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March 16, 2011
Mr. Oberg,
Greece Teachers have contacted you
with questions and concerns about the proposed budget cuts. Often the
writers of the letters copy in the GTA office so that we may read
their letters and your responses. I thank you for taking the time to
respond. However in each of your responses I see that you have
consistently left out a most important truth. In the beginning of this
school year after nearly six years of negotiations, Greece Teachers
ratified and presented to the BOE a successor agreement in which we
guaranteed concessions in health care and other benefits. This
agreement, voted down by the BOE, would have saved the district close
to $400,000 a year.
The Executive Council of GTA extended
each BOE member an invitation to meet with us and explain the 7-1 no
vote that defeated our new agreement. Only two BOE members even
acknowledged the invitation. As you know we never did meet and we
still do not know why the BOE voted as it did. Greece Teachers alone
cannot carry on our backs the mistakes of previous BOE and the poor
economy. We offered you concessions sir, and you said no. In further
correspondences it would be heartening to us to see you and other BOE
members acknowledge what we tried to do to save the GCSD District
money now and in the future.
Sincerely,
Margaret Mourey
Executive Vice President |
