This is the day that we will find out how the teachers, secretaries and custodians voted on the proposal that the leadership of the Bridgewater-Raritan Education Association placed before them on Monday.
The count is over: All the ballots are in, and the membership will get the results late this morning. Once the Bridgewater-Raritan Board of Education gets notified, the rest of us will find out how it turned out.
Don’t expect any huge surprise. The membership of the BREA is not totally insensitive to the mood of Bridgewater and Raritan these days. Nonetheless, people can only vote for what’s on the ballot in front of them, so don’t expect a wage freeze or partial salary give-back.
Should the membership have voted affirmatively, and I believe it has, what you will see is a $1.4 million give-back of fringe benefits including tuition reimbursements and contributions to health care costs. If the vote has been in the negative – unlikely – then may God help us all.
The Bridgewater-Raritan Board of Education will meet today at 2:00 PM in the Wade Administration Building in Martinsville to reflect the BREA’s offer and to pass the final budget for the 2010/2011 school year.
Voilà!
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