Union negotiators proposed Article language specific to teacher‑librarians that would: encourage efforts to maintain one teacher‑librarian per building, require mutual agreement with building leaders on scheduling, allocate 30 minutes daily for administrative/library duties, and prevent assignment outside the library without mutual agreement.

District negotiators expressed strong reservations about memorializing staffing levels for a single position in the contract and said doing so would be precedent‑setting for other unique roles (for example, specialists or department heads). District staff also raised concerns about staffing and budget implications if the contract required minimum librarian staffing in every building.

Why it matters: teacher‑librarians described full‑day schedules that include opening and closing the library, supporting Chromebooks and circulation, instruction and cataloging; they said prep time is often used for instruction rather than administrative library work and that duty‑free lunch or prep is frequently not functionally available because students use the library throughout the day.

Outcome: the district announced it was rejecting the librarian proposal for the stated reasons. The union said it would not withdraw the proposal immediately and may return to the item depending on salary and broader bargaining dynamics.