Why Take a Stand against the Legislature? 1.Fund McCleary as ordered by the State Supreme Court. How many more generations? 2.To engage with our community, our voters, and be visible as we explain what is being stolen from their children and our community-the 265 th funded district in the state. 3. To end the obsession with the standardized tests! Testing is robbing Federal Way students of nearly 2 months of curricular instruction. Students and educators are suffering under the massive stress of these tests. 4. The legislature has passed 17 unfunded education mandates since 2011 without any additional time or resources for teachers or districts to implement. This has created unsustainable workload while enduring higher health care increases, inflation and other factors. 5. Educators deserve professional compensation-not 6 years no COLA! (see your chart for posting on FWEA wall and yellow handout) Meanwhile, the legislature received an 11.2% raise this year.

6. Uphold the will of the voters and lower class size. IT’S THE LAW! I-1351 does not mean building classrooms, it means students having enough caring adults to meet their wide range of needs. 7. The senate insists on including demonstrably invalid test scores in teacher evaluation; a policy that is neither based on research nor shown to help kids and teachers. 8. To support our most vulnerable. The Legislators must support our students-we are often their only voices, who will do anything to help students. 9. We need to attract and retain high quality educators for our students. We are 42nd in the nation for teacher compensation, we are 47th for class size and 40th for per pupil spending. The next generation of educators deserve this, and students need this NOW. 10. Public Education. In General. Failing buildings, Privatization, Charter Schools, Union busting, reduction to collective bargaining, Supreme Court ruling Sept 2015….