UPDATED: Superintendent: Mediator's Illness Cancels Contract Negotiation Meeting
Parents are reporting that some teachers will not advise clubs at Hemenway Elementary and starting Thursday some high school clubs, according to students and parents, will not meet, due to a lack of a contract.
UPDATED at 6:55 p.m. with comments from School Committee Chair. *** UPDATED at 4:22 p.m. with comments from Framingham Teachers Association President. *** Contract negotiations with the Framingham Teachers Association have been tense the past couple of months. Teachers have expressed a frustration with the process and attended a School Committee meeting in December by the hundreds. Teachers have been without a contract since Aug. 31. And the situation got even more tense on Monday, when a scheduled meeting betwen the two sides was cancelled. Tuesday night at the Framingham School Committee meeting, Framingham Superintendent of Schools Stacy Scott said "We had two meetings scheduled in January where we were working with a mediator to …
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Susin Carlson
9:59 pm on Thursday, January 10, 2013
My kids know, they were told by their teachers. Not sure how I feel about that. I'd rather have heard from the Principal or School Committee. The stress level is high enough in High School without them taking on this too. Clearly the adults need to get it together and get the job done with respect to all the issues. more ›