Friday, February 11, 2011

WVEA to host gubernatorial candidate forum

by Kym Randolph, WVEA Director of Communications

WVEA will host a forum for gubernatorial candidates on Saturday, February 19th.  If you are interested in attending, please contact your local association president, your WVEA staff person or WVEA President Dale Lee.

Marple selected WV Superintendent of Schools

by Kym Randolph, WVEA Communications Director

The road to selecting the next superintendent has been a long one, particularly in the last week. WVEA originally appeared before the WVBE in November regarding the state superintendent search. We spent most of the last week in the newspaper asking a WVBE member to recuse herself and speaking to the WVBE touting Dr. Marple as the best candidate.


Check out the WVEA Website for articles, op-ed and testimony.

Friday, January 14, 2011

WVEA Online Legislative Survey Is Now Open

by Kym Randolph, WVEA Communications Director

Our legislative survey is now available.  We encourage all education employees to take a few minutes to complete the short (5-7 minutes) survey. The survey will be active until midnight on Friday, January 28th.

Click this link to participate in the survey.

Legislative Session Kicks Off

by Kym Randolph, WVEA Communications

WVEA had a host of activities this week as the legislative session began.  We held a press conference to discuss our legislative goals, collected and delivered thousands of postcard to acting Governor Tomblin, released press statements about the State of the State, started an online survey, etc.

Check out all of the activity on the WVEA web site!

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

WVEA Postcard Campaign Underway

by Kym Randolph, WVEA Communication Director

WVEA is conducting a postcard campaign to Governor Tomblin this week.  Postcards are out in each county and all you need to do is sign the pre-printed postcards.  They must be returned to WVEA by January 10th for delivery to Governor Tomblin prior to his State of the State address.

Click here for additional information on the Postcard Campaign.

WVEA Legislative Plan now available online

by Kym Randolph, WVEA Communication Director

WVEA's 2011 Legislative Action Plan is now available online.  The legislative session begins on Wednesday, January 12, 2011.

Become active and voice your concerns with your elected leaders.

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

WVEA President addresses WVBE on superintendent search

by Kym Randolph, WVEA Communications

WVEA President Dale Lee addressed the State Board of Education yesterday afternoon and discussed the search for a new superintendent to replace Dr. Paine.  Paine has announced his retirement effective January 3, 2011.

Lee's remarks were well received and he drew comments from both members of the board and WVDE staff.

See his complete remarks on the WVEA Website at http://www.wvea.org/news/wvbe.aspx.