Community Corner
Saucon Valley Schoool District Tentative Teacher Agreement
The Saucon Valley School Board negotiating team and the Saucon Valley Education Association met on January 30 and reached a tentative agreement with the assistance of the state appointed mediator. Details are confidential until both parties ratify the agreement on February 24 (Association vote) and February 25 (Board meeting).
The School Board and the Association have been bargaining a successor contract since January of 2012. As the result of an Association request, the parties received a factfinder's recommendation on October 28, 2013, which the School Board accepted and the Association rejected. The School Board and the Association made compromises in the mediation session, but the quality of education and the District taxpayers ability to afford that education remain the objectives of both parties.