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Thursday, January 27, 2011 By Samantha Maclay
 Students that go to Carlisle Area School District will not have to worry about future teacher negotiations affecting their daily schedules. - Sara Reapsome
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In the last print edition of Periscope, there were mistakes made in the article on the Carlisle Area School District’s early bird negotiation. This article will inform the readers with the correct information about the negotiation.
On Dec. 9, the Carlisle school board voted unanimously to accept a tentative agreement that was reached by the negotiating teams that represented the Carlisle Area Education Association (CAEA) and the school board..
An early bird negotiation is done a year in advance of full negotiations. The school board and the CAEA have done their negotiation a year earlier than many districts.
“The key thing that probably triggered most of our decisions to vote yes to the negotiation was healthcare,” said Carlisle High School Geoenvironmental Science teacher and union representative Kevin Spicer.
Early bird negotiations in general are done very quickly and take about four to five weeks. Usually, a full contract negotiation could take many months and sometimes over a year. The board and CAEA only focus on a few things during an early bird negotiation such as healthcare, salaries and a few other details.
“There is a good relationship among the teachers association, administration and the school board and because of that, the negotiations were very smooth flowing and friendly,” said CAEA president Laurie Smith. “We are all working together, and we are very lucky for that.”
The meeting went well according to Superintendent John Friend. In the article, “CASD ratifies teacher contract extension” in the December 10, 2010 issue of The Carlisle Sentinel, Friend said, “The negotiations went very, very well. It is a very difficult time to negotiate and a difficult time to settle contracts.”
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