Letter: Why can’t the CASD board negotiate a contract

To The Editor, As of August 2016, the Teachers of the Coatesville Area School District have been working under an expired contract and have been negotiating since January 2016. Over the past 13 months, there has been very little movement by the School Board to find mutual ground with the teachers to reach a new, fair and equitable Agreement. The teachers in Coatesville are the lowest paid in Chester...

UCFSD to seek fact finding in teacher contract talks

Teachers union agrees it also wants third-party look at issues By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times The Unionville-Chadds Ford School District and its teachers have, in effect, agreed to disagree over their ongoing negotiations for a new contract, with both sides seeking a Fact-Finding report, as the two sides remain apart on salary and benefit issues. The teachers’ contract expired June 30. While...

Teachers, UCF district face no-win situation

Both sides need to seek lest awful option in contract talks By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times You can’t really call it a war of words — it’s more like a pillow fight of words. The rhetoric of the last week or so between the Unionville-Chadds Ford Education Association and the UCF Board of Education over the ongoing contract talks has amounted to dialogue only a little elevated beyond the “you’re...

Teachers’ union hits UCF school board over negotiations briefing

Board honors retirees including UHS principal  By Karen Cresta, Correspondent, The Times EAST MARLBOROUGH – Unionville-Chadds Ford Education Association President Scott Broomall responded with anger during the public comment portion of Monday night Unionville-Chadds Ford Board of Education meeting, over his surprise at the board’s decision to go public early in the process to negotiate a new...

Letter: Going backwards in Unionville-Chadds Ford?

To The Editor, Unionville-Chadds ford High School is ranked seventh in Pennsylvania and is a top 500 school nationally, according to US News and World Report.  More than 50% of UCF students take AP courses and more than 92% of students score proficient on benchmark exams.  If parents are looking for a place to settle down and raise their kids, you can’t go wrong with UCFSD. Look at the School...