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Food-service staff voice frustration over negotiations; board approves nutrition contract
Summary
A public commenter from the district's food-service workforce alleged contract rollback proposals and said referendum funds promised for raises were not returned; the board later approved a nutrition collective bargaining agreement and members publicly thanked food-service staff.
A food-service employee told the Appoquinimink board Tuesday that district contract negotiations left cafeteria staff feeling undercut and ignored, and raised an allegation that roughly $5 million from a prior referendum was not used to fund the pay raises staff were promised.
"When we see you struggling to explain away missing $5,000,000 and there's no money left from last year's referendum to cover the pay raises you promised us, it sure feels like we were the ones paying for…
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