo Station Campus
Emily McCann, OEA Staff
Sara Whelan, OEA Staff
———
March 14, 2024
Good afternoon colleagues,
We just finished our third bargaining session with the BSD management team, and we’re making slow progress toward agreements.
Before we talk about which articles were presented today, we want to clarify some language from last week’s communication. When we say that we “passed articles,” that means that we physically passed articles across the table. It does NOT mean that we have reached an agreement. When we do reach an understanding at the table, that is called a “tentative agreement” or “TA.” We’ve started a Bargaining Terms Glossary if you’re interested. We’ll be adding to it as more terms come up.
Today, we passed language for around safe learning environments. We spent time sharing stories from members at the table so that the management team heard current examples of events at schools that are impacting students and staff—we wanted to highlight patterns and inconsistencies around plans and policies, responses to requests for support (or lack thereof), re-entry conversations for students, room clears, and communication with impacted staff. You can watch today’s bargaining session here:
The BSD team countered articles on the grievance process (Article 4), complaints concerning employee performance (Article 6), temporary employees (Article 7) and the layoff and recall process (Article 13). The articles they passed are below:
- Article 4 (Grievance Process)
- Article 6 (Complaints Concerning Employee Performance)
- Article 7 (Temporary and Part Time Employees)
- Article 13 (Layoff and Recall)
Your BEA team was also able to counter Articles 4 and 6 during the session today. We’re getting close to agreement on those two articles:
Our next bargaining session is April 4, 12-4 pm at the BSD office. You can watch live on our YouTube channel. As a reminder, we also made a video explaining the bargaining process and timeline—check it out here.
Don’t forget that your reps and CAT members have posters with our bargaining platform—please sign these as a show of solidarity, get a picture with the members at your buliding, and then display them proudly at your worksite. Please keep wearing your BEA blue on Tuesday to show District management that we are stronger together!
In solidarity,
Your BEA Bargaining Team
Suzanne Albrich, Chair, Cooper Mountain ES
Julia Barto, Fir Grove ES
Amy Borlaug, Five Oaks MS
Lora Dee, Sexton Mountain ES
Alysoun Lowe, ISB
Katie Lukins, BEA Vice President
Elizabeth Lynch, Scholls Heights ES
Adam Oyster-Sands, Westview HS
Lindsay Ray, BEA President
Janine Weir, Merlo Station Campus
Emily McCann, OEA Staff
Sara Whelan, OEA Staff
———-
March 7, 2024
Good evening colleagues,
Tonight we had our second session with the BSD management team. We passed language for utilizing sick leave (and the sick leave bank), streamlining the grievance process, and clarifying timelines for layoff and recall, among other things. The articles below were passed:
- Article 4 Counterproposal (Grievance Procedure)
- Article 6 Counterproposal (Complaints Concerning Employee Performance)
- Article 13 Counterproposal (Layoff and Recall)
- Article 15 Counterproposal (Paid Leaves)
- Article 16 Initial Proposal (Unpaid Leaves)
- New Article Initial Proposal (FLEX Online Working Conditions)
The BSD team countered our articles on imminent threat and administrative support for student conduct plans (Article 9), transfers and the Job Expo (Article 12), and compensation and insurance benefits (Articles 18 and 19). The articles they passed are below (we will provide links to these on our website as soon as we receive them in electronic form from the management team):
- Article 5 (Just Cause)
- Article 9 (Safe Learning Environment)
- Article 12 (Vacancies and Transfer)
- Article 18 (Compensation) – 3% increase over each of the next 3 years
- Article 19 (Group Insurance Benefits) – increase of $50 on the monthly cap (which falls very short of predicted insurance premium increases)
Our next bargaining session is March 14th, 12-4 pm at the BEA office. You can watch today’s bargaining session here. We also made a video explaining the bargaining process and timeline—check it out here.
Your reps/CAT members have posters with our bargaining platform—please sign these as a show of solidarity. Many of your CAT members were in the room with us tonight or watching on Zoom, and will have more information about the session. Please keep wearing your BEA blue on Tuesday to show District management that we are stronger together!
In solidarity,
Your BEA Bargaining Team
Suzanne Albrich, Chair, Cooper Mountain ES
Julia Barto, Fir Grove ES
Amy Borlaug, Five Oaks MS
Lora Dee, Sexton Mountain ES
Alysoun Lowe, ISB
Katie Lukins, BEA Vice President
Elizabeth Lynch, Scholls Heights ES
Adam Oyster-Sands, Westview HS
Lindsay Ray, BEA President
Janine Weir, Merlo Station Campus
Emily McCann, OEA Staff
Sara Whelan, OEA Staff
——————-
February 15, 2024
Good evening colleagues,
Today was our first bargaining session with the District. We are at the table working for better working conditions for educators and better learning conditions for students. We passed aggressive and exciting proposals today to secure the schools our students and educators deserve, and we are excited that we were able to cover so much ground in our first session with management.
BSD provided “terms of engagement” that they have chosen to follow. Your BEA team declined to agree to those terms as we believe in an open and transparent process and don’t want to remove any of the tools we have to secure the best contract for members. We did agree to start the bargaining timeline, outlined below, today.
Your BEA team proposed the following articles in our opening today:
- Article 5 – Just Cause
- Article 7 – Temporary and Part Time Employees
- Article 8 – Employee Rights (Physical environment protections!)
- Article 9 – Safe Learning Environment (Writing referrals!)
- Article 10 – Working Conditions (Class size, ratio, and caseload caps!)
- Article 11 – Work Year
- Article 12 – Vacancies and Transfer
- Article 14 – Job and Injury Related Quarantine
- Article 17 – Tuition Reimbursement
- Article 18 – Salary and Compensation (Cost of living–COLA–increase!)
- Article 19 – Group Health Insurance (Keeping a plan under the cap!)
The BSD team proposed the following articles (we will provide links to these on our website as soon as we receive them in electronic form from the management team):
- Article 1 – Status of Agreement
- Article 2 – Association Rights and Responsibilities
- Article 4 – Grievance Procedures
- Article 6 – Complaints Concerning Employee Performance
- Article 13 – Layoff and Recall
- Article 15 – Paid Time Off
The BEA team was also able to offer a counterproposal to Article 2 (calendar committee!) this evening.
Our next bargaining session is March 7th, 4-8 pm at the District Office. Your CAT team members will be able to attend in person, and anyone can watch us on YouTube here. We are stronger together!
In solidarity,
Your BEA Bargaining Team,
Suzanne Albrich, Chair, Cooper Mountain ES
Juila Barto, Fir Grove ES
Amy Borlaug, Five Oaks MS
Lora Dee, Sexton Mountain ES
Alysoun Lowe, ISB
Katie Lukins, BEA Vice President
Elizabeth Lynch, Scholls Heights ES
Adam Oyster-Sands, Westview HS
Lindsay Ray, BEA President
Janine Weir, Merlo Station Campus
Emily McCann, OEA Staff
Sara Whelan, OEA Staff
Bargaining Proposals
Check here to see the status of each article (which team is holding it, when it was last countered, whether or not there is a tentative agreement, etc.).
April 10, 2024
We had several back and forths with articles today. Below are all the proposals in chronological order.
Your BEA team started by countering the following articles today:
- Appendix B: Member Template and Appendix B: Management Template – updated grievance forms for Article 4
- Article 15 (Paid Leaves of Absence)
- Article 16 (Unpaid Leaves of Absence)
The BSD team countered the following articles:
- Article 2 (Association Rights and Responsibilities)
- Article 4 (Grievance Procedure)
- Article 13 (Layoff and Recall)
Your BEA team then gave a counter to Article 13 and the BSD team countered Article 15 and Article 16.
Finally, the bargaining session closed with your BEA team countering Article 15 and Article 16.
———
April 4, 2024
Your BEA team countered and proposed the following articles today:
- Article 12 (Vacancy and Transfer)
- Appendix J (MOU on Article 12)
- Article 13 (Layoff and Recall)
- Article 19 (Group Insurance Benefits)
- Payroll Adjustment MOU (a temporary agreement) around an adjustment in the timeline for when we receive paychecks (to understand the purpose and details of the MOU, we encourage you to check out a brief slide deck describing the MOU here (here is a presentation of that slide deck)
The BSD team countered the following articles:
- Article 6 (Complaints Concerning Employee Performance)
- Article 8 (Employee Rights and Responsibilities)
- Article 14 – Job-Related Injury or Quarantine
- Article 15 – Paid Leaves of Absence
- Article 16 – Unpaid Leaves of Absence
- Article 17 – Tuition Reimbursement
We also reached our very first Tentative Agreement! This means that we have reached agreement on all the language in this article:
———-
March 7, 2024
Your BEA team countered and proposed the following articles today:
- Article 4 – Grievance Procedure
- Article 6 – Complaints about Employee Performance
- Article 13 – Layoff and Recall
- Article 15 – Paid Leaves
- Article 16 – Unpaid Leaves
- Article X – Flex Online
The BSD management team countered the following articles:
- Article 5 – Just Cause
- Article 9 – Safe Learning Environment
- Article 12 – Vacancies and Transfer (they are proposing to keep this article in abeyance and proposed another MOU outlining the Job Expo–this essentially just keeps the Job Expo as a temporary part of the contract that will expire when the contract expires unless we all agree to renew. BSD said they aren’t ready for it to be a permanent part of our contract yet).
- Article 18 – Salary and Compensation
- Article 19 – Group Health Insurance
The BSD team also shared this presentation about the current and projected budget.
February 15, 2024
Your BEA team proposed the following articles in our opening today:
- Article 5 – Just Cause
- Article 7 – Temporary and Part Time Employees
- Article 8 – Employee Rights (Physical environment protections!)
- Article 9 – Safe Learning Environment (Writing referrals!)
- Article 10 – Working Conditions (Class size, ratio, and caseload caps!)
- Article 11 – Work Year
- Article 12 – Vacancies and Transfer
- Article 14 – Job and Injury Related Quarantine
- Article 17 – Tuition Reimbursement
- Article 18 – Salary and Compensation (Cost of living–COLA–increase!)
- Article 19 – Group Health Insurance (Keeping a plan under the cap!)
- Counterproposal to Article 2 (Calendar committee!)
The BSD team proposed the following articles (we will provide links to these here as soon as we receive them in electronic form from the management team):
BEA and BSD Bargaining Teams
Your BEA bargaining team members are:
- Suzanne Albrich, Chair, 4th grade teacher at Cooper Mountain Elementary, Chair
- Julia Barto, 1st grade teacher at Fir Grove Elementary
- Amy Borlaug, science teacher at Five Oaks Middle School
- Lora Dee, Structured Routines Center (SRC) teacher at Sexton Mountain Elementary
- Alysoun Lowe, language arts teacher at International School of Beaverton
- Katie Lukins, elementary teacher, BEA Vice President
- Elizabeth Lynch, music teacher at Scholls Heights Elementary
- Adam Oyster-Sands, language arts teacher, Westview High School
- Lindsay Ray, high school math teacher, BEA President
- Janine Weir, Project Reset teacher at Merlo Station
BEA is also working with the following OEA staff:
- Emily McCann, OEA Uniserv Consultant for BEA
- Sara Whelan, OEA Uniserv Consultant for BEA
- Robert Young, Statewide Bargaining Coordinator
The BSD bargaining team members are:
- Janine Mobley, Chair, Executive Administrator for Human Resources
- Brian Hungerford, Hungerford Law Firm Partner
- Matthew Casteel, Aloha High School Principal
- Johanna Castillo, Meadow Park Middle School Principal
- Michelle Fowles, Human Resources Supervisor
- Veronica Galvan, Administrator for Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment
- Laurie Huntwork, Jacob Wismer Elementary Principal
- Erica Marson, Executive Administrator for Human Resources
- Susan Rodriguez, Chief Human Resources Officer
- Mike Schofield, Associate Superintendent of Business Services
- Curtis Semana, Executive Administrator for Human Resources
- Shirley Valladares, Assistant Administrator for Special Education
- Karen Pérez, BSD School Board Chair
Contract Action Team (CAT) Members
ACMA
Emily Thackray
Miranda Zigler
Aloha HS
Vince Kirnak
Aloha Huber Park K-8
Priscilla Paik
Ali Blais
Gustavo Cervantes Vargas
Stefania Ramirez Velasquez
Andrea Cruz Solis
Magdalena Munoz Rivera
Barnes
Teresa Chircop
BASE
Emily Steinhauer
Brenden Kehoe
Grant Fruhwirth
Sean Rains
Beaver Acres
Courtney Walker
Beaverton HS
Anna Killion
Greg Karakashian
Hailey DeMarre
Katie Gillard
Jeff Buckingham
Mike Hereford
Bethany
Erin Gettling
Mary Ellen McGinty
Bonny Slope
David Green
Capital Center
Melody von Weller
Kyla Zaworski
Steven Baer
Erin Rosett
Cedar Mill
Jessica Becker
Sara Joehnk
Mike Hellis
Cedar Park MS
Trisha Parks
Krysta Johnson
Chehalem
Jo Nelson
Conestoga MS
Ashley Wilson
Rae Ann Strauser
Liz Baer
Tara Walker
Cooper Mountain
Stacey Dalton
District TOSAs
Gretchen Mollers
Elmonica
Alison Breshears
Megan Stauffer
Errol Hassell
Amie Davenport
Jon Samuelson
Ann Nordstrom
Findley
Jen Falkowski
Su Hargrave
Fir Grove
Moe Caryl
Stacy Serrao
Five Oaks MS
Katrina Flasch
Brooke Zimmerle
Korin Galgano
Hazeldale
Meaghan Petty
Highland Park MS
Dahviya Eriksson
ISB
Heidi West
Jacob Wismer
Yvette Wallace
Dan Silver
Kinnaman
Jordan Crownover
Cassi Moore
McKinley
Bismah Sabri
Lynn Fowler
Meadow Park
Kala Ott
Renae Stratton
Jennifer Hoffman
Merlo Station
John Stapleton
Alison Macklem
Nancy Ryles
Victoria Fennell
Nurses
Joni Busche
Oak Hills
Wendy Evans
Raleigh Hills
Amy Brennen
Colleen Kellogg
Raleigh Park
Trish Pazdalski
Tricia Howery
Ridgewood
Mocalina Shearer
Rock Creek
Jessica Neal
Ashley Hamby
Sato
Tamara Glem
Anna Bradley
Drew Dahlen
Janae Hiersche
Scholls Heights
Cat Crenshaw
Cheryl Brous
Laurie Umiger
SLPs
April Messinetti
Springville
Jenna Lempesis
Stoller MS
Jonathon Martin
Carly Stevenson
Kristin McCartney
Sunset HS
Tamsen Profit
West T-V
Darleen Anderson
Westview HS
Jessica Perry
Tim Shaw
Lauren Goemaat
Danielle Mulvihill
Jessica Loomis
Corinna Tricarico
Lowell Wes Adams
Mary Gray
Cohen Perry
Kyle Kinzler
Whitford MS
Matt Brown
Carolee Dearborn
Kristine Napper
William Walker
Kathleen Parker
Rich Feely