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Teacher planning committee presents MOU with compensation proposal after finding high special-education and scheduling burdens

Western Foothills Regional School Unit 10 Board of Directors · January 13, 2026
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Summary

A teacher-led committee presented short- and long-term steps to protect planning time, proposing a tiered compensation plan (prorated from a $24,000 allocation) after teachers miss 18 scheduled prep periods and noting an existing $2,000 IEP case-management stipend.

Teacher representatives presented an informational report and recommendations on teacher planning time and proposed actions under an MOU the parties agreed to revisit this school year.

Sarah Marshall, a first-grade teacher and chief negotiator for the teachers' contract, and Debbie Carver summarized five meetings and background for the presentation. They said RSU 10 faces unusually high needs (high poverty rates, special-education identification above 35% in some schools, and elevated 504 caseloads),…

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