Ridgewood teachers: still no vote on the new contract
October 8,2012
the Staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, Despite the fact that Ridgewood Education Association (REA) and the Board of Education (BOE) came to an agreement several weeks ago, the teachers’ has still not voted to ratify the contract .
The Ridgewood News is reporting that , ” according to Superintendent Daniel Fishbein, REA and BOE negotiators have reached a memorandum of agreement (MOA), meaning the terms of a potential agreement still await ratification from the REA and a vote from the BOE. The official ratification depends in part on when the REA is able to coordinate a meeting with its hundreds of members and explain the MOA and vote to ratify it, Fishbein said in late August. After that, the school board has to vote on the terms as well. ” https://www.northjersey.com/news/173120061_Ridgewood_teachers_contract_vote_expected_soon.html
According to Gary Hall, the district’s human resources manager and one of the BOE’s negotiators ,” both parties agreed to a confidentiality agreement at the outset, pertain to “all terms and conditions of the contract,” including salaries, benefits and the wording of general phrases”
Critics of the BOE are speculating that the new contract amounts to nothing more than another give away to the REA ,thus the delays and obfuscation on contract details. While others claim not this time ,its a new day for the BOE which has a new respect for taxpayers money .
Some how we don’t doubt that the current Ridgewood School PR offensive is geared to lesson the blow of what ever was agreed to with the REA and the tax increases that are almost assured to follow.
Superintendent of the year cant get the teachers contract signed …wtf..?
Superintendent has nothing to do with signing of the contract. The contract is between the Board of Ed and the teachers’ union, neither of which Fishbein is a member of.