Social Security Watch
There are two bills currently in Washington--HR 82 by Berman and McKeon and S 206 by Feinstein and Collins--that would eradicate the unfair Social Security offset and windfall penalties levied on teachers and professional staff. Watch NEA's website for the latest information. more

2008 TSTA-Retired Elections Results
On March 13, 2008, the TSTA-Retired Elections Committee canvassed ballots at TSTA headquarters in Austin, TX.  The results are as follows:

Office of Treasurer – Jo Ann Peschel

Office of Secretary – Bobbie Duncan

NEA RA Delegates – Letha Grace McCoy (automatic delegate); Jo Ann Peschel

NEA RA Alternate Delegates – Jay-Ann Rucker; Fran Valenzuela

TSTA HoD Delegates – Letha Grace McCoy (automatic delegate); Virginia Wong; Fran Valenzuela; Jo Ann Peschel; Jay-Ann Rucker; James R. Wells; Bobbie Duncan; Eddie Spence; Johnetta Williams; Aubrey Hillman; Jerry Watkins; Connie De Luna; Pauline Dixon; Bobby Southwood; Judith Hillman; Betty Jo Brown; Lucy Reza-Morales; Jeffrey Archer; James R. Smith; Marie Gerety

TSTA HoD Alternate Delegates – Sharon Wells; Gumercinda Diaz De Leon; Frank Colbert, Jr.; Sherry Tyler; George Moeck; Paul Haupt; Jill Graves; Susan Fauver; Sandra Wawroski; Ricardo Casiano

Don't Forget!
Pre-Retired members, don't forget that you need to contact TSTA when you have retired to activate your Life Membership in TSTA-Retired/NEA-Retired.

2007-08 Calendar is Up
Our calendar for the new school year has been posted, and we are in the process of updating other areas of this website.

NEA-R Annual Meeting: 450 Participants!
The 2007 NEA-Retired Annual Meeting in Philadelphia was our largest annual meeting to date with over 450 participants. The speakers and workshops provided information that was helpful to us as association leaders as well as in our personal lives. The meeting theme was "Reflecting on the Past, Building for the Future."

Extreme Makeover in Pennsylvania
This was the 12th year NEA-Retired and Student members joined other local volunteers to paint, clean, repair, landscape, decorate bulletin boards, and more. Over 350 retired and student members donned orange shirts and went to work refurbishing Gotwals Elementary School in Norristown, PA. We anticipate some very surprised and happy faces when school reopens in the fall. To see some of the media coverage we received visit the NEA-Retired website http://www.nea.org/retired/index.html. 
 

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