by Matt Lavonas | Jun 10, 2019 | Adam's Updates
Colleagues,Here’s a brief update on some current issues:– Negotiations. Based on your responses to our Negotiations Survey, we have prepared a proposal that emphasizes what is good for students and fair to teachers. The District, unfortunately, has delayed the...
by Matt Lavonas | May 7, 2019 | Adam's Updates
Colleagues, Here’s a brief update on some current issues as well as a few timely reminders: – Negotiations. We urge you to respond to a Negotiations Survey emailed to you today. Your input is crucial to the development of our negotiations proposal. We plan to...
by Matt Lavonas | Apr 8, 2019 | Adam's Updates
Colleagues, As of today, 135 teachers have already submitted their notices that they will be participating in the 2019 Retirement Incentive that we’ve negotiated with the Rochester City School District. This already exceeds the 110 threshold required by our agreement....
by Matt Lavonas | Mar 29, 2019 | Adam's Updates
Colleagues, I am pleased to inform you that the RCSD Board of Education, late yesterday evening, voted unanimously to ratify our Tentative Agreement for a Retirement Incentive (see attached). Under the new pact, proposed to the District by the RTA on February 14th,...
by Matt Lavonas | Mar 20, 2019 | Adam's Updates
Colleagues, As you probably know, the RCSD is proposing in their 2019-2020 Draft Budget a reduction of 326 positions – including 194 teachers, 50 administrators, 27 Civil Service positions, 28 paraprofessionals and 26 Teaching Assistants. The entire list of...
by Matt Lavonas | Mar 10, 2019 | Adam's Updates
Colleagues, While we have not yet received a response from the District, the possibility of a Retirement Incentive is still very much alive. Since we have no counter-offer yet, we have asked the Superintendent to extend the deadline for rescinding notices of...
