Below is a press release from District 300 about the ratification of the contract that came about after a one-day teachers strike. If you would like to read highlights I picked out of the over 100-page contract, including salary information … Continue reading
Today, Carpentersville District 300 teachers were voting on whether to ratify the contract recently negotiated by the LEAD300 union folks and the school board. You can read the entire contract here, complete with red color to indicate last minute changes. … Continue reading
Here’s the message from the teachers’ union’s bargaining committee: “LEAD 300 Members, “As of 3:15 pm this afternoon, LEAD 300 and the Board’s team have not been able to come to a suitable compromise on both Class Size and Compensation … Continue reading
Here’s the first twelve pages of the District 300 School Board’s Final Office to it teachers union, called LEAD300. If you want to read the whole 69-page document, here it is: Introduction and Summary of Final Offer The Board … Continue reading
A press release from the District 300 School Board: BOARD RESPONDS TO TEACHERS UNION IMPASSE On Monday, November 5, 2012, LEAD 300 declared impasse in collective bargaining. By definition, the declaration of impasse implies that the teachers union is not … Continue reading
District 300 explains where things stand in its negotiations with its teachers’ union: As a means of keeping Community Unit School District 300 families and community members informed, we will post information on our website in the form of Questions … Continue reading
A press release from Carpentersville Unit District 300: Teacher Union Negotiations Update Negotiations between the Community Unit School District 300 Board of Education and the District 300 teachers’ union are scheduled for tomorrow, Tuesday, Oct. 16, and we are hopeful … Continue reading
Strike votes are being taken at various schools in Carpentersville Unit School District 300. Teachers who wish to go on strike seem to be winning. In preparation, leadership is pointing to Friday, October 19th, as the day the picket lines … Continue reading
A press release from District 300. Note that the Board assumes that the cost of pensions will be forced onto the back of local taxpayers. In addition, a proposal was submitted to the teachers union in March, but is not … Continue reading
A joint statement from District 300 and its teacher union: Board and LEAD300 jointly request mediator in negotiations The negotiating teams for the D300 School Board and the D300 teachers’ union, known as LEAD300, have requested a third‐party mediator to … Continue reading
