Portsmouth Teachers Set the Record Straight
Joseph Cassady, president of NEA-Portsmouth, responds to recent statements about teacher contract negotiations in the following letter to the editor.
Editor's Note: The following letter, submitted by Joseph Cassady, is posted below verbatim. A public forum on the teacher contacts will be held tonight at 7 p.m. at Portsmouth High School. Dear Portsmouth Community, Much has been made of the contract situation regarding the Portsmouth School Committee and the Teachers of Portsmouth over the past week. Our School Committee has even gone so far as to present their position in absence of us. Realizing that a stance can be pretty convincing without rebuttal, we felt that it was important to let you know that our disagreements with their position are, in fact, real and not arbitrary. If it appeared that there was no logical counterpoint to their position it is because we were given no avenue …
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Average Joe
4:46 pm on Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Really John, really? This SC has been in office for a total of 3.5 months. At least they have the courage to draft a proposed contract. The previous school committee (a very pro-NEA committee) just kicked the can down the road, what courage. more ›