Paraeducators Negotiations Team Delcares Impasse

Last week, the Paraeducator Negotiations Team declared impasse, ending negotiations with the Board of Education.  The next step will be for the Union and the Board to agree on a mediator and schedule mediation. The mediator will try and help the Union and the Board finalize the remaining items on the table. Those items, what impasse is, and next steps will be discussed at the Paraeducator Membership Meeting on Wednesday, November 9th at 4:00pm at Nashua High School North. You must be a member of Unit B - Paraeducators to attend the meeting. If you are unsure of your membership status, please contract the Union Office. Information will be available to paraeducators who were unable to attend after the meeting on the 9th. 

With the declaration of impasse, the Paraeducator Contract Campaign has begun. Teachers have been asked to submit quotes about the paraeducators they work with, and I have been turning them into graphics used on our social media platforms. Those images are below as well. All of the graphics include the tagline Paraeducators, the heartbeat of our schools. This will also be used on a new, paraeducator-specific shirt, and on new signs. I am going to be asking the membership to come out to the Board of Education meeting on Monday, November 29th to hold signs, and hopefully have some members speak to the crucial role our paraeducators play in our schools. I am also going to be looking for some paraeducators to speak about a day in the life of a para. That will be eye-opening to the Board.