Article in The Williston Times

Dear Colleagues,

In the interest of keeping you informed, I am including a link to an article found online from one of the local papers about negotiations in Herricks. This identical article can also be found in the Jan. 31, 2014 edition of the Williston Times, entitled, "Teachers, board clash after 1st meet - Union prez blasts district for posting contract proposal online, sending in e-mail."

You can see the article online by clicking here

In unity,

Nidya Degliomini

President

Herricks Teachers' Association

Response to BOE

Dear Colleagues,

In the interest of keeping you informed I have included a letter I sent to the BOE regarding the actions they took on Fri., Jan. 24, 2014 after meeting only once for negotiations. I am awaiting a response from the Board.

A copy of the letter can be found here.

In unity,

Nidya Degliomini

President

Herricks Teachers' Association

BOE's Negotiations Update for the Community on Herricks' Website

Dear Colleagues,

We recently began negotiations on the Teachers' and Teaching Assistants' Contracts with the BOE and met only once. At that meeting we exchanged proposals. Our second meeting was cancelled due to the snowstorm on Tuesday.

We entered this process with expectations that negotiations were going to be very difficult during these trying times, but forged ahead as professionals wanting to work toward attempting to reach a fair successor agreement with the BOE.

On Friday afternoon, Jan. 24th, the BOE sent out a listserve memo to the community providing a "Negotiations Update for the

Update on Board Of Education Meeting Jan. 23, 2014

Dear Colleagues,

Hope you weathered well during the recent storm. I know dismissal was difficult and many of you had a very long, hard and dangerous commute home on Tuesday in the storm. Dismissal procedures during storms like this will be discussed with administration.

Below is a synopsis of the BOE Meeting on Jan. 23, 2014:

*Presentation by Stephanie Knowles on the M.S. Special Education Program

*It was reported that there was an increase of $422,000 in the State Aid Proposal for 2014- 2015. This equates to four classroom teachers. Board will wait for budget to see how

Update Jan.13, 2014

Dear Colleagues,

Happy New Year! As we begin a new calendar year we have much to be proud of and many tasks ahead of us. My hope is that 2014 brings you good health, happiness and success in all you do. My utmost wish is that we continue to join together to build a strong HTA that always works, supports and is there for one another.

Below is a synopsis of the BOE Meeting on Jan. 9, 2014:

*BOE met with H.S. students.

*Students submitted questions prior to meeting. Various topics discussed included: Common Core, cuts in programs, large class sizes, Tax Cap, Testing, lunch menu

Herricks Community Players Auditions!

The Herricks Community Players are holding auditions for their production of Funny Girl.

Details can be found here in the flyer.