The Board of Education of Harford County and the Harford County Education Association (HCEA), which represents the approximately 3,000 public school teachers in the county, jointly announce that a tentative contract settlement has been reached between the two organizations. This agreement maintains health benefits at its current level and does not include a cost of living adjustment or step increase for teachers.
After four months of negotiations, a tentative agreement was reached when representatives of the school system and HCEA signed the document on June 29, 2009.
Specifics of the tentative agreement will be shared with members of the Board of Education of Harford County and with the teacher members of HCEA. The agreement becomes official after ratification by both the HCEA and the Board and will become effective July 1, 2009.
“My fellow Board members and I are glad that we were able to reach an agreement with the Harford County Education ...Continue Reading
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A confidentiality agreement is supposed to prevent both the Harford County Board of Education and the Harford County Education Association (HCEA) from discussing labor negotiations in public. Those talks are normally conducted behind closed doors and so far, they have yet to result in a teachers’ contract for the 2009 –10 school year. But Board Member John Smilko gave a robust presentation of what seemed to be the board’s position, at the board business meeting Monday night in Bel Air.
Smilko said “every other bargaining unit has settled for no COLA and no step”, referring to wage increases related to the cost of living and length of service. And he urged the HCEA to reconsider its position and settle on a contract with the school board.
Leading up to that conclusion, Smilko delivered what he called a “reality check” to HCEA President Randy Cerveny and the crowd of ...Continue Reading
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The Board of Education of Harford County and the Harford County Educational Services Council (HCESC), which represents over 900 instructional support, nurses and clerical professionals in the county, jointly
announce that a tentative contract has been reached between the two organizations. This is an initial, one?year tentative contract settlement between the two organizations.
Specifics of the tentative agreement are currently being shared with members of the Board of Education of Harford County and with the members of HCESC. The agreement becomes official after ratification by both HCESC and the Board.
The tentative agreement was reached when representatives of the school system and HCESC signed the document on Monday, June 8, 2009.
“On behalf of the Board of Education of Harford County, I would like to thank the HCESC leadership and its members for recognizing the current economic realities facing Harford County and our school system, and working diligently with the Board to reach a ...Continue Reading
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President Barack Obama has just announced that a new Pay Czar will oversee compensation for top executives at some of the businesses benefiting from government bailout money; the idea being that where public money flows, public oversight will follow.
It is in that latter spirit that we bring you a contract which will be funded entirely by public money, for the newest superintendent for Harford County Public Schools, Dr. Robert Tomback. The contract was released in full by HCPS after a request made by The Dagger.
In these tough economic times, it’s especially easy to jump on a six-figure salary being paid to any public official. Fair enough. But some perspective is also in order.
Public education is arguably one of the most important services currently provided by government. Education is the key to both personal and collective prosperity and without the underpinning of an educated populace, our democratic republic is easily ...Continue Reading
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