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Rochester board approves oversight of bargaining MOAs, rejects two proposed transparency amendments
Summary
The Rochester Community Schools Board added an item to require memoranda of agreement to come to the board for approval, but it voted down separate proposals to post all FOIA requests online and to prohibit communications staff from using fake aliases to monitor private social media.
The Rochester Community Schools Board of Education approved adding an agenda item to require that memorandums of agreement (MOAs) negotiated by bargaining teams be subject to board approval, but rejected two other proposed transparency items during its regular meeting.
Trustee Weaver moved to add language to board policy requiring that all MOAs negotiated by bargaining teams come to the board for formal approval; the motion passed, with the chair scheduling the item as agenda 8.6. Weaver said the change was prompted by recent contract activity in which, she said, "a memorandum of understanding that added language around academic freedom" was handled without clear board approval and had misled the community. Trustee Lacui voiced support, calling the change straightforward and a step toward transparency. The board approved the amended agenda with that addition by a 5-0 vote to move forward with the item on a future meeting agenda.
Earlier in the meeting Trustee Weaver proposed an…
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