“We are optimistically hopeful we will settle tonight,” Lewis Goldstein, assistant superintendent for human resources, said. “We’d like to have something positive to announce at the board meeting tomorrow night.”
While administrators expressed optimism about coming to an agreement, PREA members said that there are still disagreements.
”It’s fair to say there are quite a few sticking points right now,” PREA president Joann Ryan said. “We’re hopeful to get that to zero.”
Prior to the negotiations on Monday, members of the teachers’ union rallied in front of the offices of the Princeton Regional Schools, wearing the blue shirts of the PREA. The rallies had support of candidates from the 16th District including state assembly candidate Marie Corfield.
While the parties involved agreed to a mutual non-disclosure agreement, union members have cited the availability of health care as a significant issue, as well as salaries.