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The Teachers Union Rejects Tentative agreement

The Teacher's union of Saucon Valley School District have rejected a negotiated tentative agreement, that is an improved compromise of the independent Fact Finder Report (that the union pushed on the Board). We on the board looked to provi...de the teachers a fair raise plan that slows down the ever increasing slope of pay and benefits increases. If that slope is not controlled the public education system will go bankrupt. It is my opinion that these privileged teachers are working in a district that has not even considered laying off teachers, and eliminating programs like is going on in so many neighboring districts. It is a shame that their greed or their inability to grasp the world as it is, continues the divisive process. They need to understand that there is no chance for the teachers to get any retroactivity in there contracts in the future. So right now their Pay and benefits are frozen. It is disheartening that the hard work of 2 years of negotiation is thrown out. I have played by the negotiating rules of keeping my opinions to myself, but now I will be going public with my opinions! I would also like to thank the board members on the negotiation committee, Ed Inghrim, Susan Baxter, and Ralph Puerta. They have put in incredible hours balancing the needs of the district and trying to be fair to the teachers! What a disappointment that this still has to continue.


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