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Board approves personnel exhibit and accepts negotiating teams schedule for November talks
Summary
The board approved the personnel exhibit listing retirements, hires, separations and promotions, and the superintendent announced negotiation teams and a November start for contract bargaining with the district’s employee associations.
WORCESTER COUNTY, Md. — The Worcester County Board of Education approved the superintendent’s personnel exhibit and received a briefing on the district’s negotiating teams and timeline for collective bargaining.
Doctor App (personnel presenter) summarized the personnel exhibit, which the transcript records as including retirements (Lois Burkett, educational assistant, Western Technical High School), new hires and separations across schools, and a promotion (Susan Redden to administrative programs and grants manager). The superintendent recommended approval and the board voted to approve the exhibit.
Doctor App also presented the district’s negotiating teams for the 2025–26 cycle and said negotiations will begin in November as provided in the negotiated agreements. Teams include district administrators, the chief negotiator (Doctor App) and representatives for both the WCTA (teachers association) and WCESPA (school employees association). The item was informational; the board did not take a separate vote on the negotiating team composition.
Why it matters: Personnel actions and negotiation schedules affect staffing and labor relations across the district. The board approved personnel actions by motion and voice vote and acknowledged the scheduled November start for negotiations.
Provenance: Personnel exhibit and negotiation timeline were presented during the personnel agenda item.
