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Teachers union, board reach three-year deal By ALLISON GOODRICH agoodrich@shawmedia.com
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McHENRY – When the McHenry Community High School District 156 teachers strike first was announced, 16-year-old Maddy Rudd’s initial reaction was excitement. For the McHenry High School East Campus junior, as with probably many students, an unplanned day or two off from school was hardly the worst turn of events. But as the days wore on after the first picket lines went up Oct. 1, anxiety began to set in as she realized an entire week of classes was passing her by. “It’s because of AP stuff,” said Rudd, who’s in AP U.S. History. “The AP tests won’t get moved back, and we just weren’t learning. We do about three chapters a week, so we’ve probably missed about three, and that’s a lot.” Fortunately, right after she described this lapse of educational time, Rudd on Tuesday walked across the street and into her high school for the first day back after the seven-school-day strike. It officially ended after the McHenry Community High School Educators’ Association on Monday voted in favor of a contract proposal, the product of months of negotiations with the school board, including many hours over the past week and a half. The three-year contract allows teachers to maintain their current salary schedule for two years – a major sticking point throughout negotiations – but it does not include a base salary increase, according to details posted on the district website. Instead, teachers on the schedule will receive an average 3.6 percent step increase per year for two years, but the salary structure will expire at the end of year two. The third year of the contract will grant teachers a dollar amount raise equal to a half-step – about 1.8 percent – and provides for a committee of union members, board members and an “independent resource” to “establish the new way the association will be paid.” Throughout negotiations, union representatives repeatedly stressed the importance of the current schedule as a selling point for future employees, while school board members said it was not a financially sustainable means of compensation. “We’ll be going into these pre-emptive negotiations to come up with an agreement between the school board and the union so it doesn’t end up being a point of contention during
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U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam says he won’t run for House speaker By KEVIN P. CRAVER kcraver@shawmedia.com Local U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam, whose name has circulated among House Republicans as a possible candidate for House speaker, said he has no interest in the position. Roskam, R-Wheaton, said Tuesday that he, like many of his fellow Republicans, hopes his friend, Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, gives in and runs.
Ryan, who was Mitt Romney’s running mate in 2012, publicly has made clear he does not want the job, but is under significant pressure to change his mind. “I’m not running for speaker,” Roskam said in a statement. “I’m supporting Paul Ryan. He would make a great speaker.” The House has been thrown into chaos after two political bombshells in as many weeks.
House Speaker John Boehner publicans divided between the announced Sept. establishment and a smaller 25 that he would but vocal right-wing faction resign from the with no clear leader who can speakership and secure the 218 votes needed for his House seat the speakership. effective at the Since 2006, Roskam has end of October. represented the 6th CongresHis heir ap- U.S. Rep sional District. Post-census parent, House Peter redistricting in 2012 added AlMajority Leader Roskam gonquin Township to the disKevin McCartrict, which includes Crystal thy, withdrew his candidacy Lake, Cary, Fox River Grove, last week, leaving House Re- Lake in the Hills and Algon-
quin. The five-term congressman has earned significant respect from his fellow Republican representatives, and from 2011 to 2014 held the fourth-highest House position of chief deputy whip. His name was among several being thrown around as a possible unifying figure who could take the role of House speaker. Roskam is close to Ryan, who chairs the powerful House
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Ways and Means Committee. Roskam is chairman of its Subcommittee on Oversight, and has made a name for himself during the investigation over the apparent targeting of conservative groups for additional scrutiny by the Internal Revenue Service. A number of announced speaker candidates, such as Reps. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah,
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