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School board approves one-year contract extension for teachers
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By WMAY Newsroom
Photo: Springfield School District 186 / Official Website
Springfield teachers have overwhelmingly ratified a one-year extension of their existing contract with District 186.
The Springfield Education Association says more than 700 teachers voted on the contract this week, with 94-percent of them in favor. The agreement appears to simply extend the current terms of the contract, but neither side has revealed any specifics about the agreement.
The Springfield school board is expected to vote on the deal at its next meeting Monday night.
By Jim Leach
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It’s Teacher Appreciation Week, and perhaps it’s never been more important to express our support for professional educators who have worked mightily to help students in a year when everyone’s world went topsy-turvy.
There is no doubt that the pandemic and the abrupt end to in-person instruction last spring has taken a substantial toll on students, and the slow return to classrooms this year hasn’t been an easy adjustment. But that is also true for teachers. Overnight, everything about how they do their jobs changed. What did not change was their commitment to help children learn, and thrive, even in the most challenging of environments.