Bargaining teams from Jackson County School District 9 and the Eagle Point Education Association have reached a tentative agreement on a new contract for the district’s licensed and classified employees. Schools will be closed Wednesday, May 16. All schools will operate on their normal schedules and with regular teachers on Thursday, May 17 and Friday,…
Tentative Agreement Reached
D9 schools to open while bargaining continues
Bargaining teams were unable to reach an agreement on Thursday to end the strike in our school district. The teams will return to bargaining with the help of a state mediator on Tuesday, May 15. Schools will remain closed again on Friday as we continue preparations for reopening on Monday. On Friday, substitute teachers will…
The latest from the EPEA on bargaining
After nearly 27 hours straight at the negotiating table, the Eagle Point Education Association (EPEA) and the Eagle Point School District have ended bargaining for today and are scheduled to resume bargaining Thursday, May 10, 2012. The state mediator set the meeting time for 10:00 a.m., however, the district has said that they are unavailable…
District 9 NEGOTIATIONS TO RESUME ON THURSDAY
DISTRICT WORKING TO REOPEN SCHOOLS BARGAINING TEAMS MAKE SOME PROGRESS Bargaining teams will meet again on Thursday, May 10, in an effort to end a strike by employees of Jackson County School District 9. A state mediator will assist in the meeting, which will be held at the district office starting at 11 a.m. …
Contract settlement & budget occupies D9 board
Ratification of the union contract with School District 9 has been through two of the necessary three steps as Eagle Point Education Association and the school district each ratified the contract. The third step was to come before the Southern Oregon Bargaining Council on Monday, Apr. 13. The SOBC is made up of representatives from…
Some movement in D9 – EPEA negotiations, D9 to look at 09-10 staff reductions
Carl Sandburg?s poem ?Fog? tell us- The fog comes in on little cat feet. It sits looking over harbor and city on silent haunches and then moves on. We are more than ready for it to move on. While some areas cleared and, of course, the mountains were clear, Eagle Point-White City were fogged in…

