ANDOVER — After almost three hours of debating town finances Monday night, voters approved an operating budget with an additional $1,875,000 to prevent cuts in school positions.
ANDOVER — After almost three hours of debating town finances Monday night, voters approved an operating budget with an additional $1,875,000 to prevent cuts in school positions.
ANDOVER — After almost three hours of debating town finances Monday night, voters approved an operating budget with an additional $1,875,000 to prevent cuts in school positions.
ANDOVER — The Select Board voted to disapprove of all six special town meeting warrant articles while the School Committee voted to disapprove of three of the six at a
Jun 3, 2021
Editor, Townsman:
Do you know what instructional assistants do to support the children of Andover? The role has evolved a great deal over the years.
We are educators. Our schools in Andover pride themselves on addressing the needs of the âwhole child,â and the instructional assistants are the boots on the ground that make this possible.
A colleague expresses this perfectly: âWe are the employees that directly support the social-emotional needs of our most vulnerable students; we protect their privacy and dignity all while supporting them academically.â
Instructional assistants have been showing up in good faith to try and negotiate a fair contract with the Andover School Committee since August 2020, and weâve been working without a contract since September.