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Florence 1 board approves revised teacher contract after yearlong staff input
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The Florence School District 1 Board of Trustees approved a revised teacher contract that incorporated staff-solicited changes including explicit salary disclosure, location guarantees, unencumbered time and sick-leave bank membership; administration said the changes followed extensive teacher feedback and attorney review.
The Florence School District 1 Board of Trustees voted to approve a revised teacher contract after administrators presented a draft they said was shaped by roughly 25 school-based listening sessions and review with teachers and district counsel. The board approved the contract by voice vote after a presentation and brief discussion.
District staff said the revisions were the product of nearly a year of engagement with teachers and a review of contract language used in other states and districts. “This is almost a year in work,” Nate Marshall, Chief People Officer, told the board, describing school meetings, follow-up emails and collaboration with teachers of the year and legal counsel.
Marshall highlighted key changes included in the draft: removal of the phrase “tentative location” in favor of “location,” language…
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