{"id":13935,"date":"2018-12-14T15:32:54","date_gmt":"2018-12-14T20:32:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/?p=13935"},"modified":"2018-12-14T15:32:54","modified_gmt":"2018-12-14T20:32:54","slug":"brick-teachers-rally-at-boe-meeting-stage-walk-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2018\/12\/brick-teachers-rally-at-boe-meeting-stage-walk-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Brick Teachers Rally at BOE Meeting, Stage Walk Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"v-NlavKWwV-1\" class=\"video-player\"><iframe title='VideoPress Video Player' aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='1000' height='562' src='https:\/\/videopress.com\/embed\/NlavKWwV?hd=1&cover=1&loop=0&autoPlay=0&permalink=1&muted=0&controls=1&playsinline=0&useAverageColor=0&preloadContent=metadata' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen data-resize-to-parent=\"true\" allow='clipboard-write'><\/iframe><script src='https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/video\/assets\/js\/next\/videopress-iframe.js'><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Brick\u2019s teaching staff, locked in an impasse during contract negotiations, rallied Thursday night at a meeting of the Board of Education and held a walk-out after students were honored and the high school band performed.<\/p>\n<p>The walkout occurred as the business portion of the meeting began. Apparently, Brick Township Education Association President Tim Puglisi was not being permitted to speak before a general public comment portion of the meeting.<\/p>\n<p>The BTEA members wore black shirts and buttons that read: \u201cNo Contract, Still Working, Always Caring.\u201d Hundreds of teachers, paraprofessionals and supporters packed the auditorium at Brick Memorial High School, having walked in together. The meeting began with recognition of student council members from the two high schools before a 20-minute-long concert from the award-winning BMHS high school marching band. After the concert, Board President Stephanie Wohlrab called for the business portion of the meeting to begin, at which point the BTEA members walked out.<\/p>\n<p>No board members or school district officials commented publicly, however several chatted about the walkout, as captured through a microphone that had been left on. The comments <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/RQJGiQYy2qM\">appeared on a YouTube video<\/a> (at 42:00 in) of the meeting posted on the district\u2019s website.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s fine, let \u2019em go,\u201d Wohlrab said.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6YjhjKtWN_g?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&start=2524&wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The 1,035 teachers and paraprofessionals represented by the union have been working under an expired contract since June 30, 2018. After repeated attempts to come to a contract resolution failed to result in an agreement, the Board of Education declared an impasse and filed for mediation with the state Public Employment Relations Commission. It is the first impasse declared in Brick since the 1980s.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have very talented teachers and paraprofessionals working here in Brick,\u201d said Puglisi, the BTEA president. \u201cThat\u2019s evidenced by our successful schools and students. 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