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New Northshore Parent Group Seeks Voice in Collective Bargaining With Teachers - Woodinville, WA Patch

New Northshore Parent Group Seeks Voice in Collective Bargaining With Teachers - Woodinville, WA Patch

New Northshore Parent Group Seeks Voice in Collective Bargaining With Teachers

Union says it’s not opposed to talking, but wonders who the new group is.

A small core group of parents calling themselvesNorthshore Families for Better Schools is trying to gain an equal voice in Northshore School District’s collective bargaining negotiations with the Northshore chapter of the Washington State Education Association (NSEA). While the group states that all it wants is more parental involvement with the district and teacher evaluations, the union questions the motives of the group and its membership.

The parent group, aligned with the League of Education Voters, started a little more than a month ago with six