Radnor School Board, Teachers Reach Contract Agreement

After nearly a year of negotiations, Radnor Township School School Board has reached a three-year contract agreement with the district’s teachers.

The district made the announcement on its website.

The contract was ratified by Radnor Township Education Association’s membership and approved by the School Board on Tuesday.

The agreement with the teachers follows approximately 10 months of negotiations, which began in January 2015 and included numerous formal and informal meetings and discussions between the negotiating teams. The teachers have been working under the terms of their previous contract.

“The members of the District Negotiating Team - Eric Zajac, Lisa Borowski, David Falcone and Susan Stern - worked hard to balance the desires of the full Board in tandem with the needs of the teachers, support staff and transportation staff,” said school board President Kimm Doherty in a statement. “Additionally, we are grateful for the fine work and counsel of Todd Stitzel, Michelle Diekow and Dr. Kelly.”

RTEA leadership said the teachers are “happy to have reached an agreement.”

“Our membership is excited that the distraction of negotiations has been removed, and we turn our full attention to what we truly love to do - educate the students of our community,” RTEA President Dave Wood said.

Terms of the agreement were not immediately made public. The details will be available to the public in the near future, the district said on its website.