EDUCATI N RICHMOND TAKES IT TO THE LIMIT!

REA members first to successfully negotiate and ratify Virginia public school employee contracts in nearly a half-century.

Editor Tom Allen

VEA President

Dr. James J. Fedderman

VEA Executive Director Dr. Brenda Pike

Communications Director

Kevin J. Rogers

Graphic Designer

Lisa Sale

Editorial Assistant/Advertising Representative Kate O’Grady

Contributors

Michele Wickman David T. Marshall

Rhonda Lancaster Bruce Ingram

ChèRee Wiley

James Graves

Tim Pressley

Vol. 116, No.5

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