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Board hears negotiations update; moves to executive session for bargaining strategy
Summary
Board members received a negotiations update from the district negotiating team and then voted to go into executive session for bargaining strategy under North Dakota statute; several tentative agreements were reported as close.
Board members received a summary of ongoing negotiations between district representatives and employee groups and then approved a motion to move into executive session to discuss negotiation strategy.
Melissa, reporting on negotiations, summarized progress across multiple topics and said the district and bargaining representatives had exchanged proposals and were close on several tentative agreements. Topics discussed in public included workload and workday proposals, parental leave and leave-bank language, proposed changes to notification of teaching assignments and vacancies, overload calculations, counselor job structure, and a potential shift from a monthly to a biweekly pay cycle. Melissa said the district expected to receive a salary matrix proposal from the union and that bargaining sessions were scheduled weekly through May.
Following the public update, the board moved to executive session for negotiation strategy, invoking North Dakota Century Code provisions. The motion to enter executive session was moved and seconded; one board member declared a conflict of interest and stated they would abstain from the motion and the conversation. The roll call after the abstention showed the motion passed 6-0; non-board participants were asked to leave the room before the session began.
Administrators indicated they were hopeful a tentative agreement could be reached before the end of the school year and said negotiation sessions were continuing the following day.
