IT TOOK TIME … BUT APS TEACHERS HAVE A CONTRACT. UNION PRESIDENT ELLEN BERNSTEIN TELLS US THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THE DEAL IS MONEY MADE AVAILABLE FOR THE STATE MANDATED MENTORING PROGRAM FOR BEGINNING TEACHERS … FUNDING SHE SAYS THE STATE ZEROED-OUT LAST YEAR.
BERNSTEIN TELLS US THE UNFORTUNATE PART OF CONTRACT TALKS WAS THEY WERE INTERRUPTED BY THE DISTRICT’S LEADERSHIP PROBLEMS. THEY COULDN’T REALLY FINALIZE ANYTHING UNTIL THE LEADERSHIP SCANDAL WAS RESOLVED WITH LUIS VALENTINO, WHO HAD JUST BEEN HIRED AS SUPERINTENDENT.
