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Teachers union urges urgent action on working and learning conditions
Summary
Cathy Walters, president of the Pendleton Association of Teachers, read a letter asking the board to address daily working and learning challenges and signaled a year-long campaign to raise awareness and seek solutions with district leadership.
Cathy Walters, president of the Pendleton Association of Teachers, read a letter to the board expressing urgency about improving working and learning conditions for certified and classified staff. She said staff will "focus their combined efforts this year on bringing awareness of the challenges and problems faced on a daily basis, hoping to find solutions together." The presentation put teacher concerns on the record and framed labor-management collaboration as the preferred path forward.
Board members did not debate the contents during public presentation; the item was recorded as part of Goal 1 — Pursuit of Instructional Excellence. The board's routine business that followed included acceptance of reports and motions to approve policies and financial items. No formal motion or directive specific to the PAT request was recorded at the meeting.
