Colleagues,
1) Calendar Update - On Friday, May 26th at 2 p.m. the NPS provided us with a draft of SY17/18 Calendar. NTU President John M. Abeigon and the NTU Negotiations Team had numerous concerns about the calendar. We shared those concerns on Tuesday morning in a meeting with NPS senior staff.
Today the NPS FINALLY released the calendar. While many issues we brought up have been resolved, the district has chosen to start the school year on August 28, effectively trying to turn NTU members into 11 month employees. To prevent rumor, THIS WAS NOT NEGOTIATED IN OUR NEW CONTRACT. We