Middletown schools to send all students back to facilities by mid-April
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The Dr. Alfred B. Tychsen Administration Building at 311 Hunting Hill Ave. houses the Middletown Board of Education offices.Hearst Connecticut Media file photoShow MoreShow Less
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Shown is the Middletown Board of Education schedule for remaining students returning to school during the pandemic. Starting Monday, students in pre-kindergarten through fifth grade will go back in person four days per week and one day remotely. The middle and high school students will begin the same plan in mid-April.Zoom screenshot / Middletown Board of Education meetingShow MoreShow Less
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Middletown schools to tap union workers mistakenly omitted from reentry survey
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A second-grade student works behind a protection shield at a socially distanced desk at Wesley Elementary School in Middletown.Contributed photoShow MoreShow Less
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Middletown Public Schools Chief of Talent and Performance Management Geen ThazhampallathContributed photoShow MoreShow Less
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MIDDLETOWN Feedback from public service union workers in the school district now will be included in ongoing planning for students to return to school in person during the pandemic.
AFSCME Local 466, membership of which includes 150 public school employees, issued a statement this week expressing disappointment in the Middletown Board of Education for excluding members in a Feb. 4 survey seeking staff input about increasing in-person instruction.
Worker s union files grievance against Middletown employee reviews
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Middletown Mayor Ben Florsheim calls the anticipated $12.03 million in federal aid to the municipality “a really big win for the city.”Hearst Connecticut Media file photoShow MoreShow Less
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The grievance is in reaction to Mayor Ben Florsheim’s recent roll-out of these first-ever evaluations. Florsheim said he is perplexed at the action, considering the union agreed to the contract.
General Counsel Brig Smith referenced the pertaining article: “The city may conduct annual performance reviews and evaluations of each bargaining unit member.”
But the grievance claims the appraisal form does not conform to the wording of the contract between UPSEU and the city. It alleges the policy is a “clear violation” of the collective bargaining agreement. The union is asking the city to cease and desist the reviews, and the city “make whole anyone who has been affected by this viol