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Pre‑K teachers urge district to honor contract on start and end‑of‑year schedules
Summary
Pre‑K teachers told the committee the district moved the start date this year and did not implement negotiated contract language requiring a delayed start and a final half‑day without students; they asked the district to amend the calendar to comply immediately.
Micah Orten, a pre‑K teacher at White Street, told the School Committee that the district moved the preschool start date earlier this year and that the change broke a recently ratified collective bargaining agreement. "Already this year, our contract has been broken when our start date was moved up," Orten said. He argued the unexpected change forced teachers to "scramble and play catch up" and undermined trust between educators and the district.
Orten said his request was simple: honor the existing contract language requiring a delayed start for preschool and a half day on the last day of school so teachers can safely…
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