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A packed house is expected at Thursday night’s 7 p.m. Neshaminy School Board meeting at Maple Point Middle School in Middletown.
The board will hear public comment and then vote on whether or not to approve the teachers’ contract the union has agreed to after a five-year impasse.
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The two sides came to an agreement on the deal after recent negotiations between School Board President Richie Webb and Neshaminy Federation of Teachers (NFT) Vice President Anne Schmidt.
Click here to see a copy of the proposed contract
NFT Vice President Anne Schmidt called “an agreement worth supporting” in a statement. The NFT membership must have agreed last week when they voted 487 in favor and 21 against.
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The proposed 67-page deal is based on the Council Rock School District contracted signed by teachers in that district in spring 2013.
Here are some of the contract highlights:
- Work day goes from 7 to 7 1/2 hours
- $27,500 one-time retirement payout is over at the end of the 2012-2013 school year
- Back to school night is now mandatory for all teachers
- Masters Equivalency certificates attained by June 29, 2015 will be honored
- Long-term substitute pool is gone by the end of the 2014-2015 school year
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If approved, people on both sides of the issue have said it would allow the district’s students, staff and taxpayers to move forward.
Related:
- Neshaminy Teachers Approve Contract Offer
- School Board’s Webb, NFT’s Schmidt React to ‘Tentative’ Agreement
- ‘Tentative’ Contract Agreement Reached in Neshaminy
- NFT Releases Statement on Contract Offer Vote
- NFT Votes Down Contract Proposal, Board President Says
- NFT President: ‘We Agreed to All the Financial Concessions’
- Board President Dispels ‘Unsubstantiated Rumors’ of Neshaminy Deal
