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Board moves to consider termination of teacher Linda Spivey under state statute
Summary
Acting superintendent recommended the board consider termination of teacher Linda Spivey's contract under Connecticut General Statute 10‑151 because of elimination of the position (loss of grant funding) and budgetary/administrative reasons; the board voted to direct written notice and authorize the acting superintendent to respond to any requests from the teacher or representatives.
The Ellington Board of Education voted to consider termination of Linda Spivey's contract under Connecticut General Statute Section 10‑151 after the acting superintendent presented a written recommendation.
"In my capacity as acting superintendent of schools, I recommend that the board of education vote to consider termination of the contract of employment of Linda Spivey...in accordance with the applicable provisions of Connecticut General Statute 10‑151," the acting superintendent read, citing elimination of the position tied to loss of a state grant and administrative/budgetary considerations.
Board members moved and seconded the motion; the motion carried on a voice vote. The acting superintendent was directed to communicate written notice of the consideration to Linda Spivey and authorized to respond on behalf of the board to any requests from the teacher or representatives under the teacher tenure law.
Board members discussed that the change in grant funding and staffing model caused two staffing impacts earlier in the cycle (one nonrenewal for a non‑tenured teacher and this separate tenure‑related reduction in force). No personnel deliberations beyond the formal motion were recorded in the public portion of the meeting.
