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Teachers, administrators weigh dress‑code updates, leggings and limits on after‑hours attendance
Summary
Members reviewed a staff survey on dress code (about 100 responses): majority favor a 'neat and clean' standard, many support jeans with collared/staff shirts, and most want leggings allowed under dresses; negotiators also discussed adding contract language that inability to attend outside‑hours events will not be grounds for discipline if staff communicate in advance.
Bargaining participants reviewed survey results about staff dress code and discussed limits on expected after‑hours attendance.
Val summarized survey results from about 100 respondents: 76% favored using "neat and clean" as the standard, about 60% supported permitting jeans when paired with a collared or staff shirt, and respondents generally favored allowing leggings when worn under a dress. Several participants described tattoo language as subjective and outdated.
The group debated practical definitions — whether some modern leggings (brands that market "leggings as dress pants") should be treated differently — and cautioned against overly prescriptive language that would quickly date the contract. Participants also asked whether staff shirts or association (CCA) shirts would be limited to designated spirit days; the district noted current contract language restricts colored/designated spirit shirts to spirit days and that school administrators would define designated spirit days in writing.
Separately, negotiators took up proposed language to protect teachers from discipline or reduced evaluation ratings for being unable to attend events scheduled outside the regular 7.75‑hour day. The proposed wording would encourage communication in advance — negotiators discussed 48 hours (two work days) notice "barring unforeseen circumstances" — and include a clause that inability to attend would not be grounds for discipline or reduced evaluation score. The parties asked for work‑day notice language to be refined and for teachers and administrators to continue that drafting in caucus.
No contract changes were finalized; parties agreed to continue drafting and to revisit these items in upcoming bargaining sessions.
