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Barnstable teachers union president rebukes committee remarks, cites affordability and bargaining concerns
Summary
Brooke Stites, president of the Barnstable Teachers Association and a Barnstable High School teacher, told the committee that comments at a prior meeting mischaracterized teacher negotiations and highlighted local housing and pay pressures for educators.
Brooke Stites, a teacher at Barnstable High School and president of the Barnstable Teachers Association, used the meeting’s public-comment period to respond to remarks at a prior meeting and to explain why bargaining and teacher compensation matter to the district.
Stites said a committee member’s earlier comment — that educators were not "swimming in the same direction" because of contract negotiations — misrepresented the situation. "We were most definitely working together," she said,…
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