Board settles two disputes with the teachers' union

What happened

On November 18, 2025 the board approved two agreements with the Union Township Education Association: a settlement of a Public Employment Relations Commission unfair practice docket, and a settlement and release resolving a grievance. The non-public detail is appended to the agenda rather than published. Five months later the same association publicly opposed the board's budget and the reduction in force it approved.

Why it matters to families

Settlements with a teachers' union set the terms staff work under, and they are one of the few places where a dispute between a board and its teachers becomes a matter of record. The terms here are withheld, so what the board agreed is not public, but the sequence, two settlements in November and open opposition to the budget in April, shows the relationship under strain in a year of staff cuts.

The evidence

The November 18, 2025 agenda and minutes carry resolutions L-1, approving a settlement agreement between the Union Township Education Association and the board regarding PERC Docket No. CO-2023-157, and L-2, approving a settlement agreement and release regarding a grievance, both in accordance with non-public information appended to the agenda. The April 30, 2026 minutes record the association's officers opposing the budget resolutions and the reduction in force.

The source