As of 1:00 PM TODAY. The Negotiations Team for the Bridgewater-Raritan School District met on Saturday, March 20th, following a request by Evan Lerner at last Thursday’s Board meeting. Early this afternoon, Mr. Lerner confirmed that Representatives of the Bridgewater-Raritan Education Association, the Bridgewater-Raritan Principals Association, and the Bridgewater-Raritan Supervisors Association were in attendance at Saturday’s closed door meeting. The state-level New Jersey Education Association was also represented.
Saturday’s meeting was an ongoing effort by Board President Jeffrey Brookner following his earlier request to these associations to re-open their wage contracts due to this school district’s loss of state aid. Mr. Lerner confirmed that no agreements were reached on Saturday and, that as of 1:00 PM this afternoon, no further meetings are currently scheduled.
I don’t know which tack these discussions will take. Nor do I know if there will be any more meetings to discuss wage concessions. I believe there should be. These associations are part of the solution.
Time is short – budgets need to get finalized by the end of this week. The terms and conditions of any potential last-minute wage concessions need to be fully laid out to the Bridgewater-Raritan community now. In July, the BREA is scheduled to enter the last year of its 3-year 12.8% total wage hike.
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