STATE OF WASHINGTON

          BEFORE THE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION


In the matter of the petition of:   )
                                    )
PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEES             )
OF WASHINGTON                       )    CASE 22025-E-08-3398 
                                    )
Involving certain employees of:     )    DECISION 10248 - PECB
                                    )
FRANKLIN PIERCE SCHOOL DISTRICT     )    CERTIFICATION
                                    )    Cross-check by
____________________________________)    Agreement of Parties


     Leslie Liddle, Organizing Manager, for the petitioner.

     Dionne and Rorick by Lance Andree, Attorney at Law, for the 
     employer.

     
                           FINDINGS OF FACT

1.   The Public School Employees of Washington filed with the Public
     Employment Relations Commission a petition for investigation of
     a question concerning representation of head start teachers of
     the Franklin Pierce School District. The petition was timely
     filed and accompanied by a showing of interest which was
     administratively determined by the Commission to be sufficient.
     No other organization is known to claim to represent the
     employees involved.

2.   The existing bargaining unit represented by PSE of Washington
     is described as:

          ALL CLASSIFIED PERSONNEL OF THE FRANKLIN PIERCE SCHOOL
          DISTRICT IN THE MAINTENANCE, NUTRITION SERVICES, HEALTH
          SERVICES, AND PARAEDUCATOR GENERAL JOB CLASSIFICATIONS,
          EXCLUDING MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL, CONFIDENTIAL EMPLOYEES,
          AND CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES OF OTHER BARGAINING UNITS AND ALL
          OTHER CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES.

3.   All proceedings were conducted under the supervision of the
     Commission in a manner designed to afford the affected
     employees a free choice in the selection of whether they wished
     to represented by PSE of Washington in its existing bargaining
     unit.  A confidential cross-check of employer and union
     documents has been conducted by the Commission staff and a
     tally of the results previously furnished to the parties is
     attached hereto; and no meritorious objections have been filed
     with respect to these proceedings.

4.   The existing bargaining unit represented by PSE of Washington
     shall be modified to include the head start teachers for a
     bargaining unit described as:

          ALL CLASSIFIED PERSONNEL OF THE FRANKLIN PIERCE SCHOOL
          DISTRICT IN THE MAINTENANCE, NUTRITION SERVICES, HEALTH
          SERVICES, PARAEDUCATOR GENERAL JOB CLASSIFICATIONS, AND
          HEAD START TEACHERS EXCLUDING MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL,
          CONFIDENTIAL EMPLOYEES, AND CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES OF OTHER
          BARGAINING UNITS AND ALL OTHER CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES.


                          CONCLUSION OF LAW

The unit described in paragraph 4 of the foregoing Findings of Fact
is an appropriate unit for the purposes of collective bargaining
within the meaning of RCW 41.56.060.


NOW, THEREFORE, it is


                              CERTIFIED


The head start teachers of the Franklin Pierce School District have 
chosen:

                PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEES OF WASHINGTON


as their representative for the purpose of collective bargaining
with their employer.

     
Issued at Olympia, Washington, this  18th  day of December, 2008.


               PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION



               CATHLEEN CALLAHAN, Executive Director