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Charlie Schlenker / WGLT Bloomington aldermen are asking to halt scheduled discussion of a Welcoming City ordinance, clouding the prospects for future public consideration. A coalition of advocacy groups has asked for an ordinance limiting cooperation between Bloomington Police and federal Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, or ICE. They marched on City Hall last May, and in December more than 350 people turned out to a meeting to offer public comment at the Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts. An email from five aldermen to Interim City Manager Steve Rasmussen indicates a majority of the council have asked Rasmussen to pull the issue from the Feb. 12 meeting agenda. Council members Joni Painter, Mboka Mwilambwe, David Sage, Kim Bray, and Karen Schmidt said in the message the council gave the public a fair hearing in December when it extended public comment to 60 minutes to accommodate everyone. ....
Dec 31, 2020 Teachers and administrators will begin work on a new professional employee Memorandum of Understanding in January. Tennessee established the collaborative conferencing process in 2011 following changes in state law regarding teacher contract negotiations. At the time, the board and the Cumberland County Education Association were in the middle of a negotiated contract, which expired in August 2013. Collaborative conferencing is the process where the chairman of the board of education and the professional employees, or designated representatives, meet to confer, consult, discuss, exchange information, opinions and proposals related to terms and conditions of professional services using the principals of âinterest-based collaborative problem solving.â That term is not defined in the law, but Tennessee Department of Education guidance points towards a process where the parties discuss areas of concern in a non-adversarial manner. ....
Members of the Cumberland County Board of Education approved a contract with a local staffing agency to recruit bus drivers for the school system, but the decision was not without ....
Claire Young (right) won two awards. IN WHAT has been a stop-start year for education the Gazette has still been seeking out the region’s classroom heroes. The Gazette Education Awards with its Principal Sponsor Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council is often seen as the highlight to the year for schools across the region. And despite the limitations of social distancing, our readers have come up with some excellent candidates across seven categories. Bill Browne, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief, said: “Although we could not have a night of live tributes in our usual style, we could not let 2020 go without telling you about some of the excellent people who make our schools great places to learn.” ....
Blooomington City Council meets remotely Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. Next month, Bloomington City Council will hear a proposal on whether to research a national program that helps communities build an inclusive culture for immigrants and other populations. Ward 2 council member Donna Boelen presented the proposal to further study the Welcoming America Initiative during Monday s remote meeting. Despite passing 7-2, some on the council, as well as local immigrants-rights advocates, spoke against the idea. Instead, they support first addressing the local push for a Welcoming City ordinance. That grassroots campaign calls for more direct city protection of Bloomington’s immigrant residents, supporting an ordinance limiting cooperation between Bloomington police and federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). ....