“They don’t want to deal,” he said of the board. “They don’t see the teachers as partners. There is nothing good about this process, and I am worried about what will happen.”
School Board President Mark Jacobs denied the accusation.
“We’ve not said anything about busting the union,” he said. “All the board did at the last meeting was to serve notice that the existing collective bargaining agreement is not something we can use and that moving forward we need much better opportunities for the teachers and the kids.”
The Jefferson Federation of Teachers’ three-year contract expires at the end of the month, but rather than extend the contract while the two sides hammer out a new agreement, the board voted 5 to 3 to begin the process from scratch. Proponents said the current contract is in direct conflict with new state and school system reforms, and starting the process…
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