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School committee votes to enter executive session to discuss collective bargaining with AEA and Assistance Unit B
Summary
The committee voted unanimously to move into executive session under state open-meeting law to discuss collective-bargaining strategy with the Andover Educational Association (AEA) and Andover Assistance Unit B; a roll call recorded five yes votes and the motion passed.
At the end of the RULER presentation, the School Committee adjourned the public workshop and voted to enter executive session to discuss collective-bargaining strategy.
Chair (speaker 2) asked for a motion to go into executive session. Speaker 12 moved that the committee convene in executive session pursuant to the applicable open-meeting statute to discuss strategy in preparation for collective bargaining with unionized personnel, naming the Andover Educational Association (AEA) and Andover Assistance Unit B. The motion was seconded. The chair requested a roll call vote; committee members recorded their votes as follows: Shauna, yes; Sandis, yes; Lauren, yes; Emily, yes; and the chair, yes. The motion passed unanimously (5'0yes, 0'no).
Speaker 12 read the legal basis for the executive session on the record. The committee said it would reconvene at approximately 7 p.m. in open session. No details of the bargaining topics or positions were discussed in open session; the recorded action was solely approval to enter executive session for the stated bargaining purposes.
