Update: School Board and NFT Meet, But Not Face-to-Face
In the two sides' 35th negotiation session, they did not meet face-to-face.
For about three hours, the Neshaminy School Board and Neshaminy Federation of Teachers [NFT] used the state mediator as the go-between rather than meet face-to-face during Wednesday's negotiation session. "Much of the evening was spent arguing –through the mediator – over costs," NFT President Louise Boyd said in an e-mail following the meeting. Though the school board rejected the NFT's latest offer, the board proposed to accept the union's requested health plan of choice provided that NFT members contribute 15 percent toward their premiums, according to the board's statement issued following the meeting. The cost of this plan is actually less than the plan the Board proposed July 18th. Assuming a 15 percent contribution by the teachers…
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