Colleagues, I hope that you’re enjoying your summer recess and I apologize for this brief interruption. I just want to clarify an issue that is of concern to especially Elementary teachers who have precious little planning time already and fear losing that, as well. We are doing all we can to avert that and I am confident that we will. Many colleagues are concerned about what some Chiefs and principals are communicating to them about the first 15 minutes of the day - and understandably so. That plan would be problematic on so many levels. Please know that there will be no departures from our contractual language, no increase in teachers’ work time, and no out-of-unit work for teachers. We have worked in partnership with the leaders of the other three unions within the RCSD and with Superintendent Peluso to figure out a joint approach that would be good for students and schools while also fair to teachers and other school employees. The other three unions, including ASAR members...