Week of October 24, 2022
Message from the President
Using Your Contract
It certainly has been a different start to this school year than the previous few. With that being said, I am back into a routine of your more run of the mill things - my regular work, negotiating contracts, attending meetings with the Superintendent, Executive Board, and Board of Directors, assisting with grievances and school issues, sitting in on meetings related to personnel issues, addressing member concerns, and managing our website and social media. Recently, I have been receiving a lot of questions about things covered in the four NTU contracts. Here are some of those questions:
How many personal days do I get?
Is Columbus Day a paid holiday?
How many sick days do I get?
When is the last day of school?
I am always going to answer your email and help you get the right answer. However, I would ask that you take minute to review your contract before sending the question to me. Three of the four questions have very clear answers in each contract. The other answer is also clear on the district calendar. If the language isn't clear, I am happy to help interpret the language and help you get a clear answer. Some of the articles are not as clear as others. All four contracts and the school calendar are available online. As always, I am happy to answer your questions and help you when and if you need it.
7th Annual Toys for Tots Drive
This year marks the 7th Annual Toys for Tots Drive sponsored by the Nashua Teachers' Union. The blue bins will return for drop off at your school/office. We will continue to have a drop off for new, unwrapped toys at the Union Office. We will continue to accept monetary donations. We will take all donations and purchase toys to donate to our drive or donate it directly to the local campaign here in Hillsborough County. Blue bins will appear in your schools the week of November 1st and we collect items through Thursday, December 1st.
We will also accept donations by check or Venmo. Make checks payable to the Nashua Teachers' Union and send to:
Nashua Teachers' Union
Toys for Tots Drive
7C Taggart Drive
Nashua, NH 03060
New this year! Ship a toy to the Office!
People interested in donating can also purchase an item online and ship it directly to the Union Office. If you are interested, please ship the item to the following address:
Nashua Teachers' Union
Toys for Tots Drive
7C Taggart Drive
Nashua, NH 03060
Donate to COPE
Interested in making contributions to COPE? Fill out this form and return it to the NTU Office.
NTU COPE
NTU COPE will be following AFT-NH’s guidance for recommended candidates. The 2022 COPE Recommended Candidates list can be found on the NTU website under the COPE tab or by clicking here. Be on the lookout for a postcard from AFT-NH!
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If interested in helping out with the state election, please contact NTU COPE at:Â ntucope@nashuatu.org
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To make a donation to COPE, please fill out the donation form and return it via mail or email. The form can be found on the NTU website or by clicking here.
Walk for Workers
We need volunteers to spend a few hours knocking on doors of union households and talking about voting in the upcoming election for candidates who will protect collective bargaining and public education.Â
Nov 5th meet at 161 Londonderry Turnpike, Hooksett at 1PM
A few hours of your time on either day can help make the difference between
losing collective bargaining, seeing public schools dismantled by more and expanded voucher programs and already underfunded public universities further slashed on the one hand OR
having a state where there are enough sensible legislators who believe that that workers deserve to have a say in the workplace through their unions, that public tax dollars should fund public schools, that teachers should be allowed to teach honest history, that all students should feel welcomed and included in the classroom and that NH should fund public universities so NH students can attend without going into crippling debt.
AFT-NH is participating in both events. All locals are invited to send interested volunteers. Questions? Contact Deb Howes at president@aft-nh.org
Have an idea for the Just for Fun section? Send it to Adam (president@nashuatu.org).
Halloween
It seems we have a lot of cooks in the kitchen...I mean in the classroom. I'm curious what people would have said for those who clicked "Something that Adam didn't think of."Â
Upcoming EventsÂ
- October 24th
- BOE Curriculum and Evaluation Committee, 6:00pm, Nashua High School North
- October 25th
- NTU Blue Day
- Paraeducator Negotiations, 10:00am, Central Office
- BOE Policy Committee, 6:00pm, Nashua High School North
- October 26th
- NTU President/Superintendent Meeting, 3:00pm, Central Office
- October 31st
- Halloween
- November 1st
- NTU Blue Day
- Secretary Negotiations, 10:00am, Central Office
- BOE Human Resources Committee, 5:30pm, Nashua High School North
- Board of Education Meeting, 6:00pm, Nashua High School North
- November 7th - November 11th
- School Psychology Awareness Week
- November 2nd
- NTU President/Superintendent Meeting, 3:00pm, Central Office
- November 8th
- Election Day - get out and VOTE!
- No School for Students
- Professional Development/In-Service Day
- November 9th
- NTU President/Superintendent Meeting, 3:00pm, Central Office
- November 11th
- Veteran's Day
- No School
- November 15th
- Board of Directors, 4:15pm, Nashua High School North
- November 16th
- NTU President/Superintendent Meeting, 3:00pm, Central Office
- AFT Teachers Policy and Program Council, 3:30pm, via Zoom
- AFT-NH Board of Directors Meeting, 4:30pm, via Zoom
- November 22nd
- Executive Board/Superintendent Meeting, 4:00pm, Central Office
- November 23rd - November 25th
- No School
- November 24th
- Happy Thanksgiving!!!
