Contract negotiations between Arcadia Teachers Association and school district remain at standstill, according to John Sinclair, Associate superintendent.
Contract negotiations with employees in Arcadia Unified School District are moving slowly or not at all, according to John Sinclair, associate superintendent. District has applied for impasse status, which would mean appointment of a mediator.
Superintendent Elbert E. Souders of the Arcadia Unified School District issued a statement Monday expressing his regret and disappointed in the fact that negotiations for a contract between the Arcadia Teachers Association and the district were not completed before the school year ended.
Tentative contract agreement was reached last Friday between the Arcadia Teachers Association and the school district following a full year of negotiations.
There appears to be some progress in contract negotiations between the Arcadia Unified School District and the Arcadia Teachers Association. Though officials were reluctant to talk about specifics, fear of a strike by the teachers has been allayed.
Contract negotiations between the Arcadia Teachers Association and the school district have been postponed and talks won't resume until middle of July. Still at issue are salaries, fringe benefits and binding arbitration.
Superintendent of Schools, Stephen Goldstone said he is "very disappointed" that the Arcadia Teachers Association has rejected a district proposal to listen to a presentation on a new style of labor negotiations known as the "win-win system."
Negotiations between Arcadia Teachers Association and Arcadia Unified School District halted Friday night as the two sides moved to place dispute before a fact-finding panel.
John Sinclair, Arcadia school's Associate Superintendent of Personnel Services and Staff Development, will be taking an early retirement baginning July 31.
Arcadia teachers learned that their stalled contract negotiations with the district will advance to a stage called fact-finding (meaning an impartial panel paid by the state will judge disputes between the teachers and the district).
A two-year contract was approved Monday by the Arcadia Teachers Association wand ratified the same evening by the Board of Education. The ratification followed a full year of negotiations between the two groups.
Arcadia teachers began picketing their schools to protest what they feel is lack of progress in contract negotiations with the Arcadia Unified School District.
The prospect of a strike by Arcadia teachers looms large, after negotiations between school district and teachers' associations officials broke off Wednesday, August 15. The negotiations ended after the 2 parties failed to reach a settlement on their year-long salary dispute. No new talks have been scheduled.
About 90 Arcadia teachers held a rally in front of the school district administration building to support their bargaining team during an impasse in contract negotiations.
Protest by about 1/3 of 300 teachers in Arcadia Unified School District on stalemate in contract negotiations at school board meeting. ATA President Priscilla Tedesco and other teachers appeared before microphone to protest.
Two-thirds of Arcadia's school teachers have resigned from the district PTA in the wake of a dispute over a chapter president's support for their unresolved contract negotiations.