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Albert Lea school board approves 2025–2027 administrative association contract after closed session
Summary
Following a closed session on labor negotiations, the Albert Lea School Board voted 6-1 on May 4, 2026, to approve the Albert Lea Administrative Association 2025–2027 Master Agreement; Board member Mary Jo Dorman was the lone dissenting vote.
The Albert Lea School Board voted on May 4, 2026, to approve the Albert Lea Administrative Association 2025–2027 Master Agreement following a closed-session labor-negotiations discussion. The motion to adopt the agreement was made by Gary Schindler and seconded by Neal Skaar; it carried 6-1, with Mary Jo Dorman recorded as the sole vote against the contract.
The board had left open session at 5:26 p.m. for a closed session under Minn. Stat. § 13D.03 (Labor Negotiations) and reconvened in open session at 7:18 p.m. The transcript does not provide terms, dollar amounts, or other contract specifics in the public portion of the meeting; those details remain part of the closed-session negotiations or the written agreement. The record shows the board took the formal vote in open session after reconvening.
