Yesterday, the first agreement that we had crafted was voted down so today the bargaining team worked to create a new one which will be coming out tomorrow. Please read the draft MOU carefully, and also the information sheet which will accompany it. We'll be voting on this one on May 2nd, and if this one doesn't go through, then we'll run into the deadline as per our contract. Translation: the district can implement layoffs of over 300 people. Not good.

The contract states that the District is obligated to give us thirty days' notice before a layoff, so if this is to happen before school lets out, we've got to get this done.

If you have questions, I'm trying to answer them but please remember that I'm working on this and doing some very long hours so can't get back to everyone when they think I should. And for those who believe that I make promises and don't deliver, well....you're welcome to give this job a try for a week.