Michals Party

Thursday, September 4, 2008

Kate McElwee

We met with Kate today and loved her! She was excited about Seattle-y pictures before the ceremony, loves the Court, jumping pics, and loves the idea of setting up a photo booth at our reception. We think she will be perfect for us. She just did a wedding at CITS, and said to keep an eye on her blog for pics of it!

http://katemcelweeblog.com/

Kelsey and Charles loved her, so we know we will, too!

Strike Day 3

We survived Day 3 on the picket line today! Here are some of the highlights...

We heart our picket captains! Sue has been going to hours of meetings each night and giving us the report first thing in the morning.

Today was Dog Day on the line...we had a lot of furry picketers! We also rocked out to Jori's version of the Beastie Boys song. This time, it was titled, "You've Gotta Fight For You Right To Teeeeeeeeaaaach!"

We continued to have great support on the picket line today...today we got candy from other WEA members from across the state, carrots and hummus, and much more. We also had several families visit, and heard a great speech from a h.s. student on why students should support the teachers. He also was a passionate Obama supporter...maybe I should introduce him to Michael??

Our "home base," aka the patch of sidewalk that we've camped out on. We also spent part of the day on Richard's Road, catching a little more visibility at the busy intersections. This takes Woodridge Walking to a whole new level!

Tomorrow we are planning to reward ourselves for a week of walking by a BBQ at Jan's. We are meeting at the ESC with all the members tomorrow afternoon. Maybe they will have good news for us? We are making the best of it, but we can't wait to get back in our classrooms and get the year started.

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Picket Day 2

Woodridge teachers set up camp in front of the school... At least we have good weather and a nice wide sidewalk!

We are going to wear out the sidewalk by walking back and forth with our picket signs for hours at a time! We are practicing the virtue of unity.

Today we decided to keep ourselves entertained and informed by reading John Medina's book Brain Rules aloud on the line. At least we are doing something productive! We've been wanting to read that book anyway...

We're making the best of it. It helps that we've been fueled by lots and lots and lots of donuts (thank you parent community!).

As far as we know, we are back on the line tomorrow at 8:00am. Hopefully this will be over soon!

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Bellevue Teachers On Strike!

We're on strike! Today we spent our first day on the picket lines...and we are tired!! Luckily we have a lot of support from our community, including Darcy Burner who brought her Woodridge kindergartner, a sign, and donuts to the line today! Everyone was pretty positive today, hopefully they all show up again tomorrow. Unfortunately, there hasn't been much progress at the bargaining table that we know of. Maybe next Monday we can have the first day of school?