Late Breaking News on Incentive

sfegley  posted on: 09/21/09 01:34 PM

Friday afternoon's email brought a message from NYSCOSS about pending action on a retirement incentive for this year. The word was that the Governor had proposed a bill and is therefore likely to sign it, and that the bill had seen technicval amendments aligning the Asembly and Senate versions, and that it would likely be passed THIS week in a flurry of activity before the legislature goes home without a budget. If we approve it here, we'll get Marge Larrabee for sure and 99.9% sure that Bobbi Nelson will jump. The art position is something we'll look at replacing at less than full-time if possible, and we have some ideas around that already ( move Jim Mason up to HS, replace elementary art at .5, and move Kate Essom from aide to assistant to handle remediation for math in elementary). Who else might go is up for grabs.... we have an aide and two bus drivers who are over 55 already and should look seriously at gaining several extra years of credited service at no penalty. We'll see what happens!