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JESPA Calls for Real Policy to Protect Students and Workers

The Jeffco School Board’s new resolution on immigration enforcement is a symbolic gesture that changes nothing. It fails to provide real protections, clear guidance, or accountability for how schools handle ICE enforcement actions. JESPA has called for actual district-wide policies because it’s frontline support staff—not principals—who answer doors, greet visitors, and interact with law enforcement.

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02/20/2025 No Comments

Recap of JESPA’s First Bargaining Session of 2025

Overall, the last bargaining session on December 17th progressed as planned. JESPA and the district seem to be on the same page regarding cooperation and efficiency of the bargaining process. While the district made a misstep in the first session by not having solutions to their points of interest per the agreed upon agenda, they

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01/09/2025 No Comments

JESPA Bargaining Team Off to a Strong Start!

Tuesday evening marked the beginning of your contract negotiations with the district. Last year’s negotiations proved to be contentious within the first four hours of the first session. The district then hired an outside lawyer to impede bargaining. This union-busting tactic pushed JESPA to an impasse and ended with JESPA’s bargaining team securing a 6%

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12/16/2024 No Comments
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Open Letter -Protecting Public Workers: Concerns Over PROPWA Rulemaking

As the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE) engages in rulemaking over the Protections for Public Workers Act (PROPWA), the Jeffco Education Support Professionals Association (JESPA) Executive Board expresses deep concerns about ongoing retaliation faced by its nearly 4,000 Education Support Professionals (ESPs). ESPs, encompassing roles from paraprofessionals to food service workers, interpreters to

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12/08/2023 No Comments
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COVID-19 Procedures According to Jeffco

Recently the district published procedures related to how individuals will be quarantined in the event of a COVID case and/or outbreak. Review their procedures here: As always, front line workers are the barrier between safety and danger, equity and unfairness, order and chaos. If you see something unsafe at your worksite or you have first

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09/15/2020 No Comments
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Grievance Filed

Grievance Filed on Heat in Buildings After months of discussion with the district about the untenable working conditions during the heat of the summer, we have officially filed a grievance against the district. Read on for the full list of violations and our requested solutions. We were told by Tim Reed that unless buildings are

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08/19/2020 No Comments
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Ohio Paraprofessional Named Education Support Professional of the Year

NEA President Lily Eskelsen García: Even in the worst of times, heroes shine through Andrea Beeman, a special education paraprofessional at Maple Heights High School in Maple Heights, Ohio, has been named the 2020 National Education Association’s Education Support Professional (ESP) of the Year.  “NEA applauds Andrea and her commitment to helping students succeed in

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03/28/2020 No Comments

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