The “Director of Activities” stipend did not appear on
an OPRA response I received in September of 2016 (before I joined the
Board).
Why wasn’t it disclosed?
I
really hope this wasn’t a special gift for the LEA President. Negotiations should not be an exercise in
self-enrichment. Money should never be
kicked back for influence.
Union dues fund union activism. Extra-curricular stipends for
our schools should NOT fund union activism.
Union officers have historically taken from our
students and from fellow teachers to enrich themselves during the negotiation
process.
If anyone has an explanation for “Director of
Activities” and the $5,395 stipend, please send it to me and I will post it on
this blog. I obviously didn’t get that
explanation from a 2016 OPRA request.
Link to the contract that expired in June 2016:
