NTU Update - January 8, 2018
Colleagues,
1) Stipend Payment: We’ve gotten a lot of questions about when the district will be paying out the Turnaround/Head Start Stipends. The date they gave us is January 19th.
Springfield's 20th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration
What: A celebration recognizing Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. through K-12 student entries of essays, speeches, poetry and art. The theme for this year’s event is “Let us stand up. Let us be a concerned generation.”
TENTATIVE AGREEMENT 2018-2020 Information Meetings
Have questions about the Tentative Agreement? Come to an information session to get learn more about the new contract!
Contract Planning Survey charts
Here are charts that summarize the data from our Contract Planning survey in December-January 2018.
New Hamlin Middle School Opens
Hamlin Students to Return to New School
New Hamlin Hamlin staff and students are starting the new year with a whole new outlook!
Hamlin students will begin their break on Friday, December 15 and conclude it on Wednesday, January 3 to give the district and staff time to get moved in.
After break, students will receive their official tour of the new school on Thursday, January 4.
New Administrative Building location
The Springfield Public Schools district offices will soon be moving to their new space at 640 A Street in Springfield, just north of City Hall. As previously reported, the district’s Administration Building, located at 525 Mill Street, was declared “seismically unsound” in a 2015 engineer’s report. After considering a number of options, the district determined that renovating a different building was more cost-effective than either bringing the existing building up to code or building a new structure.
Holliston Teachers are Working Toward a Fair Contract
Dear Holliston Community Members,
Statement by AFT-NH President Douglas Ley on NH House Vote on SB 193 “voucher bill”
Bow, NH January 3, 2018
AFT-NH President Douglas Ley released the following statement about the January 3 vote in the NH House on SB193, the so-called “voucher” bill
“AFT-NH and all supporters of public education in New Hampshire are grievously disappointed with yesterday’s initial House vote on SB193. By a margin of 184-162, the House gave initial approval to this grievously flawed bill, sending it on to the Finance Committee for further examination before bringing it back to the floor for a final vote.
Upcoming Member Benefits Meetings
SERS/Hybrid Pension Calculations FY18
Important note for those in the SERS and Hybrid retirement programs:
As you likely are aware, last September, as a result of the SEBAC agreement, we started contributing an additional 1.5 percent of our earnings toward our retirement.
This increase didn't take effect until the seventh pay period of fiscal 2018. Therefore we have to "make up for" the first six pay periods in which that increase was not deducted. These catch-up payments will be spread out over the last 13 pay periods of fiscal 2018, starting with the paycheck dated Jan. 13.
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