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Teachers’ REA letter prompts public rebuke and extended board debate over role, transparency
Summary
A teachers’ letter (REA) alleging board overreach sparked a lengthy public and in-meeting discussion. Residents urged the board to ‘hire good people and get out of their way,’ while board members debated boundaries, communications and a joint response; board agreed to draft a collaborative reply.
The Riverview School District board spent a large portion of its March meeting addressing a letter from the Riverview Education Association (REA) that accused some board members of overstepping administrative roles.
The issue surfaced when the board revisited an REA letter first raised at the February meeting. At the outset a board member apologized to a teacher named in the correspondence, saying the remarks made at an earlier meeting were inappropriate and that the board would be transparent about follow-up communications. The board then debated whether members had acted outside their governance role when they exchanged texts and calls with…
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