Many of you have expressed concerns about a potential interruption of Nashua’s school system next week. As you are aware, the Nashua Board of Education and the Nashua Teachers’ Union are continuing to negotiate a contract for our teachers and school nurses. In fact, a negotiating session is scheduled for tomorrow, Saturday, March 29. There is uncertainty for you and for us because of the strike announced by the Nashua Teachers Union for Monday, March 31, 2008.
As Superintendent of Schools, I believe in the dedication of our teachers in Nashua. I believe that they want to be with their students. At this time, therefore, we are planning on our schools being open on Monday.
But I need to tell you that I will not place our students in a situation of conflict or danger, and therefore I may need to notify you on Monday that schools are closed. If that is the case, I will be utilizing Parent Link, the District's web site, www.nashua.edu, and media outlets early Monday morning to let you know if school is cancelled, just as I normally do when school is cancelled because of inclement weather.
I remain hopeful that a fair contract between the Nashua Board of Education and the Nashua Teachers Union can be negotiated this weekend to avoid the announced strike.
This is an ongoing situation and I want to thank you for your patience.
Christopher Hottel
Superintendent of Schools
Nashua School District
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I really love how the Telegraph botched this up in their article to make it sound like Hottel was definitely closing school on Monday, no questions asked.
Thank you, Telegraph: making news 20 times harder to understand since the 19th century.
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