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Superintendent reports community outreach, tentative agreement with SEA and back‑to‑school preparations
Summary
Superintendent Kowalski highlighted community engagement events over the summer, confirmed a tentative agreement with the Saline Education Association (SEA), and described staff onboarding and safety training ahead of the new school year.
Superintendent Doctor Kowalski gave the board several summer updates, including community engagement events, onboarding activities and a tentative labor agreement with the district’s teachers’ union.
Kowalski said she met residents at community events including Salty Summer Sounds and Summerfest and praised district partners and volunteers. She described staff onboarding events, safety training for administrators, special education professional development and the district’s leadership summit in preparation for the new school year.
On collective bargaining, Kowalski told the board the district "reached a tentative agreement with SEA" and said more information would follow. She expressed hope the tentative agreement would set a positive tone for the school year.
Kowalski also said district staff are preparing communications to families and that students will return in the coming weeks; she said administrators will provide a transition update at the October meeting. Board members thanked staff for grief and trauma supports the district arranged after recent staff losses.
Ending: Kowalski and board members said they look forward to the start of school and to continuing communication with families and union representatives.
