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Williston School Board approves negotiating unit that covers classroom teachers; debate over counselors and deans
Summary
The Williston School Board voted to designate classroom teachers as the appropriate negotiating unit for the Williston Education Association, approving language that excludes administrators and leaves questions about counselors, librarians and dean-of-students roles unresolved.
The Williston School Board voted 3-2 to designate an appropriate negotiating unit for the Williston Education Association that includes employees licensed to teach and employed primarily as classroom teachers, excluding administrators.
The decision, taken during the board’s meeting on an item titled “determination of appropriate negotiating units,” implements language the association submitted and cites the North Dakota Century Code provision the petition relied on. The vote followed discussion about whether other job categories — including counselors, library/media specialists, instructional coaches, student behavior interventionists and the…
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