Colleagues, As we begin the third week of this school year, I want to update you on a few salient issues and announcements: - RCSD Reconfiguration Plan. On October 19th, the Board of Education is scheduled to vote on the Superintendent’s proposed School Reorganization and Grade Configuration Plan. If approved, the plan would go into effect beginning with the 2024-2025 school year - not before. We are already working with the District to ensure that any potential reductions in teachers would be accomplished through attrition and through the filling of current and anticipated vacancies. We will also negotiate modifications in the teacher transfer process to give priority to involuntarily displaced teachers from schools that may be closing and to ensure that schools that are moving to other locations can move together as a faculty. Additionally, we are reaching out to RTA members at schools that are proposed to close to support them in any way we can - including in advocacy to prevent...