The article references a press announcement released by the school district, however, the district website only includes the release from August 25 at this time (read it here).
The article quotes the release as stating:
Teachers in the Nazareth Area School District will go on strike if their union can't reach an agreement with the district administration by the end of a negotiation session scheduled for Sept. 21.
The strike would begin Monday, Sept. 25, the district said in a news release today.
No one has said anything and now the State Bureau of Mediation requests an information blackout. I don't this can be good for the taxpayer.The release also said that the State Bureau of Mediation had requested an information blackout on the negotiation, and that the district would not make any other statements until after the Sept. 21 deadline.
What do you think? Does this mean anything? Or is it standard procedure? What will you need to do if the kids come back home? What will a strike cost the students who not only will be put out of class, but whose activities will all cease. The soccer team is undefeated, field hockey just beat Easton and is in contention for a division championship, and the band will not be able to practice or perform, not to mentino the football team. Is the process of a strike for a school district right? Or since it is being mediated anyway should they stay on the job while that takes place?
3 comments:
Frankly, teachers in PA strike way too much. In fact, I read awhile back that 38 states prohibit teachers from striking. PA teachers had gone on strike more in the past two years than all of the other 12 states teachers combined.
I'll tell you what, the Board Meeting on Monday is going to be fun....
It is a very common assumption that teachers WANT to strike. That is ridiculous. Teachers do not WANT to strike. They do not get paid while they are on strike. And after coming off an entire summer of not getting paid this is an issue for most teachers who already do not make that much money. I am not a teacher, BTW.
Again, I think it is the state at fault. The contract date being at the start of school, along with the strike itself are designed to force the sides to come to a settlement.
I don't think either wants a strike. I would think that the teachers who are already on the payroll are probably paid on an every other week basis, so they do get paychecks during the summer (if not I'd hope they were able to plan ahead;-)
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