The Petaluma Federation of Teachers Local 1881 Executive Council meetings take place monthly during the regular school year from 3:45-6 pm at the PFT Office, 775 Baywood Drive, Petaluma. See our list of 2018-19 meetings.
PFT Members are currently invited to give input for the upcoming Sunshine Letter to re-open negotiations on our full contract for July 2019-June 2022. Please see your latest PFT email message for the link to the Survey. Although the District is currently still preparing the digital update to the contract, ratified in January, you may view the ratified scanned TA document here (Thank you, Representative Todd Creighton). The Sunshine Survey closes at 5 pm on Friday, February 8, so take a look at the current contract and let the PFT Negotiating Team know what you would like to see changed. Thank you!
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Read the latest President's Message on the President's Page, along with past communications. President Sandra Larsen addresses the Tentative Agreement reached on December 13 with Petaluma City Schools. An important General Membership informational meeting will take place on Wednesday, January 9, 3:45 pm, at the CGHS Library to discuss the agreement. Voting by members will take place on January 10 and 11 at sites. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * PFT's Gary Ravani Memorial Scholarship is available annually for senior students of active PFT Members, and is awarded by the Petaluma Educational Foundation at their May event. Please see our Contract/Resources page for more information. The digital copy of the application is available HERE. The application deadline will be on February 28, 2019 and no late applications will be accepted.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * COPE (Committee on Political Education) meets regularly at the PFT Office. Our Committee on Political Education (COPE) is looking for representation from each site. Please contact our COPE chair Tiana Grzebik or the PFT office for information.
Thank you, and see our COPE page for occasional updates. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * BOARD MEETINGS are held on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month at the Petaluma City Schools District Office Board Room, 200 Douglas Street, Petaluma, beginning at 6:00 PM for public sessions. It is so important for our members to attend these meetings. Please attend and be informed!! * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Petaluma City Schools Teachers took ACTION during April and May, 2017
For information about why we conducted a one-day unfair labor practice strike on May 24, 2017, read more here. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Petaluma Teachers are committed to providing the best quality education possible for our students while creating equitable and sustainable working conditions for our Federation Members. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * |
PFT President Sandra Larsen was honored with the California Federation of Teachers Women in Education Award at the 2018 CFT convention
California Federation of Teachers Convention 2018
The CFT Convention was held March 23- 25, 2018 at the Hilton Orange County in Costa Mesa. PFT 1881 sent our President Sandra Larsen and six delegates elected by the members. See the link for highlights of the work accomplished at the convention. Additionally, this year's recipient of the CFT Women in Education Award is Sandra Larsen, president of the Petaluma Federation of Teachers, who led the local in its first strike last year to win much-needed improvements for district teachers. Congratulations, Sandra! * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * PFT In the News
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PFT's Gary Ravani Memorial Scholarship is available annually for senior students of active PFT Members. Applications are now closed for 2017-18, but will be available again in January 2019 for next year's graduating seniors. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * See our new Community Support page where we are adding statements, with permission, from parents and the community in support of teachers and our students. If you would like to be included, email us at pftoffice775@gmail.com.
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