by Matt Lavonas | Oct 9, 2019 | Adam's Updates
Dear Colleagues, As you already know, the Rochester City School District is grappling with a projected budget deficit of approximately $30 million. Yesterday, Superintendent Dade briefed union presidents and also made a presentation to the Board of Education....
by Matt Lavonas | Aug 31, 2019 | Adam's Updates
Colleagues, Welcome back. I hope you had a restful and fun summer recess. Here’s a brief update on a few salient topics and timely announcements: – Negotiations. Bargaining for a successor contract continued during the summer but we have not managed to reach an...
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 opening...
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,...
