Chateaugay Teachers' Association

Union wins APPR reprieve

Gov. Kathy Hochul Friday signed a bill suspending, for an additional year, the Annual Professional Performance Review process. Advanced through grassroots advocacy from NYSUT members and lobbying by union legislative staff, the bill recently passed both the state Senate and the Assembly.

“As we come to the end of another school year that has been anything but normal, we welcome the governor’s decision to suspend the APPR process for another year,” said NYSUT President Andy Pallotta. “We will continue working with the legislature and the governor to address the APPR

CTA members stepped up to support a cause that affects many CCS students.  Senior Morgan Thomas held an event to raise money for juvenile diabetes research.  This was her senior project.  The CTA community supported this event by playing in the "Bulldogs Bully Diabetes" basketball game, baking treats for the bake sale, selling t-shirts, and attending the event.  There was a real sense of community at the event, and it was a great success.

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Pay It Forward is a program the Chateaugay Teachers Association started two years ago. On the first payday of every month the teachers order lunch from a particular local business. The CTA also purchases a $20 gift certificate from that business and raffles it off. Everyone that participates that month puts their name into the raffle and we then draw the winner of the gift certificate the following Monday.

We started this program as a way to show our appreciation to the community members of Chateaugay. We are very lucky to have a community who supports our school on a daily basis. We felt this