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Danbury educators urge board for a ‘‘fair contract’’ as negotiations enter final session
Summary
Educators packed a Board of Education meeting to press for wages, safe working conditions and retention measures as contract talks entered a final negotiating session.
Commenters representing Danbury educators urged the Danbury Board of Education on Tuesday night to finalize a new contract they described as fair and competitive, saying the district must act to retain teachers and keep class sizes manageable. The remarks came on the eve of a scheduled final negotiation session.
Why it matters: Educators told the board that large class sizes, rising cost of living and growing workload risk driving staff to neighboring districts; the educators framed a new contract as central to student outcomes because “our teaching conditions are our learning conditions.”
At the meeting a commenter who…
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