Announcements

Christmas parade

The AAEA Special Events Committee would like to invite you to participate in the Altoona Christmas parade.  The parade will be held on Dec. 1st, in downtown Altoona, at 6pm.  The theme for this year’s event is “The Sights and Sounds of Christmas”.  We would like to have a strong showing this year on the AAEA float, so please think about taking part in some capacity.  (Family members of AAEA members are welcome!)

We will hold a brief organizational meeting at this month’s AAEA happy hour, Thursday, Nov. 10th, at Al’s Tavern. The purpose of the meeting will be to discuss possible themes/decorations, as well as just some general organizing. If you cannot make it on Thursday, but would still like to participate, please email Jeff Guyer at [email protected].

Want to show your solidarity, but unable to give of your time?  The AAEA representatives will need to throw candy during the parade.  Last year the candy ran out VERY quickly.  Please consider donating candy. (Leftover Halloween candy would be a great way to contribute for free!)  Candy to be given to your building rep, an ExCo member, or an AAEA officer.  Thank you in advance for your support!

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Get Involved in AAEA

In the most recent issue of the Potty Press, Vice President Geis urged you to find a way to get more involved in the union.  There are two current opportunities for you to do so.

First, we are in need of a few members of the Sick Leave Bank Committee.  Retirements have depleted the committee.  The Sick Leave Bank is an important benefit to our membership, and the committee is tasked with being good stewards of the available days.  If you would like to be considered for the committee, please contact me.  The committee only meets when a member makes a request to withdraw days from the bank, so the time commitment is minimal.

Also, we are looking for members with 7 or less years of teaching who would like to fill our two at-large positions on the Executive Committee.  This would offer you an inside glance at the inner workings of running the association.  It might even give you an idea of whether you might like to get more involved in the future.  The committee meets once each month.

Please contact me if you have an interest or questions.

Announcements

November 4 Paycheck Details

This week’s paycheck will include all retroactive pay related to the new contract.

There will be several line items under the gross pay portion of the stub. One will include your new bi-weekly salary. A second includes the retroactive pay.

A third line is the 8/26 biweekly pay. In essence, rather than paying the contract over 25 pays between Sep. 1 and Aug. 15 as we originally thought, the District has issued a second pay for the August 26 pay period.

This extra pay eliminates the need to disperse the salaries over 25 pays.