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School committee appoints negotiations subcommittee member as contract talks with UTA approach
Summary
The committee appointed a negotiations subcommittee member (Ben Casper) to begin Unit A discussions after the UTA requested negotiations; Mark Terry, the committee attorney, is scheduled to brief the committee at a later executive session.
The school committee moved to create a negotiations subcommittee to begin talks with teacher and staff unions after the UTA requested negotiations.
The committee nominated Ben Casper to the Unit A negotiations subcommittee; the motion passed by roll‑call vote. Committee members discussed time commitments and whether to rotate representation across bargaining units; school counsel Mark Terry is scheduled to brief the full committee in executive session on collective‑bargaining process and preparation.
Members emphasized the workload and time commitment for negotiators and discussed limiting subcommittee membership to two or three people plus a chair to ensure quorum coverage while managing individual schedules. No bargaining outcomes were discussed in public session; the committee agreed to return with further committee assignments for units B, C and D.
