Amherst school officials share air quality info with families
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Published: 12/15/2020 11:26:54 AM
AMHERST Families of students who attend the Amherst, Pelham and Amherst-Pelham Regional public schools are up to date on how well ventilated classrooms are in the six district buildings should in-class learning resume, according to School Superintendent Michael Morris.
In a weekly newsletter sent to parents and guardians Friday, Morris shared detailed information, from Nexus Consulting LLC of Torrington, Connecticut, about the status of air quality in each classroom and other educational spaces.
The information was provided after the Amherst Pelham Education Association, the union representing teachers, paraprofessionals and clerical staff, last week expressed concern about renegotiating the terms of a memorandum of agreement for getting students and teachers back into school buildings. The union has argued that there has been
Amherst teachers union lays out demands for future talks
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Modified: 12/10/2020 7:37:34 PM
AMHERST Several concerns about safely returning to school buildings, outlined in an existing memorandum of agreement, will need to be resolved before the teachers’ union gives consideration to negotiating changes to this deal, according to a statement issued this week.
The Amherst Pelham Education Association on Wednesday wrote that renegotiation of the terms for returning to in-person learning with school officials can’t occur until at least three aspects of the memorandum are addressed.
Those issues are a lack of communication from school officials about whether air-testing results in all Amherst, Pelham and Amherst-Pelham regional school buildings have complied with American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers standards; no information about whether retesting will be done on spaces that previously failed to