Summer is just around the corner, and that means our

SUMMER LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE registration is open!!

The conference will be held July 16-17 at Corporate College East.

We will offer two days of training for you, local leaders, and all members. This year we are offering amazing sessions on Wednesday afternoon, as well as a presidents’ track, building representative training, leadership sessions, and grievance processing training on Thursday – to name just a few of the topics. We have something for all members – regardless of your title or your position in the local.

Keynote speaker is Daneé Pinckney Ohio Teacher of the Year

Graduate credit is also available from Lake Erie College.

Registration

https://neoea.org/MemberData/SLC2025.pdf

Are You Ready for Some Baseball?

Join the Retired Organizing members on June 10 for a night of baseball and fun! The Guardians will be playing the Cincinnati Reds at 6:40 p.m. We have reserved lower section seats for $33 each. Bring your colleagues, family and friends. It promises to be a great night with our Guardians winning.

Date and Time: Tuesday, June 10, at 6:40 vs. Cincinnati Reds

Location:  Progressive Field

We live in a time where there are unprecedented attacks on public education from extreme politicians and special interest groups in Columbus and Washington, D.C.

Because Public Education Matters, we are joining NEA, AFT, and Allies across the country on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, for a Protect our Kids Day of Action.  

It’s no secret that the nominee for the Secretary of Education, Linda McMahon, and the Trump Administration are seeking to dissolve the Department of Education. This unprecedented act will gut billions in federal public education funding for lower-income students in rural, suburban, and urban areas and students with disabilities.

And in Ohio, stable and adequate funding for our schools is also at risk.  Leaders in the Ohio General Assembly have signaled that they do not intend to fully update and phase in the Fair School Funding Plan (FSFP). In fact, in the current proposed budget (Ohio House Bill 96), their plan will cut public school funding in Ohio by over $100 million while increasing funding to unaccountable private school vouchers and shifting the responsibility to funding our schools to local communities.

Both federal and state cuts to public education funding will devastate our students, potentially increasing class sizes, ending critically essential programs, and forcing districts to cut staff. 

OEA asks that members wear “Red for Ed” and share their pictures on social media on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, during the national Protect our Kids Day of Action.  On this day, we will stand with educators, parents, community members, and allies across Ohio and the country to oppose education funding cuts at the federal and state levels.
As a reminder, we are asking members to:

1. Gather before school on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, in a statewide “Red for Ed” day in conjunction with the Protect our Kids Day of Action.
2. We ask that you please take group photos with your colleagues and post them to your social media using the hashtags:
   1. For Facebook and X: #ProtectOurKids and #ProtectOurKidsOH
   2. For Instagram: #ProtectOurKids and #ProtectOurKidsOH
3. Take OEA’s pledge to protect our students and schools!

The Side Hustlers – Patriciaa Guinto