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CHSD 94 board hears presentation on interest-based bargaining used in recent contract talks
Summary
At a special meeting, the Community High School District 94 Board of Education heard a detailed explanation of interest-based bargaining (IBB) from facilitator Lynn Adler, including how the process works, past use in district negotiations, and how tentative agreements move to ratification.
Community High School District 94’s Board of Education received an overview of interest-based bargaining during a special meeting, where facilitator Lynn Adler described the collaborative process the district has used in past contract negotiations with support staff and teachers.
Adler told the board that “we do interest based bargaining because it's more of a collaborative approach as opposed to a demanding type approach,” and walked members through the steps the district uses when teams meet: sharing topics in advance, telling a story to explain why a topic matters, identifying underlying interests, brainstorming options without judgment, and using a thumbs-up/thumbs-down method to test consensus.
The presentation outlined how teams sit in a circle to reduce…
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