The Andover Education Association has won an appeal to a Department of Labor decision regarding the Andover School Committee’s actions in a 2019 conduct investigation at the South Elementary School.

A previous Sept. 27, 2021 decision regarding the 2019 internal investigation into allegations of a hostile workplace environment at South School Elementary, found some complaints later lodged against the School Committee to be valid and while others were dismissed.

A new ruling issued on August 16, 2022 by the Commonwealth Employment Relations Board (CERB) reverses an aspect of the prior ruling.

The CERB found that the Andover School Committee violated state law and unfairly targeted the teachers union when it released certain documents related to the investigation to the media without first allowing the AEA to review and challenge them.

This is a big win for the AEA and teacher’s unions across Massachusetts. It is also a big loss for school committees who thought they could skirt the rules and release information that would damage teachers without any recourse.

The Andover Education Association has won an appeal to a Department of Labor decision regarding the Andover School Committee’s actions in a 2019 conduct investigation at the South Elementary School. In September of 2021, a decision was made that found some complaints later lodged against the School Committee to be valid and while others were dismissed. However, a new ruling issued on August 16, 2022 by the Commonwealth Employment Relations Board (CERB) reverses an aspect of the prior ruling; finding that the Andover School Committee violated state law and unfairly targeted the teachers union when it released certain documents related to the investigation to the media without first allowing the AEA to review and challenge them. This isa big win for not only the AEA but also teacher‘s unions across Massachusetts; setting a precedent that these types of school committees cannot skirt around the rules and releasing damaging information about teachers without any typeof recourse.

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