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We've worked hard to communicate with members over the 11 weeks schools have been physically closed. We all wonder what the future will look like for our work, our schools, our students and our communities. As the weeks and months ahead present more and more questions each day, it will continue to be critical for us to stay connected, so we're going to work even harder than we're already doing to make that happen.

A priority moving forward will be to keep members informed and engaged as we collectively grapple with the question of what school will look like in the fall. At this point, there are far more questions than answers, and change may be the only constant. No matter what lies ahead, I am confident that we will get through it together.

As we receive new guidance and work through plans for the next school year, we'll do the best we can to use this area of our site to collect, organize and share what we have with you. We do so with full confidence that our members will respect all the uncertainties that surround us, and that you will, as always, demonstrate patience and understanding as we work through the many, many challenges presented here.

Relevant Principles Set Forth by the HHHTA Constitution:

  1. To work for the welfare of school children, the advancement of education and the improvement of instructional opportunities for all.
  2. To develop and promote the adoption of such ethical practices, personnel policies, and standards of preparation and participation as mark a professional.
  3. To enable members to speak with a common voice on matters pertaining to the teaching profession and to present their individual and common interests before the Board of Education and other legal authorities.

Relevant Principles Set Forth by the Bill of Rights in the HHHTA Teachers' Contract

  1. The right to enjoy academic freedom as understood by the profession.
  2. The right to exercise professional judgment in the manner of presenting educational material to the class.
  3. The right to participate in the formulation of school policy.

Planning Document

For the last several weeks, we've been gathering and reviewing research on all the questions we'll need to answer before September. We're organizing that work in a series of planning documents. These definitely do not represent all the questions we need to answer, nor do they represent any position taken be the Union or the District. They are an attempt to brainstorm and gather our thoughts, questions and concerns in a way that may be useful.

Click here to view the planning document. 

Email Message Archive

Please click here to view the archive of email messages regarding

  • Coronavirus
  • extended closures
  • distance learning
  • the budget crisis; and
  • reopening plans

sent to members since schools closed March 13th.