From MTEA President Mike Langyel's Desk

July 2, 2010

Dear MTEA Member:

I am writing to let you know that Bob Baxter is serving as the interim Executive Director of the MTEA. Bob is the former Executive Director of the Kenosha Education Association and is currently on WEAC staff. Bob will be serving as Interim for the next few weeks as we complete the task of selecting the next MTEA Executive Director.

In March, Tom Morgan passed away and the MTEA Executive Board immediately engaged in the process of selecting a new Executive Director. Pat O'Mahar agreed to serve as Interim Executive Director through June. I personally would like to thank Pat for his continued excellent service to the MTEA membership.

On June 18th, Pat informed me that he would only be able to serve until June 30th. Because I knew that the selection process would continue into July, on June 23rd, I asked the Executive Board to appoint Bob Baxter as Interim Executive Director and he started on June 24th. 

I want to assure you that your MTEA staff and leadership continue to serve the needs of our membership at a very high level. As expected, Bob is doing a great job as Interim Executive Director.

The MTEA intended to send out a Sharpener earlier this week to provide details on the layoff situation. A brief notice on the change of the Interim Executive Director was to be included. Unfortunately, that Sharpener was not published because we could not get reliable information from MPS.

My aim is to always provide accurate and timely information to our membership.  If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at 414.828.3091 (cell), 262.662.1107 (home) or at mlangyel@aol.com.

We are facing many challenges and I look forward to your continued support.