Teachers' expected to vote on contract on Aug. 16; with D218 school board vote possibly taking place on Aug. 20. School will start on time for D218 students.
Community High School District 218 and the teachers’ union have reached a tentative agreement on a new, four-year teachers’ contract but details cannot be released to the public until the board of education and union members are able to ratify it. Sign up for the Oak Lawn Patch newsletter and breaking news alerts. The D218 Board of Education may possibly approve the contract—pending a union vote expected to take place later this week—at a special meeting at Alan B. Shepard High School in Palos Heights at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 20, according to school district website. If approved, the new contract would be in effect from 2012-16. Superintendent Dr. John Byrne could not immediately be reached for comment. D218 also announced that district high …
41.65564
-87.777402
13049 S Ridgeland Ave, Palos Heights, IL
/articles/d218-teachers-union-reach-tentative-contract-agreement-richards-shepard
/locations/7616182
41.699751
-87.759585
Harold L. Richards High School
10601 Central Ave, Oak Lawn, IL
/articles/d218-teachers-union-reach-tentative-contract-agreement-richards-shepard
327614
/locations/7616183
D218 Superintendent Dr. John Byrne says board's offer to teachers union is "very generous." Teachers union will present district's offer to teachers at undisclosed meeting this week.
In response to the Patch story that D218 teachers’ contract negotiations had reached an impasse and were now being handled by a federal mediator, D218 sent out a press release on Friday acknowledging the deadlocked collective bargaining agreement. Subscribe to the Oak Lawn Patch newsletter and breaking news alerts. D218 teachers’ four-year contract is set to expire on the first day of school on August 20, which is a freshman-only day. IEA Local 218, which represents teachers at Richards, Shepard and Eisenhower High Schools, and the Delta Learning Center, rejected the district school board’s first offer in May. “While several other neighboring school districts seek to freeze salaries and eliminate faculty positions, the board has offered …
41.65564
-87.777402
13049 S Ridgeland Ave, Palos Heights, IL
/articles/d218-board-defends-last-and-best-offer-to-teachers-union
/locations/7499466
41.699751
-87.759585
Harold L. Richards High School
10601 Central Ave, Oak Lawn, IL
/articles/d218-board-defends-last-and-best-offer-to-teachers-union
327614
/locations/7499467
Bob
10:39 pm on Wednesday, August 15, 2012
"but details cannot be released to the public until the board of education and union members are able to ratify it." This is a flat out lie by the administration. There is no legal prohibition from the district releasing the proposed contract, along with their financial impact analysis of the contract's effects on class size, quality of educational services delivered, and impact on taxpayer costs… more ›