Tell Us: What Are YOUR Thoughts on the Teacher Contract Negotiations?

Moms Talk is a new feature on Bloomfield Patch that is part of a new initiative on our Patch sites to reach out to moms and families.

Each week in Moms Talk, our Moms Council of experts and smart moms take your questions, give advice and share solutions.

Moms, dads, grandparents and the diverse families who make up our community will have a new resource for questions about local neighborhood schools, the best pediatricians, 24-hour pharmacies and the thousands of other issues that arise while raising children.

Bloomfield Patch's Moms Council is headed by two mothers in town - Veronica Yankowski, whose daughter attends and another mother who has a son in and a daughter in . Bloomfield Patch met up with the Moms Council to discuss the latest parenting hot topics in town.

Kicking off our first Moms Talk Q&A session is an ongoing issue on every parents' - and taxpayers' - mind: . Bloomfield parents say the effects of the controversial negotiations have trickled down to the kids, who are now asking why teachers dress in all black on Tuesdays. Parents fear teachers will go elsewhere for work and, for this reason, a handful of moms and dads in town say their children will not be attending Bloomfield High School.