ESP Strike Fund for Jenny Lind Elementary School
Donation protected
*Edit: Based on our mediation updates, we’ve raised our fundraising limit to reflect how long we could possibly be on the line! We are committed to staying out here *together*!! Your donations will ensure that we can do that! Let’s get to $10,000!!!
We are raising $5000 that will be divided evenly among Jenny Lind’s ESPs (Education Support Professionals) to offset a potential week’s loss of paychecks. If more is donated, that money would be distributed to offset for an additional week’s loss of pay. In the case that we strike for less than a week, this money will still be given to ESPs in honor of their historically undervalued service. Jenny Lind’s ESPs are the heart of our schools. An ESP could be employed as dean, restorative advocate, safety and security, special education assistant (SEA), assistant educator (AE), bilingual assistant educator, or family liaison. The ESPs in our school are many of Jenny Lind’s longest-standing employees. They live in the community, are parents and family members of MPS students, and alumni themselves. They share the same diversity as our students. It is of our opinion that these educators have the most significant impact on our students as a whole and deserve pay that reflects that.
We are raising $5000 that will be divided evenly among Jenny Lind’s ESPs (Education Support Professionals) to offset a potential week’s loss of paychecks. If more is donated, that money would be distributed to offset for an additional week’s loss of pay. In the case that we strike for less than a week, this money will still be given to ESPs in honor of their historically undervalued service. Jenny Lind’s ESPs are the heart of our schools. An ESP could be employed as dean, restorative advocate, safety and security, special education assistant (SEA), assistant educator (AE), bilingual assistant educator, or family liaison. The ESPs in our school are many of Jenny Lind’s longest-standing employees. They live in the community, are parents and family members of MPS students, and alumni themselves. They share the same diversity as our students. It is of our opinion that these educators have the most significant impact on our students as a whole and deserve pay that reflects that.
Organizer and beneficiary
Kirsten Anneke Hoffer
Organizer
Minneapolis, MN
Stephanie Schreiner
Beneficiary