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Teachers and community press board for a contract; SAEA signals intent to seek fact‑finding
Summary
Teachers and the Shippensburg Area Education Association told the board the district remains without a settled contract; union leadership said it will pursue state fact‑finding after recent bargaining sessions.
Multiple teachers, union representatives and community members used the district’s public‑comment period to urge the Shippensburg Area School District board to finish contract negotiations and to express concerns about teacher morale and recruitment.
Sam Hudson, president of the Shippensburg Area Education Association, spoke for the district’s bargaining unit and said the union and its 261 members have been working without a contract since June. Hudson said the parties had made progress in recent bargaining but that the board’s negotiating team “seems like he…
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