OEA elections: a new leader, more calls for change
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012 at 10:11 pm in Uncategorized1 Comment
It’s election week for the Oakland teachers union, and that has extra significance this year. Betty Olson-Jones, the Oakland teachers union president since 2006 (since I’ve been covering Oakland schools!), has reached her term limit. She’ll be succeeded by Mark Airgood or Trish Gorham, who are running to replace her.
Olson-Jones has endorsed Gorham — as well as Steve Neat, Chaz Garcia, Vincent Tolliver, Janan Apaydin, Manny Lopez and Andy Young for seats on the union’s executive board.
Ballots are due on Friday. You can find the complete list of OEA candidates and their statements here
A year ago, I blogged about a small group of teachers called Oakland TIES (Oakland Teachers for Innovative an
Olson-Jones has endorsed Gorham — as well as Steve Neat, Chaz Garcia, Vincent Tolliver, Janan Apaydin, Manny Lopez and Andy Young for seats on the union’s executive board.
Ballots are due on Friday. You can find the complete list of OEA candidates and their statements here
A year ago, I blogged about a small group of teachers called Oakland TIES (Oakland Teachers for Innovative an