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MTA president urges Minnetonka board to pause proposed leave‑policy change, calls for bargaining
Summary
Jennifer Lipsky, president of the Minnetonka Teachers Association, told the school board the plan to require intermittent leaves be taken in 8‑hour increments is a term-and‑condition of employment that must be bargained. District staff said the change aligns with statute and promised clearer language and examples.
Jennifer Lipsky, president of the Minnetonka Teachers Association, told the Minnetonka School Board on Nov. 20 that a proposed change to Policy 4‑29 would harm teachers and students by forcing partial‑day medical or family leaves into full‑day absences.
"This policy would remove our educators from classrooms far more often than medically or personally necessary," Lipsky said during the opening citizen‑input period, arguing the amendment is a term and condition of employment that "must be bargained." She urged the board to "pause, reconsider, and reject this policy change."
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