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.
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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).
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