S u m m e r    H a p p e n i n g s - June 2007

•  Fifteen (15) members were recognized at this year's May 24 PEA Retirement Dinner held at the Riverview Country Club in Easton, PA. The retirees were Sharon Alexander, Gail Barbadora, Marie Gepes, Richard Hodges, Ethel Lauber, Diane Maslonka, Barbara Pfeiffer, John Pokrivchak, Margaret Pursel, Gerlinde Richards, Richard Rissmiller, Sherry Thompson, Jeanne Wikert, Stephanie Welwood & Stewart Woolf. Click here to view the retirement program and pictures of the retirees who attended the dinner.

• Click here to view this year's PEA Scholarship winners. On the evening of June 5 at the high school's annual 'Awards Night' celebration, these five young people were awarded $500 & $1,000 scholarships to continue their education: Mark Bigelli; Tara Dragotta; Rachel Kleiner; Jenna Morrow & Amanda Switzer. All monies were donations from the members of the PEA: custodial & maintenance staff, para-professionals, secretaries, security personnel & teachers.
•  Click here to view the minutes of the June Executive Committee meeting.

•  PEA members picketed the absence of a teachers' contract at the beginning of June. Click here to view pictures of some picketers.
•  At the last board meeting in June, the teachers' contract was ratified and Superintendent Pethick learned his tenure would last only one more year. Click here to read The Express-Times article about this meeting.
 The NJ Supreme Court ruled that schools' responsiblities to their students do not end at the ringing of the final bell. Click here to read about this far-reaching decision.

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