Brookline, Teachers Union Hone in on Deal

BROOKLINE, MA – Brookline Public Schools announced Thursday that the town is edging closer to finalizing a teachers contract, capping more than a year of debate between the two sides.

According to the announcement, the Brookline School Committee and Brookline Educators Union reached an agreement on a contract for teachers. Contracts for administrators and teaching aides are still in negotiations.

Read the statement from Brookline Public Schools below:

The Brookline School Committee (BSC) is very pleased that after another mediation session with the Brookline Educators Union (BEU) that went into the early hours of Wednesday morning, the two parties signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to settle the contract negotiations with Brookline’s teachers in the BEU Unit A. The agreement still needs to be ratified by the membership of the BEU and approved by the School Committee, but we hope that this agreement will allow everyone in the Public Schools of Brookline to continue building on the positive energy and collaborative spirit that has marked the beginning of this new school year.
We will continue to work with the mediator toward agreements for the remaining Unit B (Administrators) and Paraprofessional Unit. The next mediation session is scheduled for September 27.

The latest development furthers progress made between the two sides in August, when a joint statement was released indicating a deal was on the horizon after a series of marathon negotiating sessions.

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