Local legislative events: Photos
Education Association of Charles County
Keri Cavanaugh (left), EACC government relations committee chairperson, with newly elected Charles County Board of Education members: Maura Cook, Bobbie Wise (second and third from left) and Pam Pedersen (far right) join EACC board members Joe McMahan (rear) and Nancy Ewing (second from right).
Cook, Wise, and Pedersen were three of the five EACC-endorsed candidates who were elected to the seven-member county Board of Education this November.
Left to right: Karla Russ, EACC representative at Barnhart ES; Larry Adams, EACC Treasurer; Wayne Cooper, Charles County Commission President (supported by EACC); and Angie Kennedy, another EACC representative, Barnhart ES.
Senator Roy Dyson and Bill Fisher, EACC president.
Charles Carrington, new Charles County Board of Education member supported by EACC; Rex Coffey, Charles County's newly elected sheriff; Jack Hurd, a Sheriff's Office official; and Liz Barnes Brown, EACC vice president.
Harford County Education Association
Special educators BJ Rafferty and Stacey Litz share information about the Harford county Infants and toddlers program.
HCEA President John Jones speaks with Delegate Mary D. James and BOE President Mark Wolkow.
Tom Ford, Robin Sebold and Pat Wolkow discuss education.
Special educator Kim Mayforth speaks with MSTA Uniserv director Pat Kohler.
Kim Mayforth and Pat Kohler.
HCEA President John Jones addresses the group about priorities and needs of education.
Montgomery County Teachers Association
Photos: Abby Hendrix, MCEA member
More than 125 teachers and elected officials came together on Saturday, January 6th for MCEA's Annual Legislative Breakfast in Rockville. Left to right Newly elected lawmakers Duchy Trachtenberg, county council; Jeff Waldstreicher, delegate; and Richard Madaleno, senator.
Bonnie Cullison, MCEA president, welcomes guests as Delegate Jane Lawton beams with approval at Cullison's call for increased support for public education.
Eric Luedtke, a teacher at Loiderman MS, shared anecdotes from his classroom with legislators.
Amy Watkins, a teacher at Jackson Road ES, provided Legislative Breakfast attendees with a glimpse into “A Day in the Life of a Teacher.”
Education Association of St. Mary's County (EASMC)
Collective Employees Association of St. Mary's County (CEASMC)
Calvert Education Association (CEA)
Calvert Association of Education Support Staff (CAESS)
Photos: Ernestine Pence, CEASMC Retired
Dawn Pipkin, EASMC secretary, and Delegate James Proctor Jr. spot something funny.
Joe Shade, CEASMC president, and Brad Clements, chief operating officer for St. Mary's Public Schools, in a serious discussion!
CAESS President Steven Brooks and member Archie Bowen have a serious discussion at the Legislative Breakfast.
Judy Morazes, CEASMC treasurer, is happy when Kenny Dement, county commissioner, promises to support our agenda, while Bill Fisher, EACC president, plays “enforcer.”
Helping teacher and ESP members from St. Mary's and Calvert kick off the 2007 General Assembly were guests Bill Fisher, Charles County president; Charlie Purcell, retired EASMC UniServ director; and Betty Weller, MSTA vice president.
Anita Baines, CEA member; Rita Reeves, CEA administrative assistant; and Deb Russ, CEA president, present a united front.
EASMC retirees Don and Vicki O'Neal with Kenny Dement, county commissioner, at the 2007 Legislative Breakfast.
CEASMC President Joe Shade and Administrative Assistant Crystal Gray really enjoyed the Legislative Breakfast.
CEASMC retired member Ernestine Pence twists County Commissioner President Jack Russell's arm on Thornton funding and other legislative issues.
