Your Town: Alisal Union School District contract talks on hold

SALINAS

Alisal contract talks on hold

Teachers and administrators with the Alisal Union School District have agreed not to return to the negotiating table until Sept. 6 ? after all uncertainties with the California budget should be clarified, they reported in a joint statement.

Significant progress was made at a bargaining session held June 6, Susan Midori Jones, a representative with the California Teachers Association, said in an email.

The district withdrew its proposal to discontinue health benefits for retired teachers, but the parties still have not reached an agreement regarding class sizes and transfer of teachers from school to school or grade to grade.

FORT ORD

Army eyes two prescribed burns

The Army is preparing for two prescribed burns to clear vegetation in Fort Ord National Monument as soon as weather permits between July 1 and Dec. 31.

Suitable weather includes clear skies, moderate temperatures and a few days without wind to minimize smoke impacts.

Following completion of the cleanup, the burn areas will be transferred to the Bureau of Land Management.

MONTEREY

NPS grad one step closer to space flight

Lt. Cmdr. Victor Glover, a 2009 Naval Postgraduate School graduate, was selected from more than 6,100 applicants to begin training at Johnson Space Center in August for potential space flight.

Glover graduated from NPS through the systems engineering management program, in addition to receiving a

space systems academic certificate in 2005.

SALINAS

Session helps with naturalization process

United States Citizenship and Immigration Services will host a free 90-minute information session at 10:30a.m. Thursday at Cesar Chavez Library, 615 William Road.

The session is designed to help immigrants understand the naturalization process, including the test, and to learn about free educational resources and materials available from the agency.

Source: http://www.montereyherald.com/news/ci_23489991/your-town-alisal-union-school-district-contract-talks?source=rss

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