James Rayner
James Rayner
becomes best change continue final impose offer status
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.
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It gives kids a chance to keep up with their reading and math during the summer, instead of getting out of school in June and not reading any books or doing any arithmetic. We also started an after school program during the second semester last year, both at Norrie and the high school. Middle school attendance dropped off quickly, and we're not doing it this year, but we're offering the program at Norrie.
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We talked about concerns that they are hearing from their people and friends and neighbors.
early people taking talented
We have some very talented people, and as we have people taking early retirements we're going to have some young people here. I think that's going to energize everybody.
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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.
building grade teachers
We have all the teachers of each grade in the same building and usually on the same floor. It just makes for a more collaborative environment.
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The $25,000 is about what we save the first year.
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We talk about cuts here and cuts there but there's really not much that was available to kids three years ago that's not available now.
commit eligible retire
If they're eligible now, they can retire now. If they're eligible to retire in '07, they can commit now and still be part of this program.
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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.
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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.
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We all remember the tortoise and the hare. The tortoise won the race, but the hare didn't keep the same schedule.
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We're still using Windows 98 here. We just need some equipment.
address hear solely
It's solely to hear and address citizens' concerns.