Members approve executive session to discuss collective bargaining with Springfield Education Association

Jan 15, 2026

Members voted to enter executive session under Massachusetts General Laws c.30A §21(a)(3) to discuss collective bargaining demands from the Springfield Education Association about transitioning employees at ZEP schools to locally controlled innovation schools; the motion passed on a roll call vote and the meeting was set to reconvene at 06:30.

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An unidentified member moved that the meeting enter executive session to discuss strategy with respect to collective bargaining with the Springfield Education Association, citing the statutory exemption for labor negotiations. "I make a motion, mister mayor, that we go into executive session pursuant to mass general laws c 30 a section 21 a 3 to discuss strategy with respect to collective bargaining," the mover said.

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