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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That the calendar is not subject to bargaining but they urge us to complete the survey. [/quote]

If the union was willing to allow the grading days to be designated as potential half-day makeup days, it would go a long way... part of me thinks that's kind of what the Board is going to push for. [/quote]

As a parent, I hope the union doesn’t agree to that.  Teachers are already so behind on grading and it really negatively impacts student learning when they can’t get timely feedback.

What is ESY?

2% cola stinks but I think it’s what other units in the state are seeing given the crapfest that is the state budget and all the admin impact on fed workforce.  [/quote]

It really does stink- my take home was less this year than last year despite a step increase due to an increase in insurance premiums. Additionally, the new insurance provides less coverage, so we have more out of pocket expenses. [b]Not sure who MCEA is representing[/b], but it’s not the teachers![/quote]

To be fair, there's not much they can do.  They can't make the money materialize out of thin air, and they can't force MCPS to cut spending elsewhere (even if that would make enough of a difference.)  I think the most the union can do is force arbitration, and at an arbitration (if I'm looking at the right section of County Code) the arbitrator must:
Ifirst evaluate and give the highest priority to the ability of the County to pay for additional short-term and long-term expenditures by considering:
         (A)   the limits on the County’s ability to raise taxes under State law and the County Charter;
         (B)   the added burden on County taxpayers, if any, resulting from increases in revenues needed to fund a final offer; and
         (C)   the County’s ability to continue to provide the current standard of all public services

THe insurance situation particularly stinks.  I'm in private employment, and my insurance went up about 10% this year.  
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