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Board approves employee contract release without liquidated-damages; schedules executive-session review
Summary
After discussion of an employee request to be released from a contract and a disputed $1,500 liquidated-damages clause, the governing board approved the release as modified (omitting liquidated damages), voted 4–0, and agreed to hold an executive session later to review policy and privacy-sensitive details.
Board members pulled consent item F5 for separate consideration after questions emerged about a contract clause that assesses graduated liquidated damages when a teacher breaks a yearly contract.
Dr. Mary Keller, the HR director, explained the standard contract language: "if the contract is broken, there will be liquidated damages charged ... breaking a contract now, it's a…
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