<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); ">PLEASE do not reply to this email, contact Mark Coplan</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); "><a href="mailto:markcoplan@berkeley.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">markcoplan@berkeley.net</a></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"></span></div><br><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><b>Press Release: Tentative Agreement Announced Between BUSD and BFT</b></span></div><div dir="ltr"><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Bookman Old Style',serif"></span></div></div><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">MEDIA CONTACTS:</p><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"></p></div><div>Mark Coplan, BUSD Public Information Officer <br>Phone: 510-472-3811 Email: <a href="mailto:markcoplan@berkeley.net">markcoplan@berkeley.net</a> <br>Cathy Campbell, President, BFT <br>Phone: 549-2307 Email: <a href="mailto:bft4tchr@lmi.net">bft4tchr@lmi.net</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; "> </span></div><div><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">May 30, 2013<br>
</span></p><p class="" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">Tentative Agreement Announced Between BUSD and BFT </span></p><p class="" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">The Berkeley Unified School District
(BUSD) and the Berkeley Federation of Teachers (BFT) are pleased to announce
that we have reached a tentative agreement for the 2012-2013 contract
negotiations subject to ratification by the BFT and approval by the BUSD Board
of Education.</span></p><p class="" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">All BFT bargaining unit wages,
including salaries, stipends, daily rates and hourly rates shall be adjusted to
reflect a 2.5% increase effective July 1, 2012.
Each unit member shall also receive an additional one-time payment equal
to 2.5% of his/her 2012-2013 salary. The
district contribution to health and welfare benefits remains unchanged. This is in addition to the 1% bonus
negotiated for all employees in the fall of 2012.</span></p><p class="" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">School Psychologists and providers of
Designated Instructional Services, with the exception of Speech and Language
Pathologists, will be assigned on a district-wide basis.</span></p><p class="" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">In
reaching this agreement, Co-Superintendent Javetta Cleveland said, "Our
teachers are an integral part of our ability to move our vision forward to
ensure that all students achieve at the highest level. During the toughest
economic times, we worked closely together to ensure that the District stayed
solvent. This agreement clearly
demonstrates that we value our partnership.
We hope to successfully finalize negotiations with our other unions in
the near future.”</span></p><p class="" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">“This agreement
provides a small raise” said Cathy Campbell, BFT President, “while keeping our
District within its means and putting the needs of students front and center. The agreement provides some relief to the
hard working employees who serve our students and families every day.”</span></p><p class="" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">“I am glad that we are in better economic times and are able to reach an
agreement that shows our appreciation for the work that our teachers do every
day to help our students succeed” said Karen Hemphill, Board President. </span></p><p align="center" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">We
look forward to continued positive working relations as we wrap up 2012-2013
and move into the 2013-2014 school year.</span></p><p align="center" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">###</span></p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"><br>
</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">-- <br>Mark Coplan, Public Information Officer</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">
Berkeley Unified School District</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"><a href="tel:510-644-6320" value="+15106446320" target="_blank">510-644-6320</a> Cell: <a href="tel:510-472-3811" value="+15104723811" target="_blank">510-472-3811</a></span></div>
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