Ratified Support Staff Contract

Last Friday, the Support Staff at the Ellis School ratified a 2 year collective bargaining contract. Last evening, The Fremont School Board, in turn, ratified the contract. What is noteworthy within this process is that the support staff asked for no pay raise or any additional monetary compensation. Rather, at the first bargaining session, they made it clear that in this economic time that they were grateful to be employed and that they really enjoyed working at the Ellis School. Minor language changes were made and time exchanged from personal sick time to sick time to care for specific family members as well as being allowed to use a personal day for a professional experience.

I congratulate the Support Staff in this matter and would like to recognize them for their dedication to the young people of Fremont!