At our last negotiations session with the Board of Education, we believe that the last offer from the BOE was insufficient for helping retain qualified teachers.
Currently 35% of our teaching staff have less than 3 years experience, according to Department of Education records, and the average overall of our teaching experience is 7.79% placing us 29 out of 29 in Ocean County. We believe that a fair and equitable settlement would help retain qualified teachers rather than losing them to turnover.