TEACHERS AND EMPLOYEES SEEKING COMMON GROUND

The kingdom of Superintendent William Rosenbeck is crumbling at Connecticut Juvenile Training School. First the Youth Service Officers sent a petition / letter to state officials and Department of Children and Families Commissioner Joette Katz about lack of leadership at CJTS. Katz is scheduled to meet with YSOs soon. Now there is something else brewing in the background between different employee groups at CJTS. It was reported to DCF Plantation blog teachers and employees are seeking common ground at CJTS. Maybe the old adage is true “ adversity sometimes pushes opposites together.” For several years teachers and YSOs were on opposite sides of the spectrum; neither side really communicated with each other, and remained like two separate worlds in the same universe.

Paula Dylan is a Union Representative for teachers at CJTS and also facility employee. She sent Superintendent Rosenbeck a request to use a room for joint meeting with teachers and YSOs. There is speculation this upcoming meeting might be to discuss strategy to deal with lack of strong facility leadership. At this juncture no further details about the substance of this impending get together were provided: all the indicators point to teachers forming a coalition with YSOs that will address how CJTS is not being governed properly. When the meeting takes places and facts of the agenda are known DCF Plantation blog will report it.