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Fall River administrators, department heads press school committee for equitable pay and contract talks
Summary
Several Fall River Public Schools administrators, department heads and longtime staff urged the school committee to settle the Fall River Administrators Association contract and to address workload, lost lunches and pay disparities during a packed citizens’ input session.
Several Fall River Public Schools administrators, department heads and veteran staff used the committee’s citizen input period on Feb. 10 to urge the school committee to settle a pending contract for the Fall River Administrators Association (FRAA) and to correct what they described as persistent pay and workload inequities.
Speakers described long workdays, frequent unpaid overtime and duties that erode time for core tasks such as student meetings, credit reviews and planning. “Our position is that our current compensation at Level 2A is not commensurate with our workload, value, days and hours,” Kate McGraw, ELA department head at the Henry Lord Community School, told the committee.
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