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MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION

Membership Application TFESP (pdf)Download

Secretary Special Elections and Bylaws Changes

On December 09, 2025 Members voted to instate Liz Walle for the remainder of the 2024-26 term of secretary. 


The bylaws committee have also finished with their edits to our bylaws, which has been approved by the Eboard. The revised bylaws will be made available on January 5th on our website and via members emails. Members are encouraged to go over these before the next meeting, January 13, 2026, when we will be voting on the new bylaws. 

2025-2026 School year meetings

This school year meetings will be on the second Tuesday of every month at 5 pm over Zoom. This makes our first meeting of the year Tuesday, October 14th. We will also be holding our November meeting at the union hall in order to hold a special election, on Thursday, November 13th. Links will be sent out prior to the meetings. Additional meeting dates as well as other actions such as Lobby Day can be found on our Important Dates page.

MEET YOUR 2024 BARGAINING TEAM

  

Left to Right:

  •  Enrie Marusya, our AFT WA Union Organizing Representative
  • Melissa Roach. Melissa is a Peer Inclusion ESP who has been with TPS for eight years.
  • Anitra Wise. Anitra is a 1:1 SPED ESP who has been with TPS for 12 years.
  • Liz Walle. Liz is currently a Building Para (though has worked in both SPED and Montessori). Liz has been with TPS 18 years.
  • Kathy Unruh. Kathy is a retired ESP and is currently working as a substitute.
  •  Kari Madden. Kari is our Chief Bargainer. Kari has been a self-contained SPED para in elementary and high school for the past 17 years.

2024-2027 Collective Bargaining Agreement

After many hours/days of hard work in preparation and at the Bargaining Table, we were pleased to ratify our new CBA on May 28, 2024.  The new CBA can be found on the "Important Documents" page of this website.

PAYROLL PRESENTATION 3/28/2022

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Letter of Support from WA Legislators

Letter of Support from Legislators (pdf)Download
Para Cert State Requirements (pdf)Download

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