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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Interesting article posted a few hours ago about negotiations with the teacher's union:
https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/schools/mcps-teachers-union-nearing-impasse-in-contract-negotiations/

It also gives some hints about the fall, or at least when we'll know more:

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Once the next MCEA contract is finalized, union and MCPS officials will begin a new round of bargaining “on everything related to” fall classes, “because we [b]definitely will not be bringing 166,000 kids back to classes in August[/b] for the first day of school,” Lloyd said.
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and

[quote]MCPS has not yet released a plan for fall teaching, but Turner said the school board is expected to receive a briefing in July.[/quote]

So as I read this:

1. The earliest we'll know about fall plans is in July. 
2. They haven't started working on fall plans, as it needs to be negotiated with the teacher's union first.
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I’m assuming that some of the issues related to the fall would come up in the contract negotiation process. For example, if MCPS wants to be able to furlough or reassign teachers who aren’t doing much in DL (specials teachers, reading/math specialists, etc.) then I assume that would need to be added into the overall contract.

Also, from the article it sounds like the union is taking a more adversarial approach rather than considering where there can be issues negotiated on a win-win basis (example of win-win: I care more about A than B, and you care more about B than A, so you give me what I want on A and I give you what you want on B, and we are both better off). That sounds like a bad choice that will increase the chance that the state will have to intervene.

Speaking of which, are there instances in which the state has intervened in the past in MCPS or other school districts? How have those turned out?[/quote]

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