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District agrees to provide designated lactation spaces after teacher testimony about on‑site difficulties
Summary
Following testimony from a teacher who described difficulty expressing milk in shared or inappropriate school spaces, negotiators agreed the district will provide designated lactation rooms that comply with New York state law.
The Ithaca Teachers Association proposed contract language requiring the district to provide designated lactation spaces that are not classrooms or shared workspaces and that comply with New York state law. After a teacher gave a detailed account of her experience returning to work while nursing, district negotiators accepted the proposal.
Guest speaker Caitlin Moss, a humanities teacher who said she returned to work when her son was 3½ months old, described repeated denials of a private space to express breast milk and multiple incidents in…
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