From Randy Cerveny, President of Harford County Education Association (HCEA): To the editor: Monday night over 60 teachers took a stand to maintain high quality schools for the students of Harford County. Dressed in black, 6 teachers spoke about their relationship with their students and the need for adequate resources to help our children raise […]
Cerveny: “Regardless of the Innocent Façade Painted by County Executive Craig, Accepting Such a ‘Bonus’ Without Negotiating it Would Erode Educators’ Collective Bargaining Rights…”
From Randy Cerveny, President of Harford County Education Association (HCEA): To the editor: HCEA celebrates having protected the negotiation rights of Harford County’s teachers. The Harford County Education Association reached a tentative agreement with the Harford County Board of Education negotiations team to discuss the disbursement of the $1,250 in supplemental funds from the County […]
Harford County Board of Education, Teachers’ Union Agree to Negotiate One-Time Bonus Funding
An agreement was announced Friday that may pave the way for teachers to each receive $625 originally proposed by County Executive David Craig as a one-time employee bonus. Randy Cerveny, president of the Harford County Education Association representing teachers, sent a message to members Friday saying that the Harford County Board of Education had agreed […]
Cerveny: Email Was Not Meant to Mislead Anyone, “My Email Stated that the Labor Board COULD Use This Money”
From Randy Cerveny, President of the Harford County Education Association: There has been much in the news regarding my actions and statements during the amendment process of the “bonus” with the County Council last week. Below is my response to the information that was published December 19. December 6 Part of my public testimony at […]
Harford County Education Association: “David Craig is Trying to Tell the School System How to Spend Their Money. He is Not Allowed To Do This. It is Against the Law”
From the Harford County Education Association web site: The County Executive, David Craig is trying to tell the school system how to spend their money. He is not allowed to do this. It is against the law. Why is this bad for you? – If we allow David Craig to do this it will take […]
Rost: To Craig and Cerveny – “Which of You Wants to Show You Care about Your Represented Constituents and the Children They Serve?”
From Pete Rost: Mr. Craig and Mr. Cerveny, My name is Pete Rost, I am a teacher in Harford County, and I wrote to you last week expressing my concerns about the situation with teacher raise/bonus funding. I find myself in need of writing to you both again to further express my growing concerns. Mr […]
An HCPS Christmas Carol: Your Guide to the Harford Schools Bonus Saga
How did a celebrated bonus for Harford County Public School employees turn into a holiday lump of coal for teachers and a hole in the stocking of the school board’s budget – in only four days? The story begins with a one-time $1,250 bonus proposed by Harford County Executive David Craig, half of which, or […]
Rost: “Party Lines Have Been Drawn by an Organization that Has Forgotten its Mission to Represent the Teachers and their Interests”
From Pete Rost: Mr. Craig and Mr. Cerveny, My name is Peter Rost and I am a sixth year teacher in Harford County. I write to you both to express my concern over the situation with the money for county employees being denied to teachers. It is a sad situation that in our current economic […]