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<\/a>Tentative Agreement reached between KPBSD and KPEA & KPESA<\/span> <\/em><\/strong>\n<\/em><\/strong>All 42 KPBSD schools will open with a two-hour delay start on September 17, 2019*<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n
Soldotna, September 17, 2019\u2014At 1:37 AM, t<\/strong>he Kenai Peninsula Borough School District (KPBSD), the Kenai Peninsula Education Association (KPEA) and the Kenai Peninsula Education Support Association (KPESA) reached a Tentative Agreement, for a three year contract for the time period of July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2021.<\/strong> \u201cAfter months of hard work and strained emotions the bargaining teams came together tonight in the spirit of compromise,\u201d said Superintendent John O\u2019Brien. \u201cTogether we can all now focus on our core mission: educating the children of the Kenai. I look forward to working together with our staff and this community to advocate for public education on behalf of our students. Together we will continue to innovate and lead our state with the high quality of education we provide to our students.\u201d Details will be posted on the KPBSD Collective Bargaining webpage<\/a> and the KPEA-KPESA.org<\/a> later in the day on Tuesday.<\/p>\n ### News Release, September 17, 2019 Tentative Agreement reached between KPBSD and KPEA & KPESA All 42 KPBSD schools will open with a two-hour delay start on September 17, 2019* Soldotna, … Continue reading “Tentative Agreement reached | KPBSD schools will open on 2-hour delay start”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":126,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[255],"class_list":["post-5846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-release","tag-collective-bargaining"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/126"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5846"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5846\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n*All 42 KPBSD schools will open with a two-hour delay start on Tuesday, September 17, 2019. Student absences will be excused\u2014simply call the school. Buses will run two hours later than usual in the morning. Sports and after-school activities will take place on a normal Tuesday schedule.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
\n\u201cWorking together, we were able to find a creative solution with the District that will keep kids in class and educators working,\u201d said Anne McCabe, President of KPESA. \u201cThis process has drawn on for nearly two years and I\u2019m pleased that we\u2019ve reached a tentative agreement that values our educators and the students they work with every day.\u201d
\n\u201cThis tentative agreement represents a big step forward for everyone working to improve the lives of Kenai Peninsula students,\u201d said David Brighton, KPEA President. \u201cI\u2019m proud of the work we\u2019ve done, and I\u2019m pleased that we are able to find a compromise with the District.\u201d
\n\u201cI am extremely pleased that both negotiating teams have reached an agreement and the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District can get back to doing what it does best: educating our students through the many quality programs and activities it has put in place and preparing them for their future,\u201d said Penny Vadla, Board of Education President. \u201cWe, as a board, are looking forward to a bright future.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\nDocument: September 17, 2019 Collective Bargaining Signed Tentative Agreement<\/a><\/h2>\n
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