The Acton-Boxborough Regional School Committee (SC), in its haste to approve a new three-year teacher's union agreement (for 2015-17) and despite a promise to allow for meaningful public input prior to its vote, approved a new contract with financial documentation that appears to underestimate the future salary cost of teachers.
Acton Forum has not received an answer as to the extent of this oversight, but we estimate it could be $1,000,000 over the four-year contract period ($100,000 a year, cumulatively).
This was one reason why Acton Forum (AF) editors Allen Nitschelm and Charlie Kadlec asked for (and received a promise to have) a delay in the final vote, so that members of the public could ask questions about the proposal before it is approved. The promise made to the AF editors was broken during this contract renewal process....
