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Parent Resource Page
UTNO knows that many parents find the new New Orleans school landscape confusing, We support the right of parents to have their questions and concerns answered. Visit UTNO's Parent Resource Page for helpful tips on finding the answers you need.

Visit the Parent Resource Page now to take our Parent Survey - Tell us what's going on at your child's school!

Helping Students Research Their Lives Sat 3/20 from 10am to noon

Students at the Center Writing Workshop Sat 3/20 from 1pm to 4pm

Two FREE professional development workshops will be held at UTNO, 4718 Paris Ave., and are open to all Orleans Parish high school teachers and students...

Louisiana Supreme Court is allowing the class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of New Orleans Public School employees fired after Katrina flooded the city to go forward.

The following information applies to the Sabbatical/Sick Leave class action lawsuit filed against OPSB in 2003. This information does NOT apply to any other class action lawsuits...

(Baton Rouge – February 23, 2010) Governor Bobby Jindal should rethink budget plans that would force local school boards to shoulder millions of dollars of expenses that should be paid by the state, Louisiana Federation of Teachers President Steve Monaghan said today

The UTNO General Membership approved the candidate recommendations of the AFL-CIO Central Labor Council. Print this ballot palm card as a handy election day reference:

Big changes are coming to public education. Will teachers guide those changes, or stand on the sidelines watching?

Read THIS!

New Orleans music is known throughout the world as part of our unique heritage and local culture. But our musicians, along with our educators have suffered from direct attacks on education budgets and on the professionalism of teachers and other school staff who we rely on to help our children succeed.

Several nationally known local musicians are speaking out to voice their support for our teachers and other school personnel. Musician Charmaine Neville, Deacon John Moore, President of the American Federation of Musicians, and founders of the Rebirth Brass Band Phil and Keith Frazier are adding their images and words to UTNO’s citywide ad campaign titled “We Are With UTNO.”

These large ads are on display in several bus shelter locations around the city: Charmaine Neville: North Broad and Esplanade; Deacon John: S. Carrolton and S. Claiborne and also in the shelter at MacArthur and General DeGualle on the Westbank; and the Rebirth: Elysian Fields and Filmore. (Read their words of support...)

PLEASE BE ADVISED: The deadline to participate in the Sabbatical Sick Leave Settlement is October 15, 2009. Sabbatical Sick Leave notices were sent out June 15, 2009. If you are eligible to participate in this settlement, you should have received your form in the mail. If you did not receive it and think you are eligible, please call the Sabbatical Sick Leave phone line at 1-877-864-2199 right away to arrange to receive a form. Persons who wish to file a claim to participate in the settlement must complete the Claims Form and return it postmarked not later than October 15, 2009. If the Court grants final approval to the settlement on December 1, 2009, and if there are no objections to the settlement, checks should be mailed prior to December 31, 2009.
Important note: this settlement has nothing to do with the wrongful termination class action lawsuit filed after Katrina, which is currently working its way through the court system.

See the full article on the Sabbatical Sick Leave Settlement at the bottom of this web page.

Do you know how to communicate what you and your colleagues need in the workplace?  Are you aware of health and safety issues nobody is taking care of at your school? Wish you could participate in a workshop that gave you the training you really need to do your job better? Maybe you know who the next mayor should be.

You should be on a committee! Sign up here.

The Visual Arts room at Eleanor McMain Secondary School was buzzing with anticipation earlier this month...

Follow the latest issues in public education, learn what the decision-makers are talking about, and see what education reporters are covering. Add your own thoughts and help create an online community of informed educators. Click this link to visit EdLog.

United Teachers of New Orleans and the American Federation of Teachers receive a variety of questions from charter school faculty and staff. The most frequently heard questions are below. If you have a question and you don’t see it below, please feel free to call AFT-UTNO or email your question to our Communications Director, Sherri Wilder, at swilder@utno.org. Thank you.

On May 26, 2009, Civil District Court Judge Sidney Cates gave preliminary approval to a settlement of United Teachers of New Orleans’ (UTNO) class action against the Orleans Parish School Board (OPSB). This lawsuit claimed that OPSB failed to distribute savings from amendments to the sabbatical leave and sick leave laws in 1999.

Notices will be sent out by June 15, 2009. Persons who wish to file a claim to participate in the settlement must complete the Claims Form and return it postmarked not later than October 15, 2009. If the Court grants final approval to the settlement on December 1, 2009, and if there are no objections to the settlement, checks should be mailed prior to December 31, 2009.
Important note: this settlement has nothing to do with the wrongful termination class action lawsuit filed after Katrina, which is currently working its way through the court system.

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