Dear HEA Members, The Executive Board would like to wish all of you a restful and peaceful vacation. Yesterday the nomination period for the Executive Board positions closed. The following Executive Board members ran unopposed and have been re-elected. President- Anthony Parolisi Secretary- Deb Russell ESP Unit Representative- Maureen Zuber Please join me in congratulating […]

The ESP Negotiation Team met with the School Committee today, April 15h, from 4:30 to just after 6:00pm. First, we would like to thank all of the ESPs who joined us on this call as observers. It is important that the School Committee see that we are all vested in these negotiations, so thank you for […]

Dear HEA Members, The Bylaws Committee (Maeve Torres, Ted Kempinski, Lauren Sanguedolce) has met with the HEA Board of Directors during the last few months to review the HEA Bylaws. We have a number of proposed language changes to the HEA Bylaws that we would like to share with you. In summary, these language changes […]

Thursday Morning Standout Continue Sisters and Brothers, We have some amazing news! Eileen Doherty, Nettle School Assistant Principal is the first Haverhill Public Schools Administrator to sign a letter in support of Haverhill ESPs’ right to a living wage! On behalf of all ESPs, the ESP Contract Action Team would like to publicly thank Assistant […]

Thank you to everyone who joined us for tonight’s General Meeting and ratification vote. The MOU was ratified with 96% support. On behalf of the entire membership, the Executive Committee would like to thank our entire Bargaining Team, led by co-chairs Emily Boulger and Mandy Breton, which included Megan Duffy, Christine Hickey, Nancy Koorapaty, Cindy […]

Dear Members of the HEA, Every April the HEA has its annual Executive Board Elections. The timeline for the election process is as follows:  April 1-15 is the nomination period.  April 15-29 is the campaign period April 29th is the election.  The following positions are up for re-election: 1. President- the duties of the President […]

We have a tentative agreement! After another marathon session lasting over 3 hours, we have reached an agreement in principle with the School Committee. The School Committee has already voted to approve of the terms of the agreement, and we are working on a final draft to memorialize the changes agreed to at the table. […]

The HEA Bargaining Team met with the School Committee for our 4th session this month, this one lasting over 3 hours. Progress continues to be made, but as we approach the final day before implementation of the district’s transition plan we still do not yet have an agreement over changes to our current working conditions […]

Dear Members of the HEA, Every April the HEA has its annual Executive Board Elections. The timeline for the election process is as follows:  April 1-15 is the nomination period.  April 15-29 is the campaign period April 29th is the election.  The following positions are up for re-election: 1. President- the duties of the President […]

Sisters and Brothers, Last week, we asked you all for your thoughts about the upcoming transition. 225 of you completed the survey. Those results are available here for you to review. In addition, the Association has been seeking evidence from the School Committee to confirm their assertion that the results of air quality testing under […]