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Dear Colleagues, I hope you each had a productive week as we prepare to enter the final days of our school year next week. I know these last days are often very busy and fraught with emotion as we say… Continue Reading Superintendent’s Bulletin: 06/09/23

Dear Colleagues, Today is graduation day for our senior class! In just a few hours, 356 of our students will walk across our outdoor stage, representing an extraordinary journey through this first phase of their lives. Graduation day is one… Continue Reading Superintendent’s Bulletin: 06/02/23

Dear Colleagues, I hope you each had a productive week. We had a wonderful parade and fireworks on Sunday as well our METCO awards for K-12 students. The beautiful weather we��ve been having has been well-timed for the many field… Continue Reading Superintendent’s Bulletin: 05/26/23

Dear Colleagues, I hope you each had a productive week. The big news coming out of last weekend was that the School Committee and the WEA had reached a settlement for each of the five units involved in the ongoing… Continue Reading Superintendent’s Bulletin: 05/19/23

Dear Members of the WPS Community: We are writing to inform you that early this morning, the School Committee was very pleased to receive notification from the Wellesley Educators Association (WEA) that its leadership team has agreed to accept the… Continue Reading 5-12-2023 Update from the Wellesley School Committee

Updated May 16, 2023 Please see May 13, 2023 Joint Statement by the Wellesley School Committee and the Wellesley Educators Association Timeline Collective bargaining for all five units of the Wellesley Educators Association (WEA) began in February 2022. While progress… Continue Reading Collective Bargaining Information

Dear Members of the WPS Community: We are writing to inform you that the Wellesley School Committee has filed a strike petition with the Department of Labor Relations this evening to prevent the Wellesley Educators Association from engaging in an… Continue Reading 05-11-2023 Statement from the Wellesley School Committee

Dear Members of the WPS Community, We are writing to update you on the status of collective bargaining with the Wellesley Educators Association, and to share with you a detailed look at the package we presented on behalf of the… Continue Reading 05-09-2023 Update on Negotiations

The Committee has offered significant additional parental leave benefits from the most recent contractual agreement with the WEA (2019-2022), which provided three weeks to the non-birthing parent but 8-12 weeks to birthing and adoptive parents to be paid out of… Continue Reading Parental Leave

Elementary Specialists The WEA initially requested that as of July 1, all specialist teachers at the elementary level (art, music, library, physical education) be guaranteed 1.0 full-time equivalent (FTE) positions at each elementary school. The School Committee could not support… Continue Reading Elementary Specialists