Colleagues, Here’s an update about several current issues: Contract Ratification. This Tuesday you will have an opportunity to vote on the proposed one-year extension of our current (2015-2018) contract. At each school and work location, RTA Faculty Representatives will conduct the balloting. If ratified, all provisions of our current collective bargaining agreement would remain in effect and teachers would receive a 3.61% raise for next year. Meanwhile, we will continue negotiations through the Living Contract process and preparing for resuming bargaining for a multi-year pact on all the key issues you’ve identified in our survey and forums (school safety, student discipline, lower class sizes, more services for our students, and so much more). We recommend this tentative agreement for ratification and urge you to exercise your right to vote. National School Walkout Day. This Wednesday, March 14, students throughout the country may be participating in a 17-minute walkout, probably...