Wednesday, April 3, 2013
The union will now vote to ratify or reject the contract.
Montclair's teachers union agreed to a tentative contract agreement early Wednesday morning. The Montclair Board of Education and Superintendent Penny MacCormack released a statement announcing the district and Montclair Education Association have reached an agreement for a preliminary contract. The two sides worked through Tuesday night and found common ground on a contract around 4 a.m. that morning. "Both parties worked in good faith well into the night to reach a tentative agreement we all believe recognize the hard work and contributions of District staff and serve the educational needs of our students in a fiscally responsible manner," said a district press release. The union will now vote to ratify or reject the contract. The …
Monday, March 4, 2013
Both sides also agreed to keep the talks out of the public.
Montclair's teachers union ended its "work to contract" effort Monday as the Montclair Board of Education and union resume contract negotiations. The board and Montclair Education Association issued a joint statement Monday saying the sides have returned to the negotiation table. Contract talks began again on Friday, March 1, the statement said, where the two sides scheduled "numerous dates" to negotiate this month in order to "settle the contract without proceeding to mediation." Union members also agreed to place a "moratorium" on a work to contract provision in which members did not volunteer any additional time with students they were not paid for in their contract. It was put into effect on Feb. 26. Both sides also agreed to keep …
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
On Tuesday, union began 'working to contract,' where staff refuse to volunteer any additional time outside of their paid hours.
[Updated: Thursday, Feb. 28, 3:30 p.m.] Montclair Patch received new information about the cost estimates of the Board of Education's offer to give teachers a salary increases and restore aides' benefits.] The Board of Education accused the union of demanding excessive salary increases and an unsustainable contract for Montclair taxpayers Tuesday, the first day of a "work to contract" tactic in which teachers walked off school grounds at precisely 2:52 p.m., refusing to stay after hours. Tensions between the board and union continued to grow a day after hundreds crowded into a tense and often raucous meeting, in which union officials said teachers would begin working to contract, where members refuse to volunteer any additional time …
Teachers and other members of the Montclair Education Association will not volunteer any additional time past their paid hours, including before and after school and during weekends, until they reach agreement on a new contract.
More than 250 Montclair teachers and other staffers packed into a tense and often raucous Board of Education meeting Monday night, as union officials said teachers would not perform any duties beyond the letter of their contract until a new deal is reached with the district. Board President Robin Kulwin said a mediator would likely enter in the negotiations, which would "expedite a settlement." "Despite best efforts," Kulwin said, "the parties were growing further apart in their settlement demands, not closer together. It became clear, we needed the assistance of a mediator." The union members packed the standing-room-only room with blue and red shirts and buttons supporting the MEA. Many cheered as parents and residents lined up to …
esther
9:52 pm on Monday, April 8, 2013
The survey does not take 15-20 minutes- takes longer at least that's the report from the kids I know who took it. And redundant information asked-guess it's to check the consistency of the answers. What a waste. more ›