Teachers Lift Ban On Volunteer Action: Township Readies For Earth Day Event
Teachers Lift Ban On Volunteer Action: Township Readies For Earth Day Event
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P r e - s o r t e d
S t a n d a r d
U S P o s t a g e
P A I D
B e l l m a w r N J
P e r m i t 1 5 0 1
R e s i d e n t i a l C u s t o m e r
Teachers
lift ban on
volunteer
action
By MELISSA DIPENTO
The Washington Twp. Sun
After six months, their mes-
sage was clear.
The 870 or so teachers and
secretaries in the Washington
Township School District de-
cided at the beginning of the
school year they would not vol-
unteer their time with ex-
tracurricular activities.
Even though many staff
members enjoy pitching in at
school events and chaperoning
dances and trips, the group
collectively decided to enact a
no volunteering job action as
they waited for a contract to be
settled.
The Washington Township
Education Association repre-
sents the teachers and secre-
taries in the district.
NJEA and WTEA
spokesperson Kathy Coulibaly
said staff has been without a
contract since July 1, 2010.
The goal in enacting a no
volunteering action, Coulibaly
said, was to make administra-
tors, parents and the commu-
nity aware of the hard work
many teachers and secretaries
contribute outside of the class-
room.
Our members hope that
the community has been made
sufficiently aware of the bar-
gaining crisis through this
and other job actions, said
Special to The Sun
Guests peruse the tables and displays at the 2010 Earth Day event held in Washington Lake Park. The event was rained out last year. This
year, the event will host more than 150 vendors, as well as food, games and activities for the family.
Township readies for Earth Day event
By MELISSA DIPENTO
The Washington Twp. Sun
Reuse, repurpose, refashion
thats the theme of this years
Earth Day event, set to be held at
Washington Lake Park on Satur-
day, April 14.
Were hoping to show people
that container you used once or
your jeans that are too short you
can use them in a different way.
Its about keeping what youve al-
ready got, said Anne Hastings, a
volunteer member of the Wash-
ington Township Environmental
Commission, who helped organ-
ize the event.
Earth Day is in its 22nd year in
the township, and this year, more
than 150 vendors are expected to
set up shop in the park.
Guests can find anything from
live music by township band Out-
ASync, and guest singer/song-
please see EARTH, page 7
please see TEACHERS, page 4
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The Grand Slam Club, the
Washington Township High
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tion, will sponsor a car wash on
Saturday, April 14, from 8 a.m. to 2
p.m. in front of the schools 11/12
wing. The cost per vehicle is $5.
For additional information,
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(609) 417-6064.
Clothing and toy drive
on April 18
The Chestnut Ridge Middle
School PTO is having a clothing
and toy drive on Wednesday, April
18.
Drop off will be at the front of
the school from 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Items accepted include: all
clothing; accessories like shoes,
belts, purses; household items
(made of fabric) such as linens
and bedding; soft toys such as
stuffed animals; hard toys such as
trucks and action figures; and all
bikes. All items must be in good
condition and should be placed in
well-tied bags.
Chestnut Ridge Middle School
is located at 641 Hurffville-Cross
Keys Road, Sewell.
Moving Pictures dance
concert on April 19
Some 220 dance students from
the Washington Township High
School dance program, assisted
by members of the WTHS Month-
ly Rewind program, will be per-
forming in the schools Ninth-An-
nual Dance Concert, Moving Pic-
tures, on Thursday, April 19, at 7
p.m. at the schools TD Bank Arts
Centre.
Tickets are $5 in advance or $8
at the door on the evening of the
performance.
Moving Pictures will project
a series of movies, created by the
Monthly Rewind students, behind
the dancers for a multidimension-
al storytelling experience.
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rently on sale in Room C-15 at
WTHS. For additional informa-
tion, contact Christina Richard-
son at (856) 589-8500, ext. 7235.
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WTEA President Camy Kobylins-
ki. We take great pride in the
fact that the WTEA has continued
to provide an excellent education
despite the fact that we are work-
ing without a new contract.
The action was lifted last week,
Coulibaly said, because teachers
and secretaries felt their message
had been received and were ready
to get back to volunteering, espe-
cially with many end-of-the-
year activities lined up for stu-
dents.
This decision is not ever taken
lightly. But people felt disrespect-
ed and not appreciated,
Coulibaly said. Teachers want to
help out and they wanted to go
back and do it. They felt they had
gotten enough information out
there for people to appreciate and
understand what they do.
A few events were cancelled
this school year because of the ac-
tion, but sports teams and clubs
mostly remained intact because
coaches and club advisers typical-
ly receive a stipend for their
work, Coulibaly said.
The WTEA, along with the dis-
tricts board of education, are
currently in a fact-finding
process to try and reach a con-
tract agreement.
The state-appointed fact-finder
has met with both sides on Jan. 17
and on Feb 21.
The first formal fact-finding
hearing is scheduled for May 7.
If fact-finding yields no con-
tract results, the two sides will
enter into another phase of bar-
gaining.
Coulibaly said the WTEA
hopes to have the contract settled
this summer.
The sooner the better. We
went through the 2010-2011 and
2011-2012 school years without a
contract; lets not start 2012-2013
without one either, Coulibaly
said.
TEACHERS
Continued from page 1
Teachers and staff
ready to get back
to volunteering
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