Here’s Cary School Board President Scott Coffey’s take on McHenry County College’s early retirement plan for faculty members: After a quick review of last week’s COTW meeting video and the board packet, there seem to be a couple of issues … Continue reading
On the agenda at the next McHenry County College Board meeting is approval of an early retirement incentive program that was ended in 2008. Here are some of the incentives being recommended for faculty who indicate they want to retire … Continue reading
Below I have tried to extract the most relevant parts concerning compensation in the McHenry County College faculty union contract: The Board of Trustees meets at 6:30 Thursday night at the Crystal Lake campus. … Continue reading
The heat must have gotten too hot the secrecy squad in Vicky Smith’s McHenry County College kitchen, because the faculty union contract has finally been posted in the board packet. You can find it starting on page 148. That’s a … Continue reading
Today I have been trying to find a McHenry County College Trustee who has been shown the faculty contract announced last night. No luck so far. I’m thinking the headline of my story was incorrect, at least the part about … Continue reading
The following press release was just received from McHenry County College: McHenry County College and MCC Faculty Association Reach Tentative Agreement [April 6, 2014.Crystal Lake, IL] On April 4, 2014, McHenry County College (MCC) and the MCC Faculty Association (MCCFA) … Continue reading
The rules under Obamacare provide that if someone works more than 30 hours a week, he or she must be given health insurance. If the employer does not do so, there are draconian fines. That’s what I’ve been hearing at … Continue reading
When last night’s article about the sending of personal student information to three as yet unidentified junior colleges by McHenry County College software vendor Ellucian, I thought that was the limit of the security breach. It turns out it wasn’t. … Continue reading
While trying to discover the total salaries for administrators and faculty at McHenry County College, I did not make my request explicit enough and got a list of all of such positions and salaries. So, I figure I might as … Continue reading
CORRECTION When this article was posted, I misread the document below. It does not apply to McHenry County College faculty. It applies to the non-certified staff. I have made the corrections. = = = = = Unlike almost all local … Continue reading
Indicating these are not the salad days for teachers’ unions is the settlement reached between the Elgin Community College Board and its faculty. It’s not a “no raise” situation, even though there will be no increase in base pay. The … Continue reading
