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Schools, unions face busy contract talks season
Jeremy P. Kelley
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Kettering s school board this week ratified a new contract agreement with its teachers union. MARSHALL GORBY/STAFF
More than half of the Dayton area’s public school districts will be in contract negotiations with their employee unions this spring, affecting school budgets, plus pay and working conditions for staff.
While COVID-related issues like online teaching and safety protocols have dominated the past year in schools, those issues seem to be less central to contract talks.
Kettering City Schools and the Miami Valley Career Technology Center are among the very few who have already ratified new contract agreements this spring. Superintendent Nick Weldy said there were no changes tied to COVID issues in MVCTC’s new three-year contract, adding that after a “crazy year,” people wanted to keep negotiations simple. ....

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