14. Why we won Overlapping groups of voters Aggressive voter contact of known school board voters Robust voter contact of all ISD employees by our members (expansion universe) Partnering with the candidates Phonebanking out of the Alliance-AFT office Technical assistance (list management) Encouragement and coaching
15. How elections support Organizing After filing a grievance, more than 100 teachers received $222,875 in performance pay Parrott was one of three members of the grievance board DISD Trustees that had been non-responsive or hostile changed their attitude towards the local president. The DISD School Board stopped threatening consultation
16. WE have the POWER! Questions? Please feel free to email me: ttarr@texasaft.org Slides at http://www.slideshare.net/tanyatarr/why-school-boards-matter-3469033