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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can someone speak to how teacher contracts factor into this?  All I know is that teachers who are returning sign contracts in the spring for the following year - this lets schools figure out how many slots they have to fill for the following year.  Is it possible for DCPS to make in-person teaching a requirement in the 2021-22 contracts?  At least this way schools would know in the spring if they have a staffing problem for opening in the fall.

I fear that DCPS is going to leave this issue to the summer and then start negotiating a new MOU with the WTU.  At that point the WTU holds significant leverage because they can refuse to show up when school opens and the prime window for hiring teachers has closed.  Wouldn't it be better to know that  earlier?[/quote]

Teachers do not sign yearly contracts in DCPS. The last contract is 2 years old.  DCPS would have to have negotiated a new contract (which they aren’t doing ) then it would be voted on by the union and the council.

If you are talking about the MOA, that’s different.  The MOA runs through the end of this school year or as long as the public health emergency lasts.  So I guess that DCPS should be negotiating that, but that isn’t how DCPS works.  They wait until the last minute to do everything [/quote]

I think what PP is talking about is some kind of intent-to-return form, which isn't a contract. Just used for staffing purposes and planning class sizes for the next year.[/quote]

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