WPCNR SCHOOL DAYS. By John F. Bailey. April 8, 2013:
The school district tonight brought back former Superintendent of Schools Timothy Connors as a consultant effective this Thursday, and also brought him on as Interim Superintendent of Schools effective July 1.
The President of the Board of Education, Rosemarie Eller told WPCNR that Mr. Connors had not signed a contract yet, but expected he would sign one in the next few days. “We have an agreement,” she said.
She told WPCNR that she expected him to be handling matters pertaining to appointments and negotiations with the White Plains teachers. Connors told WPCNR he expected to be working closely with Dr. Christopher Clouet, the Superintendent of Schools in place until July 1 on personnel appointments.
In other action tonight, the Board voted 5-0 (with Board members James Hricay and Peter Bassano absent), to raise the school budget from $192.9 Million to $193.4 Million, to reflect an additional $450,000 in state aid consisting of an additional $150,000 in Building Aid and $250,000 in a state grant. Assistant Superintendent for Business, Fred Seiler told WPCNR the majority of the $450,000 would be spent on improvements to school security, with money also devoted to paying for the search for a new Superintendent of Schools.
The President of the White Plains Teachers Association, Kerry Broderick, told WPCNR the teachers were still in a fact-finding stage of seeking a new contract.
Broderick said she had stepped down as chief negotiator for the teachers and that David Eng-Wong, the teachers’ representative to the New York State Union of Teachers, would be the teachers’ new negotiator. She said he was getting his “team” in place.
Fred Seiler told WPCNR 230 White Plains teachers were not eligible to receive the “step” increase the majority of White Plains teachers received under terms of the Taylor Law, now covering teacher pay this year because the teachers are working without a contract.
