The summer long dispute between the Teachers Association of Newport and the school administration is spilling over into the beginning of the school year with kids going back to school this coming week. It’s a dispute that revolves around a reorganization that’s resulted in many teachers displaced from their traditional assignments because of what the […]
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“We Are Begging for Help,” Newport Teachers’ Union President tells Newport City Council
Jennifer Hole, president of the Teachers Association of Newport (TAN), addressed the Newport City Council on Aug. 28, expressing concerns about recent actions by the school superintendent that she claims violate the teachers’ collective bargaining agreement. Hole spoke during the council’s public forum to highlight what she described as negative impacts on teachers and students […]
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Superintendent Jermain: Newport schools ready for new year amid ongoing labor dispute
Newport Public Schools Superintendent Colleen Burns Jermain announced Wednesday that the district is fully staffed with teachers but still seeking bus drivers as it prepares for the start of classes next week. Speaking during her monthly conversation, Ask The Superintendent, with What’sUpNewp, Jermain said the district is “six short” on bus drivers and continues to […]
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Newport teachers vote to ‘work to contract’; plan to hold informational pickets
The Teachers’ Association of Newport (TAN) voted unanimously this week to “work to contract” effective immediately and to hold at least two informational pickets on dates to be announced, according to a press release received on Friday from the National Education Association Rhode Island (NEARI). According to the press release, TAN’s actions are “in response […]
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Teachers’ dispute in mediation tomorrow
Newport teachers and school administrators will meet tomorrow (Thursday, July 11) at noon in a mediation session, both hopeful of resolving a dispute over the layoff of 16 teachers and displacement of 45 others. The session, said Jennifer Azevedo, deputy director of the National Education Association Rhode Island will be held at NEA headquarters. The […]
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Newport teachers support proposed resolution to fund the completion of Rogers High School and support educators
The Teachers Association of Newport (TAN) today announced their support for a resolution regarding funding for the Rogers High School construction project. The resolution is proposed by Mayor Xay Khamsyvoravong and Councilor Charles Holder and will be considered by the Newport City Council during their Regular Council Meeting on Wednesday, June 25.”This resolution provides a […]
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Newport teachers’ dispute headed to arbitration
The dispute between the Newport teachers and the school administration is headed to what the union describes as an arbitration/mediation process to resolve issues the union says has “wreaked havoc across the district.” Poised to appear in Superior Court today to continue a hearing on a potential restraining order, the sides have agreed, according to […]
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Newport teachers denied a temporary restraining order
The Teachers Association (TAN) of Newport was denied a request for a temporary restraining order on Thursday in Superior Court that would have blocked the Newport Schools from holding a “job selection process” while unfair labor practice charges and grievances are pending in relation to the displacement of 45 teachers and layoff of 16 others. […]
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Newport teachers seeking to block job fair
The union that represents Newport’s teachers is seeking a temporary restraining order to block Newport schools from holding a job fair tomorrow (Thursday) while unfair labor charges and grievances are pending in relation to the displacement of 41 teachers and layoff of 16 others. The dispute between the union and school administration erupted over the […]
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Newport Teachers’ Union to file grievances, unfair labor practices
The union that represents Newport’s teachers is expected to file multiple unfair labor practices and grievances in a dispute over layoffs and displacements of more than 20 percent of unionized teachers, according to teachers’ union president Jennifer Hole. The filings follow a vote of no confidence by the Teachers Association of Newport (TAN) in the […]
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Dispute erupts over teacher layoff and displacements in Newport
A dispute over teacher layoffs and displacements, and the growing number of multi-language learners has evolved into a vote of no confidence by the Teachers Association of Newport (TAN) in Superintendent of Schools Colleen Burns Jermain and Director of Multi-Language Learners (MLL) Ronilee Mooney. The teachers no confidence vote took place last week but was […]