"In Fairport Harbor, the steelheads are running, but negotiations between the school employees and the board are at a standstill. Maybe the superintendent is waiting for deer season," began Fairport Harbor Education Association spokeswoman Becca Grunda Oct. 28.
This quote, taken from the News-Herald story, is attributed to union representatives trying to negotiate a new raise and more benefits...I mean a new contract.
The Fairport Harbor Education Association should know better!
Look at the Willoughby-Easlake (WEL) School District's voters: despite a deep recession, decreasing wages and benefits, lost jobs, etc. the voters handed WEL schools and the Willoughby-Eastlake Teacher's Association (WETa) more money!
Don't be fooled by Superintendent Keith Miller's negotiated wage freezes: Keith Miller and the two new School Board Members (both with teaching backgrounds) will give the unions generous raises next year.
Have hope Fairport Harbor! Wait a year on the raises. You will be rewarded handsomely.
I guarantee that the Willoughby-Eastlake School Board and Administration will give HUGE raises out next year!!!! Fairport Harbor should have had a game plan like Superintendent Keith Miller and the Willoughby-Eastlake Teachers Association.
Of course, since this was posted, it has come out that the union has offered a proposal with no raise, less benefits, additional student contact time (with no change in compensation) and a shorter lunch period. So what is it exactly that the superintendent and school board want? Hopefully, this situation resolves soon; the people that will feel the aftereffects the most are the students.
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Those are steep concessions. However, in this economy EVERYONE, including the adminsitration, needs to give back.