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Amherst, regional school boards seek contract mediation after pushback on paraeducator pay
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Amherst, regional school boards seek contract mediation after pushback on paraeducator pay
Published: 7/11/2021 8:09:38 PM
AMHERST The Amherst and Amherst-Pelham Regional school committees are seeking mediation to reach a new contract with the union representing teachers, paraprofessionals and clerical staff in the district.
Mediation is being pursued following the expiration of the previous contract on June 30 and after a failure to make progress toward an agreement on wages and salary increases with the Amherst Pelham Education Association, according to Allison McDonald, chairwoman of both committees.
“Our groups have met multiple times but have not been able to make progress toward an agreement, and the Regional School Committee made the decision on Thursday, July 1, to seek mediation,” McDonald wrote in a letter published in the Gazette.
Amherst school committees instruct superintendent to plan in-person learning
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AMHERST Students throughout the Amherst, Pelham and Amherst-Pelham Regional schools should have an opportunity to attend school in person starting in April.
The three school committees voted unanimously on March 3 to instruct Superintendent Michael Morris to develop a plan in which “all students who want it” will be able to finish the school year with instruction at the elementary schools, the middle school and the high school.
Just two days later, the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education approved emergency regulations Friday giving Commissioner Jeff Riley the authority to decide when full and partial remote schooling will no longer count toward student learning time requirements. The following Tuesday, DESE decreed that all public elementary schools in Massachusetts will be required to open for full-time, in-person learning by April 5, while middle schools will be required
Sabadosa co-files bill to delay in-person learning
REP. LINDSAY SABADOSA, D-Northampton
Norah Zarzecki, a paraprofessional at Hopkins Academy in Hadley, walks through the taped-off and empty hallways last month during the day of remote instruction with in-person support. GAZETTE FILE PHOTO/CAROL LOLLIS
Published: 3/11/2021 8:18:02 PM
NORTHAMPTON With all public elementary and middle schools in Massachusetts ordered to reopen for full-time, in-person learning next month, state Rep. Lindsay Sabadosa has co-filed a bill that would push this date to after spring break and prioritize all who work in schools for COVID-19 vaccination.
On Tuesday, the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) announced that elementary schools must reopen for full-time, in-person learning by April 5, while for middle schools must do so by April 28.
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