Hinsdale High School Teachers Association

With the chill in the air and the variety of innovative invitation methods being employed for dance partners, it must mean we are rapidly approaching Homecoming!  That means that it is time for the Annual Pancake Breakfast, taking place this Saturday, October 10th, from 7:30am to 12pm. Ah, I love the smell of pancakes in the morning!

Come see current and former teachers do daring deeds like flip pancakes, juggle cups of coffee, and balance pans of hot sausages before the parade and games. Carbs are your friends! Tickets can be purchased in advance from teachers for a price of $5.50; tickets are $6 at the door. Proceeds from the Pancake Breakfast benefit the Hinsdale High School Teachers Association Scholarship Fund.

Teachers its not too late to be a part of this tradition. Teacher  sign up sheets are available in the mailroom or through your Department Representative. Even if you can’t be here for the breakfast, be sure to sell those tickets! Thanks and hope to see you there!!

In last month’s IEA Insider, Jim Crandel, HHSTA’s Chief Negotiator during our last contract talks, writes about the importance of relationship building and the previous Board’s decision to not honor its commitment to retired teachers:

“Sure, we had our outrage, but what we needed was community members, parent organizations and the media to help our board realize that destroying teacher trust would NOT result in better schools.

Relationship building is key to the success of any organization. It’s one of the reasons your Association’s leadership has been discussing relationship building with the current Board via district administration. These talks have resulted in a compromise of sorts: a Memorandum of Agreement approved at the September 21st Board meeting that ensures Roundtable meetings between the Association and Board will continue during the negotiations process – the opposite of our current contract language. Although a step in the right direction, as we attempt together to achieve a successor agreement to our current contract, this process will be complicated by the profound breach of trust that culminated in the retiree grievance process Jim was writing about.

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