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The Galt Joint Union High School District finally published its unaudited actuals. Essentially, these are updated budget numbers as of September. Here are the highlights:
It is unclear why the District insists on hurting the education services we offer the community when the money is clearly in its bank account.
Academic –Administrative Personnel Federation – Local 3983
To date your negotiation team has met with the administrative team on: February 24, 2010, March 4, 2010, March 17, 2010, March 31, 2010, April 14, 2010, May 4, 2010, May 26, 2010, June 7, 2010, June 16, 2010 & June 29, 2010. We are scheduled to resume meetings on October 28, 2010.
As I shared previously, in accordance with the New Jersey Employee Relations Act, we requested comprehensive financial documents from the college. Upon receipt of the requested items, members of your negotiations team met with a member of the research department, of AFT NJ State Federation (formerly NJSFT) and reviewed her findings. While I cannot share our findings, I can tell you that additional questions were raised and we then requested additional information.
We are now ready to “go back to the table”, scheduled for October 28, 2010. Again, I want to thank each of you for your patience and support.
The Van Wert Federation of Teachers intalled new officers the first day of school
Hands on approach to critial thinking
Bev Lucas, President
Kim Mautz, Vice President
Erin McElhiney, Secretary
Becky Snider, Treasurer
Kathy Young & Toni Harper, High School
Rebecca Scott, Middle School
Jenny Shiplett & Brooke Hartley, New Lexington Elementary School
Melissa Proctor, Junction City Elementary School
Erin McElhiney & Kathy Young, Grievance Co-Chairs
Kim Mautz, Sick Leave Bank Chair
NLEA Email Address: nlea4186@globalco.net
The California State Legislature passed a budget last night that will cut $4.3 billion more from education and allows for sweatheart deals for corporations. Again, the 2/3rds treshold for passing a budget allowed a couple of legislators to hold the budget captive in exchange for a few special deals.
This is why it is essential for Proposition 25 must pass in November.
I want to send out a resounding thanks to the many teachers who showed up after school on Wednesday at the District Office to demonstrate the status of certificated negotiations. The Distirct has been treating us unfairly. The District has asked for more furlough days from teachers than from management. It has asked for long-term changes to class sizes. It has refused to send us the unaudited actuals and have not been forthcoming about the $440,000 in federal funds it has received.
I am happy to report that after our demonstration, negotiations took a turn for the better. Both sides have agreed to a framework that will allow us to hopefully wrap things up in the next couple of weeks.
Thanks again for all who showed up yesterday.