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Washington County school board elects new chair, ratifies employee MOU and approves construction change orders
Summary
The Washington County Board of Education elected Nick Buchanan as chair, approved a memorandum of understanding with the Washington County Education Association, and approved change orders and payments for David Crockett and Daniel Boone school projects, alongside routine procurement and benefit approvals.
The Washington County Board of Education reorganized its leadership, ratified a new memorandum of understanding with the Washington County Education Association (WCEA) and approved multiple construction change orders and routine purchases at its meeting.
Nick Buchanan was nominated and received five roll-call votes in the chair election, winning the board leadership post after nominations for Wendy Riddle and others. The board also confirmed vice-chair and clerk positions by nomination and acclamation.
Danielle Mitchell, treasurer and chief collaborator for the Professional Educators Collaborative Conferencing Committee (PECA), told the board the employee-side bargaining team has been engaged with the board team and presented an MOU that the board moved to accept. "It is the job of the professional employees to meet with a team of ... the board to discuss salaries, wages and working conditions,"…
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