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Southwest Dallas AFT thanks board for raises, asks to attend new-teacher orientation
Summary
A Southwest Dallas AFT representative thanked trustees for planned salary increases and requested permission to attend the district's new teacher orientation to speak with incoming teachers about union membership and services.
Sharon Snowden, a member of Southwest Dallas AFT who also serves as a substitute teacher in Cedar Hill ISD, used the public-comment period to thank the board for planned salary increases and to request permission for the union to attend new-teacher orientation.
“As a member of Southwest Dallas AFT, we look forward to working with CHISD this new school year,” Snowden said. She asked trustees to allow Southwest Dallas AFT to speak with new teachers at the district’s New Teacher Orientation and said she would coordinate proposed dates with district staff members Judith Aguilar and Eduardo Condi.
Snowden said a union-conducted survey of teachers and staff identified three priorities — raises, work-life balance and respectful relationships — and told the board the budget proposal the trustees adopted for 2025–26 shows the board acted on salary concerns she raised in a prior meeting. She closed by thanking trustees and saying she looked forward to further collaboration.
This was a public comment and did not appear on the board’s consent agenda; no formal board action was recorded in the provided transcript excerpts in response to the request.
