REA Bargaining Update from March 15, 2012

Reynolds School District and the Reynolds Education Association met with the mediator for the third time on March 15, 2012 for a x-hour session.

The Association made proposals for Article 1 - Recognition; Article 4 - Association Rights and Privileges; Article 8 - Emergency Closure;  Article - 19  - Paid Leaves of Absence; and Article 27 - Class Load. Tentative agreements were reached on all five articles.

The District offered proposals on Articles 5 - Employee Rights and Privileges , Article 9 B - Teaching Hours (including a Memo of Agreement for preparatory time for secondary teacher; Article 14 D - Paid Leaves of Absence; and Article 18 - Student Discipline. REA made two counter proposals on Article 14 - Paid Leaves of Absence and made an offer on Article  7 - Employee Work Year. The District counter-proposed on Article 7 - Employee Work Year and Article 14 - Paid Leaves of Absence.