Upper Perkiomen School District teachers attended a recent school board meeting to peacefully but visibly lobby for a contract to replace their expired one. Rose Itzcovitz sharpened her pencil to write their story for WFMZ 69 News.

The Pennsburg meeting garnered 150 in-person educators.

They made the case that the former contract, expired since Jun. 30 but still in effect, needed revising.

At issue is the amount of teacher prep time.

The protestors contend that the current arrangement is indicative of a lack of respect.

Teacher Sarah Goslin said the protest was “Absolutely worth it to stand out here and to let the board know that they need to treat us and pay us fairly.”

Bob LaSalle, president of the Upper Perkiomen Education Association, said: “We’ve come back to work, nothing’s changed. We’ve rolled through with the expectation we’d be able to get something done.”

A board response noted: “We fully respect the need for teachers to have adequate planning time, and we felt our proposal provided more guaranteed time … .”

The full account of the Upper Perkiomen School District contract issue is at WFMZ 69 News.