by Matt Lavonas | Jan 2, 2023 | Adam's Updates
Colleagues, Welcome back. Best wishes for the New Year to you and yours. Just a reminder that the ratification balloting on our Tentative Agreement will be conducted by your RTA Faculty Representative(s) at your school or work location tomorrow (Tuesday, January 3rd)....
by Matt Lavonas | Dec 23, 2022 | Adam's Updates, Ratification
Colleagues, As you begin your well-earned recess, I want to wish every one of you happy holidays with your family and friends. I also want to express to you my gratitude for all that you’ve done to make sure that we finally achieve a contract that is good for students...
by Matt Lavonas | Dec 23, 2022 | Adam's Updates
Dear Colleagues, I am pleased to inform you that we have reached a Tentative Agreement for a successor contract. The actual language affected by these negotiations, as well as the newly-negotiated salary schedules, can be found in the signed document attached below....
by Matt Lavonas | Dec 21, 2022 | Adam's Updates
Colleagues, As you probably already know, all RCSD schools will be closed on Thursday (December 22) because of a major water main break. For that reason, obviously, there will be no contract ratification tomorrow as originally scheduled. Contract ratification at all...
by Matt Lavonas | Oct 10, 2022 | Adam's Updates
Colleagues, Hope you had a restful weekend. Here’s a brief update on negotiations and a few timely reminders: – Negotiations. Bargaining for a successor contract is still in the mediation stage and is assisted by the NYS Public Employment Relations Board (PERB)....
by Matt Lavonas | Aug 2, 2022 | Adam's Updates
Colleagues, This brief interruption of your summer recess is to update you about our ongoing efforts to secure a fair successor contract for teachers and substitute teachers in our District. After a lengthy period of unproductive bargaining, we declared an impasse in...
