

Faride Hernandez (July 20/M3/N) was appointed as Supervisor of College, Career and Personal Guidance at Piscataway High School in the Piscataway Township Schools, effective October 2023.Adriana Silva-Gonzalez (July 22/M2/C) was appointed as Supervisor of Language Arts Literacy and Gifted Education in the Howell Township Public Schools, effective October 2023.It’s going to take teamwork to get out of this together.April 2014 NJEXCEL Career AccomplishmentsĬongratulations to the following members of the NJEXCEL Community of Learners: It is going to take tremendous team work. “That’s the only way we are going to get out of this pandemic. I think it was very fair.”įor the teachers union and school board negotiators to quickly hash out a timely contractual framework during the COVID-19 pandemic, “It’s a really good thing for the Hamilton community,” Gatto said. “We came up with the best possible contract during a difficult time. “It is always nice when you work out a plan together,” Gatto said. The HTEA president complimented the school board’s negotiations committee and the administration of Superintendent Scott Rocco, saying district leaders worked with HTEA negotiators in good faith to reach a “very fair” contract that would run from July 2021 through June 30, 2024. These members will be presented with the MOA contract details before voting on its ratification in the coming weeks, according to Gatto. HTEA represents more than 1,300 public school employees ranging from teachers and custodians to librarians and other support staff. “This Agreement, reached prior to the expiration of the current contract, was made possible through a collaborative effort to put past difficulties in bargaining aside and focus on achieving a deal that is beneficial for Hamilton teachers and staff and the Hamilton Community,” school board members Richard Kanka, Pam Kelly, and Dina Thornton, and HTEA leaders Gatto and First Vice President Pasqualin “Patty” Adonizio said in a joint statement issued last Friday. But negotiators on both sides quickly settled a new contract this year, avoiding the drama and acrimony of prior cycles.
