The union presented revised language clarifying the job‑sharing process and responsibilities for partners who request shared positions. District negotiators reviewed current contract language and staffing practice, noting that job‑share plans must already be approved by building principals and the appropriate superintendent and that the Board of Education typically approves personnel reports where such arrangements are formalized.

District officials described job sharing as more common at the secondary level and relatively rare at elementary schools, and they cautioned that the rewritten section could produce unintended consequences if it materially changed approval checkpoints. The parties discussed whether additional contractual language should explicitly memorialize the board’s approval role; administrators said recommended practice is for principals to develop plans and for the superintendent to bring a personnel report to the Board for final action.

Negotiators agreed that clarifying current practice could be useful, but both sides signaled they did not want to replace a functioning process with language that would complicate approvals. District staff asked to retain the existing approval steps (principal recommendation, superintendent involvement, board action) and the union said it would consider narrowing proposed changes to reflect current operational reality.