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Here is a synopsis of the Board of Education Meeting on Dec. 12, 2013:

      *Presentation on Shelter Rock Academy by Allison Barshak

      *Discussion of InBloom. District parents set up meeting with Senator Martins to discuss InBloom. Senator Martins understands and is working to address concerns. Need to get legislators to stop InBloom. NYC suing Commissioner King & SED for releasing personal info. Senator Flanagan said to be sponsoring a bill to address InBloom concerns.

Comments by BOE and attendees:

          "SED is out of touch with what's going on in education."

          "State

Dear Colleagues,

 

Thanks for wearing your blue HTA t-shirts on Tues., Dec. 9th, The National Day of Action. It was a huge success at Herricks as many people proudly wore their t-shirts. In fact, Bill Youngfert, an HTA retiree even wore blue in support on a flight from Germany! As we continue to work together to change the tides and have our legislators listen to us we will now focus on postcard writing. 

 

Three different Moratorium Postcards have been sent to each building that are addressed to Governor Cuomo, Regent Tilles and Senator Flanagan (the Chairman of the NYS Senate Committee on

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Senator Martin sponsored Commissioner King's Forum last Wednesday, Nov. 13th at Mineola H.S.. This event was open to constituents in Senator Martin's district. HTA members from each school, as well as, administrators, board members, PTA members, parents and community members attended this event. The meeting lasted about three hours. The program was divided into four segments. The topics discussed were:

Questions had to be pre-submitted and were asked by representatives of the variety of invited communities. Senator Martins

Below is the list of this week's events which will have HTA representation by some or all of us.

 

 

       *SEPTA Meeting -7:30 p.m. Searingtown

 

Dear Colleagues,

 

In the last week and a half the BOE president reached out to me indicating that the BOE wanted to commence negotiations, for the teachers' contract which expires on June 30, 2014, as soon as possible and hopes to reach some accord prior to 2014-2015 budget presentation in February. The BOE president and I had a frank discussion about our joint concerns over the continuing effects and implications of the Tax Cap in Herricks.

 

After receiving the Board's letter and a subsequent telephone conversation with the BOE president, I met with our HTA Executive Council, Professional