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After nearly 13 years at the helm of the Lawrence Teachers Association Lori Skonberg stepped down.

Lawrence Teachers Association president Lori Skonberg steps down, to retire in 2022

Lori Skonberg grew up with dyslexia — difficulty with learning to read or interpret words, letters and other symbols — at a time when discerning such disorders was not as common as it is now. more

By Jeff Bessen | 6/16/21

Lawrence Teachers Association outside Lawrence School District Board of Education Trustee Dr. David Sussman’s house in Lawrence on Sept. 19.

Lawrence Teachers Association's picketing picks up over class-size grievances

The Lawrence Teachers Association, now nine school years without a new contract, took a new tact in protesting as LTA members picketed at the homes of three Board of Education trustees last week and two Lawrence School District buildings. more

By Jeff Bessen | 9/26/19

Lawrence Teachers Association President Lori Skonberg addressed the Board of Education about a new contract on June 14.

Lawrence School District contract talks are on again

Seven years after the most recent contract between the Lawrence School District and the Lawrence Teachers Association expired, it appears there is a thaw in the protracted negotiations. more

By Jeff Bessen | 7/5/18

Lawrence School District teachers rallied for a new contract at the Nov. 6 Board of Education meeting.

Lawrence school board reject’s fact-finder’s report

The contract impasse between the Lawrence School District and the roughly 280-member Lawrence Teachers Association continues as the Board of Education unanimously rejected the fact-finder’s report and the LTA filed an improper practice charge against the BOE. more

By Jeff Bessen | 1/18/18

Lawrence Teachers Association members protested their lack of a new contract in the Lawrence Middle School hallway as Board of Education President Murray Forman, left, and Vice President Asher Mansdorf made their way to the board meeting on Nov. 6.

Lawrence teachers demand contract talks, stalled since ’15

More than 200 members of the roughly 280-member Lawrence Teachers Association rallied for a new contract at the district Board of Education meeting on Nov. 6, and, led by union President Lori Skonberg they repeatedly called on the trustees to reopen negotiations. According to the LTA, there have been no contract discussions since Feb. 26, 2015. more

By Jeff Bessen | 11/15/17

The Lawrence Teachers Association continues to seek a new contract, four years after the last one. High School special Education teacher Peter Hurley and LTA President Lori Skonberg showed off their union T-shirts.

LTA, district have not talked in 8 months

In the more than four years since the most recent contract between the Lawrence Teachers Association and the school district expired, the two sides have had a half dozen discussions and two mediation hearings. According to the LTA, “everything is still on the table,” but the district has not altered its original proposal, so nothing has been settled. more

By Jeff Bessen | 10/21/15

Lawrence and Hewlett-Woodmere district teachers are currently working without contracts. Students at Hewlett High School noticed that their teachers were wearing red on the first day of school in a show of solidarity.

No new teacher contracts

Teachers in the Hewlett-Woodmere and Lawrence school districts began the new school year as they ended the last one: without new collective bargaining agreements. more

By Ann Friedman | 9/11/13

Lawrence schools is undertaking a review of it security measures after the Newtown, Conn. shooting. Superintendent Gary Schall, above, said the district is looking at an estimated $3.7 million deficit as budget planning begins.

Discussing security and the fiscal plan

Budget and security were the primary topics discussed at the Lawrence schools’ town hall meeting in the high school’s Little Theater on Jan. 8. more

By Jeff Bessen | 1/16/13

Lawrence High School suffered the most storm damage of the five open schools in the district.

Lawrence school district updates parents

Substituting a town hall-style meeting for its regularly scheduled Board of Education meeting on Monday, the Lawrence School District invited residents to the cafeteria in the high school for an update on district news after Hurricane Sandy. more

By Jeff Bessen | 11/20/12

The Lawrence School District and the Lawrence Teachers Association came to an agreement on the use of the online instruction program Aventa.

Lawrence district and union agree on a win-win

Characterized as a win-win for the Lawrence School District and the Lawrence Teachers Association, both parties have agreed on a settlement regarding the use of the online learning program Aventa. more

By Jeff Bessen | 7/26/12

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