In January 2018 the Battle Ground Education Association (BGEA), the union for the Battle Ground Teachers Association. signed a new one (1) year contract with the Battle Ground School Board/District. We wanted to know what (if any) changes between the new and old might be. This article is an explanation of the "saga" we went through to get an answer. At the bottom is a link to the summary of the changes. You judge whether the changes are significant or not. What's more important is understanding what it took to get the summary. We contacted the BG admin office and asked for a copy of the new contract when it was released. We were told to file a Public Information Request … [Read more...]