Beaverton Chapter 48

Beaverton Chapter 48 - New 2 Year Contract Ratified June 15, 2020

Please check your email and newsletters for updates outside of Chapter meetings

Habitat for Humanity Build organized by OSEA

OSEA, BEA and BSD Staff working together for our community

Chapter 48 Scholarship Winners for 2020

Our Chapter sees the importance of supporting our members by offering member and member's children's scholarships.
$1000 Student Scholarship awarded to - sponsoring member:
Andrew Ingalls - Geralyn Ingalls from Sexton Mtn
Evan Patterson - Jeff Patterson from Transportation
Jennie Wang - Jiangin Zhan from the Welcome Center
Ben Howell - Kimberly Howell from Bonny Slope
$500 Student Scholarships awarded to:
Elle Slosser - Geni Slosser from Aloha Huber Park
Eli Slosser - Geni Slosser from Aloha Huber Park
Dane Kiger - Renee Kiger from McKinley
Liam Kiger - Renee Kiger from McKinley
Samantha Hess - Dianna Hess from SPED office
Tatyana Shultz - Elizabeth Schultz from Errol Hassell
$1000 Member Scholarship awarded to:
Stephen Yamasaki - Maintenance Department

School funding meeting

November 27^th there was a meeting at Aloha High school to discus school funding, it was well attended. The message I took away from the meeting was that unless there are fundamental changes to Oregon tax structure school funding will not be stable or adequate and that Oregon voters won’t except that change unless they see that government is seriously working to curb spending and PERS cost are a big part of that.

November Meeting

We had a great meeting last Tuesday with a good turn out. There was a presentation on LegalShield, an OSEA member benefit.

Thanksgiving

November is a time we remind ourselves to be thankful, for the men and women who serve our country, for family and friends, and for a political system we have a voice in, I hope we can all keep thankfulness in our harts year round, supporting those who have and are serving our country, relishing our time with family and friends, and remembering that our voice does not end with our vote. I hope this year to, at least monthly, remember to find a way to show support for those past and present members of the armed forces, show a loved one they are appreciated, and to share with my represeniti

Changes

My name is Kirk Wilkins, I am OSEA Chapter 48 President. I’m not the person you were expecting in this position, this is not the position I was expecting to be in. Events happened and the situation changed, and we are now reacting to that change. There is a lot of change coming that will effect our work place, we can sit back and wait to react to that change or we can become active and work to influence and shape this change.

Presidents Award

Chapter 48, awarded President's Award