Teachers, BOE in Contract Talks

By Eryn and Chloe

The teachers and the Board of Education are currently in confidential contract negotiations. The contract expired in June of last year. School Principal Stephanie Impellittiere works under a separate contract.

Here are parts of the expired contract, which we found online at the website of Cornell University's ILR School's Martin P. Catherwood Library:

"Garrison Union Free School District and Garrison Teachers Association

Garrison Union Free School District

Garrison Teachers Association

Effective Date: 07/01/04

Expiration Date: 06/30/07

PERB ID Number: 5081 Unit Size: 33 Number of Pages: 28

ARTICLE 111: NEGOTIATION PROCEDURE 1. The District and the Association agree to mutually present all their demands on or before February 1 of the calendar year in which the Agreement expires. 2. All proposals made by either party shall be confidential and neither party shall release any information concerning their proposals or the content of meetings to any news media except by mutual consent."

The full text of the expired contract can be viewed at: http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/perbcontracts/550/