Brandon Twp.-By a 7-0 vote, the school board ratified a three-year contract with the Brandon Education Association during the board meeting Monday night.
The ratification of the contract comes after only three and a half days of negotiations between the board and the BEA which represents about 200 teachers said Tom Miller, Brandon Schools superintendent and chief negotiator for the district.
‘We’re very pleased with this agreement,? said Miller. ‘The contract was difficult to work out given the state mandates to add days to the school year. The start of the 2006-2007 school year will now be after Labor Day. The collaborative nature of this bargaining process has made this contract possible.?