Washington Contracts on the internet

In the "day late, dollar short" department, there was a debate last month about having teacher CBAs on the internet so that the public-at-large can see them without having to make a special trip to the district office. To me it's a good idea; they're public documents anyhow, and I'm all about using the internet to make as much information available so that those who want to can make informed decisions.

Interested, I went surfing around to see how many union agreements I could find for Washington State school districts. The results:

• Spokane District 81 has all their agreements for every bargaining unit posted here. Their certificated contract runs 106 pages.



• Central Valley's contract is here. It's 78 pages.



• Seattle, Tacoma, Vancouver, and Spokane are all on file with with the Bureau of Labor Statistics, but not for on-line access.



• The Longview Public Schools post all thier CBAs in one place.



• Sticking with SW Washington, though, Rochester, Battle Ground, and Vancouver do not have their agreements posted. In the North, Bremerton is a no.
  
  
• Surprisingly, I can't find Marysville's agreement anywhere. Since they had the longest teachers strike in state history, that's odd to me.
  

And after a couple more strike-outs (Issaquah and Snohomish, most notably), that's enough of that. I tried about 20 districts and found 3. That's not good.