Easton Area School District will save $28 million, teachers keep their jobs. Deficit still remains, but smaller.
The Easton Area School Board has approved a deal with the school district's teachers union, which will save taxpayers $28.7 million over the next four years and saves 160 jobs. "You can breathe back there," board President Kerry Myers told teachers in the audience Thursday night after the agreement was finalized. The Easton Area Education Association -- the teachers' union -- had approved the measure earlier in the week, calling it a victory for students, who won't see class sizes increased or programs cut. “We want Easton to continue to graduate life long learners," teacher Jena Brodhead said, addressing the board with a prepared statement that referenced everything from Oprah's teacher showing up in her show's finale to Dead Poets' …
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Union still has to agree to terms presented.
The Easton Area School Board and the Easton Area Education Association have come to a contract agreement, according to a release posted today on the district's website. The statement reads, "The Easton Area School District Board and EAEA negotiation teams have come to a finalized agreement following last night's meeting. The union team will be presenting this agreement to its membership for ratification early next week. If the union membership accepts this proposal, the Board of Education will vote on it at its regularly scheduled meeting next Thursday night." The agreement comes after weeks of negotiations and a warning by the district that it might have to cut 160 jobs and end several programs to fill a nearly $13 million budget gap.
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1:19 am on Friday, May 27, 2011
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