July 23 negotiations summary

Greetings, teachers! Your negotiations team met with the Board's representatives at 9 a.m., 1 p.m., and 7 p.m. yesterday to present proposals and counterproposals. A summary of the movement on each article is available at this link. Here are the highlights that we think are the biggest concerns for teachers:

The board has finally agreed to both vertical and lateral movement on the salary schedule, but only if high school teachers teach 6 classes instead of 5 beginning in 2010-11. They have yet to agree to a raise in the base salary or embedded compensation, but LNEA's final offer of the day (the blue light special) included the 6 periods the BOE wants so badly in return for movement and an additional $200 embedded.

We also continue to insist that there be no sunset date on early retirement, some time off between school and conferences, and some compensation for teachers who have to move their classrooms (additional leave days, although this excludes some moves for high school teachers during the construction period).

Again, for details, see the last column of the chart at this website: July 23 negotiations summary.

The next meetings have been scheduled for Tuesday, July 28, 7 p.m. at Lawson, and (if needed) Wednesday, August 5, 7 p.m. at the board office.