As educators, we continually strive to improve the learning conditions of our students, which are our working conditions, including our salaries and benefits. These conditions are largely influenced by the amount of funding our school district receives from the County Council and by how the Montgomery County Board of Education allocates these resources. The members of the County Council and Board of Education are elected by voters.
This reality requires our union to be politically active in local and state politics and to engage directly with the Board of Education, County Council, County Executive, and state legislators, among others.
We are politically engaged in the following ways:
- Endorsing candidates (Apple Ballot-endorsement) for local elections
- Lobbying school board members, Councilmembers, and the County Executive
- Distributing our famous Apple Ballot that lists our preferred candidates to voters at the polls
- Contribute to our union’s Political Action Committee (PAC)
Learn more about our union’s political action program below: