My great curiosity is how the union will respond to this. I think the fact finder has sent a very strong message with regard to health insurance. I wonder whether the teachers will see it that way or not.
We have all the teachers of each grade in the same building and usually on the same floor. It just makes for a more collaborative environment.
Those changes basically extend the agreement to the community schools teachers, who are in a separate union, and to some teachers who are eligible to retire.
Special Ed teachers are not easy to come by, either. They may be experienced people. We would pay them based on their experience.
For openers, we've got to hire a counselor this year to replace an interim hire, who's retired. Then Pat Krause will be retire the next year. Counselors are normally teachers who have an extra master's degree. Those would probably not be new teachers.