We met with district negotiators this morning. Now that school district budget information is available (due to the state shutdown, those numbers were about two months late), our focus for today was to make our first economic offers.
Both sides worked to pare offers down to the most essential points in an effort to seriously work toward an early settlement. The meeting was productive, but we have more work to do to reach agreement. We plan to meet next week after the district team meets with the school board.
Our best chance for an early settlement is to come to an agreement by the end of August. We will continue to work hard toward that end and keep you posted,
Your Negotiators - Paul, LeMoyne, Vicky, Jay, David, Gary, and Julie
