The agenda continues to show improved preparation and commitment from the District. Much of our work today involved cleaning up final counterproposals with some important wins in AI protections and expanded PD opportunities. ✅ Article 11 (Personnel Files) - District Counterproposal #1 In April, PFF presented our initial proposal for Article 11 to include language in the event that a dean is unavailable to complete the work associated with 11.3 as well as language for notifyin

After our last productive negotiations session, we are happy to see some of the same momentum. PFF brought three article counterproposals and the District brought one. We requested more proposals for future meetings as we are very late in closing this contract. 📌 MOU_Academy Program Skills Assistants In between our 9-4-26 negotiations and our 9-21-26 negotiations, we had to do some emergency negotiations around the CTE Academy Programs to ensure the programs could continue t

After walking out of our last negotiations due to the District’s ongoing lack of preparedness and respect, we were pleased to engage in a much more productive session today. We had a packed agenda and were able to agree on many items quickly. We look forward to more productive sessions, so that we can finally close this round of negotiations. This was also the first negotiations session with our new team members: Shelbi Hathaway and Kristie Hill-Cummings. Both came prepared

At our last negotiations session, PFF came prepared with an agenda full of proposals, counters, and discussion items. The District did not bring any agenda items. They did not send an agenda in advance. They did not confirm receipt of our agenda requests. They did not prepare an agenda for the day-of. We confirmed they would be prepared for today’s meeting. Of note, today, we prepared items to present on our end but wanted to give the District the opportunity to fulfill their

Your PFF Team came to negotiations prepared. We presented four (4) proposals at our first summer session and addressed a few other pending issues. The District presented zero (0) proposals and did not have any agenda items. 📌 Article 16 (Benefits) Counter Proposal #1 & Appendix E (PFF) As you may remember, the District shared their initial proposal for Article 16 with the same concerning language as they included in Article 15: this proposal is contingent on PFF agreeing to

It has been 91 days, 13 weeks, 16 negotiations prep meetings, 8 negotiation sessions with the District, and 3 Governing Board meetings since we presented our compensation proposal (Article 15) to the District. To refresh y’all’s memory, PFF is mindful of the situation we are currently in and presented reasonable asks to support the college’s investment in our faculty as we navigate an increasingly shifting workload and institutional budget strains. Side note: Shout out to Sh

Negotiations continue to feel stalled. The District has attempted to be creative in negotiating compensation, but we have not seen a formal counterproposal to our initial proposal from February 4th. Our team has increased our number of prep sessions per week and is maintaining pressure on the District to move in a timely, efficient, and respectful manner. 📌 Article 8 Class Maximums - PFF Counterproposal #1 PFF presented our counterproposal to Article 8 (Class maximums). Hig

Though our meeting was shorter this morning, our agenda was packed with important discussion items. 2027-28 Academic Calendar PFF Counterproposal #1: Based on the feedback PFF received from our survey, we agreed to the majority of the proposed calendar. There were certain exceptions applied to CTE programs that allowed students to take classes outside of the summer schedule. However, this had negative impacts on students' financial aid eligibility. In our counter, we propose