This afternoon, 37 non-tenured Bristol teachers received notice of a meeting to occur at 3:45 PM on Tuesday, March 6 at Central Office. The purpose of this meeting is to explain the non-renewal process, and an official letter of non-renewal will be delivered to these individuals soon after.
Another meeting for tenured teachers facing layoffs has been scheduled for Monday, March 12 at 3:00 PM.
Affected teachers should note that the number of teachers receiving these notices exceeds the number of positions actually expected to be cut. However, Connecticut statutes require notice of position elimination for teachers be given prior to May 1, and the final number of position eliminations will not be known until the school budget is approved by the city council in late May or early June. Hence, Human Resources has erred on the side of caution.
Members should be aware that the Board of Education’s Finance Committee will meet on Monday to discuss position eliminations. Depending upon the outcome of that meeting, a 2012-2013 school budget may be passed on Wednesday’s monthly Board of Education meeting.
Bristol Federation of Teachers 
Hi,
I’ve been teaching for 28 years and many of those years to incoming freshman. I’m just stunned at the reduction of English classes that will be offered at the 6-8 grades. I’m not sure if it affects sixth grade but our incoming students need as much English as they can get. The expectations at the high school begin from day one . Of course we get students who are not on grade level but we cannot afford to go backwards. More of our students are taking AP level classes. We are continuing to improve the CAPT and SAT scores and they both have a reading and writing component. This is a serious mistake. I don’t teach English, but they are my Humanities counterpart. I too teach reading and writing skills, we all need to, but the foundation must come from the English departments.
Yes, these are difficult times, but we must be wise where the cuts in spending are. Please reconsider what I perceive as having huge ramifications down the road.
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