The members of the GFT Negotiations Team attended
the BOE meeting on May 19th. At the meeting, the Board President, Mr.
Wich, advised us that the contract would not be voted upon due to the
fact that all members of the Board were not yet apprised of the entire
memorandum of agreement. The Board's negotiator, Bill Hybbanneth, was
there to apprise them of the agreement in closed session. Mr. Wich also
informed us that the Board would hold a special meeting next week for
the purpose of voting on the contract. We have since been informed that
the Board will hold a meeting on June 2, 2008.
The settlement is under the jurisdiction of PERC
mediator, Lorraine Tesauro. The GFT has called Ms. Tesauro to alert her
to the delay in ratification on the part of the BOE and to let her know
that we are concerned with the Board's commitment to ratify the
contract.
The GFT has negotiated in good faith with the
Garfield Board of Education.
We will soon know if the Board of Education and
their designees have negotiated in good faith with the GFT.
uNo Child Left Behind What It Will Take To Get It Right As the education community marks the fifth
anniversary of the No Child Left Behind Act this month, the AFT continues
to press policymakers on our members' concerns about the law...
uYou Decide -With the 2008 presidential campaign already
moving forward, the AFT wants to hear from you about what you think the
most important issues in the next election should be.
NCLB: Still
Failing the Test of Time The No Child Left Behind Act remains a
"fundamentally flawed" piece of legislation and much of the blame rests at
the Oval Office door, AFT president Edward J. McElroy charged on Jan. 8,
the six-year anniversary of the law.
AFT
Launches Higher Education
Data Center
The AFT's new online Higher Education Data Center is your source for volumes
of information about higher education institutions, such as faculty
salaries, instructional staff levels, tenure rates, and institutional
revenues and expenditures—all in one place.
Becoming
a teacher Interested in teaching as a career? You'll want
to check out this new booklet that provides answers to questions about
the teaching profession
american
educator The summer '08 issue looks at teaching English
language learners.