We would also like to thank all of those who chose to run for local office this election year to serve the public good, we know this is a tough process and it takes courage to put yourself out there for scrutiny.  We were happy to endorse several candidates and we would like to recognize the A&R endorsed candidates who won their local elections.

Congratulations to Jonathan Hand, Coventry Town Council; Shirley Surgeon, Hartford City Council; Robert Pero, New London BOE; and the entire endorsed slate in Colchester (Mary Bylone, Rosemary Coyle, Mary Tomasi, and Michele Wyatt)

The Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) and the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) has been signed by both the Commonwealth and FOSCEP and is in the last stage prior to issuance of the pay raises which will be retroactive to July 1, 2019.

The Commonwealth is anticipating 6-8 weeks from November 6th for the raises to take effect.

If you have any questions, please email either foscep.president@gmail.com or foscep@gmail.com.

A&R would like to recognize and thank all of our military veterans, we honor and appreciate your service to our country.

http://orangecta.fea.aft.org/sites/default/files/article_pdf_files/2019-11/ta-1_0.pdf

MINUTES November 8, 2019

Teachers and District Reach Tentative Agreement

Statement of President Wendy L. Doromal

Today we had an impact bargaining session.  We discussed bargaining the following items/issues:

Please download the nomination for the election of one (1) Executive Board Member and one (1) trustee. 

Nomination Form

Many American education policies reinforce the inadequacies of our approach to education: the misues of standardized testing, the narrowing of the curriculum, the emphasis on competition over collaboration, and other top-down reforms that have divested parents and teachers of input and have led to inadequate support and difficult conditions - all producing rampant teacher turnover. 

Read the Quality Education Agenda here