POB Website: Negotiations Over. Teachers to sign..

http://www.pob.k12.ny.us/BOE/BOE.htm

1/15/2010

Mrs. Weinstein made the following statement regarding negotiations.

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“We have experienced some trying times over the last few months in the Plainview-Old Bethpage School District. The Board of Education and the Plainview Congress of Teachers have been negotiating a new contract during some of the most difficult, if not the most difficult, financial times in most of our memories.

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The Board of Education has never forgotten its responsibility to the education of our children, to our valued staff and to our taxpaying community. The negotiations process led us to impasse and to mediation. The mediation process has brought us to an agreement on terms for a two year contract which covers the 2009/2010 and 2010/2011 school year. It is expected that the Plainview Congress of Teachers will ratify the agreement this week and the Board of Education will vote on the agreement at our January 25^th meeting.

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It is our hope that we can now return our full attention and focus to our shared goals of raising the academic standards in our schools while continuing the development and implementation of effective fiscal management strategies. We should all take the time now to remember what makes us so proud to live, work and raise our children here in Plainview-Old Bethpage.”