Those changes basically extend the agreement to the community schools teachers, who are in a separate union, and to some teachers who are eligible to retire.
There is no pay increase between now and June 30, 2007.
If he does it again, he won't be subbing here anymore.
One of the things I heard when I got here was that we educate our children so well that they go someplace else to be successful. That's a challenge our whole community has to work on, to have them be successful back here.
We added free lunch last year. We hope to expand that next summer by promoting it more. It doesn't have to be summer school kids (who attend).
For openers, we've got to hire a counselor this year to replace an interim hire, who's retired. Then Pat Krause will be retire the next year. Counselors are normally teachers who have an extra master's degree. Those would probably not be new teachers.
My great curiosity is how the union will respond to this. I think the fact finder has sent a very strong message with regard to health insurance. I wonder whether the teachers will see it that way or not.
It's solely to hear and address citizens' concerns.
By board policy, I am the lead spokesman for the negotiating team, but the board meets every month in closed session to discuss negotiations. The negotiating team -- all four of us -- takes direction from the board.
If we impose any or all of our last, best final offer it does not change the requirement to continue to negotiate. What we impose only becomes a new status quo. It is not a new contract.
