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ESP workers tell MSAD 51 board they're 200 days without a contract as board hears public comment
Summary
During public comment, an ESP staff member and other community speakers urged MSAD 51 to resolve a protracted contract impasse and to support living wages for support personnel; board acknowledged the concerns and said it will follow up.
At the start of the meeting, public comment featured several speakers who raised workplace and early-education concerns for the MSAD 51 board.
Michael Doyle, who identified himself as thelmatoday.me writer and a Portsmouth resident, used his public-comment time to describe a personal legal appeal and to claim broad First Amendment protection for comment at the podium. The board accepted the remark as public comment.
Jessica Windsor, who identified herself as a front secretary at Greeley Middle School and a member of the district's ESP staff, told the board she and many ESP colleagues have been without a contract for roughly 200 days and that the union is heading to fact-finding in March. Windsor said the repeated delays and the district's decision to pursue fact-finding will add legal and financial costs and pleaded for clarity and leadership from the board.
Board members thanked speakers for their comments and acknowledged the issue; no bargaining decisions were made during the meeting, and the board indicated it would follow up through regular administrative channels.
