Officer's Meeting, 1996

September 4, 1996. Agenda; document, Strategic Planning System, listing 5- and 10-year vision for NYSUT and education in New York State, including the abolition of school boards, the right to strike, and the ability of students to compete academically with international trading partners; memo from president Tom Hobart re need for leadership program for local leaders, proposed budget; letter from Assemblyman John Flanagan (Northport) to constituent, defending tenure system, August 20; letter to NYSUT president Tom Hobart from State Education Department Deputy Commissioner James Kadamus inviting nomination of four teachers to serve on new Statewide Task Force on BOCES, August 13; letter to James Wood, NYSUT executive director of Field and Legal Services, from president of Commack Teachers Association, requesting assistance in liable dispute with newly elected member of the school board, August 23; memo re request by AFT International Affairs for financial support for Podkrepa Teachers Union of Bulgaria, September 4