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In scheduling teachers, the administration will attempt to keep the number of different rooms in
which assignments occur at a minimum.

Teachers desiring special attention and supportive help and guidance may seek same from the
Building Administration and other supervisors.

1. On the secondary level no teacher shall be required to have more than five (5) periods of
class instruction per day, more than six (6) different classes per marking period, nor more
than four (4) different class preparations per marking period.

2. A "class preparation" means a period of instruction which requires selection and
organization of teaching content, materials and procedures, and/or the evaluation of the
written and oral work of the students. Thus, if a school divides a given grade level into
"College English" and "General English", this should be viewed as two distinct "class
preparations". Subjects which are similar, but still clearly different, such as first year
typing and second year typing, are considered as different "class preparations", whereas
"personal typing" and first year typing may be considered as one preparation. Under
certain arrangements for alternating subjects, two grade levels may be combined to form
a single class. Each class of this type can be considered as one preparation.

A "period of class instruction" means a period devoted to any form of systematic,
organized instruction.

3. A “period of class instruction” and a “class preparation” do not include a period of up to
twenty (20) minutes to provide students with opportunities for advisory, co-curricular,
make-up, enrichment or extra help, with time provided for preparation during the school
day. A joint labor-management committee will be formed to assess the effectiveness of
how this time is used.

1. Recognizing that class size is an important factor in providing quality education the
BOARD will make reasonable efforts to meet the minimum standards established by the
New Hampshire State Department of Education.

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2. At the elementary level, class sizes shall not exceed the following:

Kindergarten 23
Readiness 18
Grades | & Il 27
Grades III-V 30
3. At the secondary level teachers shall be limited to a maximum of thirty-one (31) pupils per

subject class (forty (40) pupils for physical education) except for (1) study halls, band,
chorus, and similar activities and (2) programs of team teaching, large group instruction,
educational television, film instruction, group lectures and similar instructional methods.

Class size will be determined on the first school day in October of each school year. The
overage formula provided in Article 8.4.D.6 shall be paid for any overage experienced
between the first day of school in September and October 1, provided that the overage(s)
during that period continue beyond October 1.

5. No secondary counselor shall have more than a total of 325 students.

counselors at Nashua High School shall have no more than a total of

300 students. The BOARD agrees to implement the state standards for elementary
counselor student loads.

6. In the event a class size with the exception of Kindergarten and Readiness classes as set
forth in this Article 8:4D is exceeded after the first school day in October, the teacher of
said class shall receive additional compensation for each excess pupil for the time such
excess exists computed according to the following formula: For the first two excess
pupils, Elementary -- Three times (number of school days the excess pupil is enrolled in
the class) times [(the District average teacher base annual salary divided by 184 days)
divided by the maximum class size as set forth in this Article 8:4D)]; Secondary -- Three
times (number of school days the excess pupil is enrolled in the class divided by 5) times
[(the District average teacher base annual salary divided by 184 days) divided by the
maximum class size as set forth in this article 8:4D)]. For the third and fourth excess
pupil, two times the formula set forth in the first sentence of this section. For the fifth and
sixth excess pupil, three times said formula. For the seventh and eighth pupil, four times
said formula.

Average teacher base annual salary shall be determined by the combined salaries paid in
accordance with the Teacher Salary Schedule to all full-time Annual and Continuing
Contract, Federally Funded Special Education, and Continuing Substitute teachers, other
than school psychologists and school nurses, in active service with the District on the first
day of the school year divided by the number of said teachers. The payment for excess
pupils shall be made in a lump sum within thirty (30) days of the conclusion of each
semester of each school year.

E At the secondary level with the exception of physical education and those exceptions noted under
8:4D.3 above, no teacher shall have a teaching load in excess of 150 per grading cycle. Load will
be determined on the first school day in October of each school year.

F. The BOARD will limit assignments in computer, secondary science, business, FACS (family and
consumer science), industrial arts and
courses so that the number of students will, within a 10% margin, not exceed the number of
students who can be accommodated by the number of student work stations. Load will be
determined on the first school day in October of each school year.

G. A six-hour per day aide for each four sections of kindergarten will be provided.

Student Health

A. Eye testing shall be done by professionally trained personnel.

B. A full time nurse shall be assigned to each large school to care for children who become ill and to

carry out a program of health education through lecture and demonstration.
C. Weighing and measuring of children shall be done, or supervised, by the school nurse.

Scholarship and Standards

Teachers shall maintain the right and responsibility to grade pupils based upon records maintained by the
teacher with respect to each pupil.

Job Descriptions
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shall have a job description.

Parent-Teacher Conferences

Parent-teacher conferences are to be held as deemed necessary by the teacher, a parent, or in individual
cases, the principal.

ARTICLE IX

Transfers, Vacancies and Promotions

Definitions

A.

Postings

A.

A promotional opportunity shall be defined as the positions within the collective bargaining unit of
head teacher or department chairperson, and positions outside the collective bargaining unit
which require greater supervisory responsibility, authority, and leadership skills.

A transfer shall be defined as a geographical change from one school to another to non-
promotional positions within the bargaining unit, or a change from the designated area in which the
teacher spends the greatest portion of the teacher's regular work schedule to another designated
area.

An intrabuilding reassignment shall be defined as a change in assignment within a designated
area within a school.

A permanent vacancy is a vacancy in a position which is not eliminated by the District, and which
occurs by reason of retirement, resignation, death, or other permanent termination of employment;
or a new position.

Promotional opportunities and other District teaching opportunities because of vacancies and new
positions which the BOARD wishes to fill on a temporary or permanent basis shall, except in an
emergency, be posted for ten (10) calendar days prior to the positions being filled. All notices shall
be posted in the administrative office, and shall also be sent to the UNION by email and included
in email communication such as iNews or other school newsletters when posted. All posting
notices referred to herein shall delineate the duties, rate of compensation, and qualifications for
the position. All applicants not selected for promotional positions will be notified of the BOARD'S
decision in writing.

A list of known permanent vacancies for the following school year will be posted annually in each
school by April 15 and again by the last day of the pupil school year. Teachers desiring to be
considered for such vacancies will submit a letter to the Human Resources Director by May 5 for
the April 15 posting, or by June 30 for the last day of the pupil school year posting.

Transfer Requests

Teachers who desire a change in teaching or building assignment may file a written request with the District

Human Resources Office not later than

of the school year preceding the school year for

which the change is desired. Such request shall be considered valid for one (1) year as a bona fide request
for change.

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9:4

Transfer Notification

Notice of transfer or non-transfer will be given in writing to each teacher making a request under Article 9:3
as soon as practicable and under normal circumstances not later than June 30. After June 30 until the
beginning of the new school year, notice of all personnel actions with respect to transfers will be sent to the
UNION and posted in the Administration Building and in each school, within five work days.

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9:5 Intrabuilding Reassignments

Intrabuilding reassignments, necessitated by concern about a teacher's effectiveness in their existing grade
level, to vacant or newly formed positions will supersede voluntary reassignments to such positions.

Reassignments occasioned by administrative desires to have teachers teach on different grade levels,
absent a concern about a teacher's effectiveness in their existing grade level and unrelated to a specific
student program, shall be done on a voluntary basis.

In making intrabuilding reassignments, except as specifically indicated above, teachers within the
designated area within the school who volunteer will be chosen first if qualified. No voluntary transfer will
occur before a voluntary reassignment. In making an intrabuilding reassignment a teacher's level of
performance and professional growth within and outside the district, applicable experience, the needs of the
school, and seniority will be considered.

9:6 Voluntary Transfers

In making voluntary transfers to permanent vacancies within a designated area as set forth in Appendix H,
only teachers who are currently teaching in that designated area shall be eligible. Title | teachers shall be

putshall net be-ebligated te-grant the transfer The District shall consider all internal applicants within the
designated area for a transfer. The applicants shall be interviewed for the position requested, but the
District shall not be obligated to grant a transfer.

9:7 Involuntary Transfers

A. When involuntary transfers are necessary because of a reduction in positions in a particular
designated area in a particular school the least senior teacher in the school experiencing the
reduction shall have the option of voluntarily transferring into the vacancy, after other voluntary
transfer rights have been implemented, or forcing an involuntary transfer of the least senior
teacher in the designated area, provided the teacher to be transferred is qualified for the vacant
position. If, however, the least senior teacher in the designated area is already in the school
experiencing the vacancy, the least senior teacher in the school experiencing the reduction shall
be transferred into the vacancy and shall not be able to displace any other teacher in the District.
Qualifications shall be determined by training and experience related to the vacant position.

This Article 9:7A shall only apply when there is a single involuntary transfer in a designated area.

B. In making involuntary transfers occasioned by a reduction of more than one position in a
designated area in a school, the least senior teacher from the designated area in the school
experiencing the reduction shall be transferred, except that the next senior teacher and teachers in
order of seniority thereafter may be transferred before the junior teacher, if the senior teacher's
level of performance in the teacher's current position is significantly inferior to the junior teacher in
which case the senior teacher shall be transferred first, provided the teacher is qualified to perform
in the vacant position. Qualifications shall be determined by experience and training related to the
vacant position.

C. In all other involuntary transfers, level of performance, needs of the District including if a school
has been deemed nonperforming under the No Child Left Behind legislation, seniority, experience

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and training related to the position to which the teacher will be transferred will be the only criteria
used in making the decision.

Filling of Permanent Vacancies

A permanent vacancy occurring from the beginning of the second semester of a school year until April 30
shall be filled by the BOARD with a Continuing Substitute if a qualified Continuing Substitute is available,
and, if not, by a per diem or interim substitute. A permanent vacancy occurring from May 1 to the
conclusion of the school year shall be filled with a per diem or interim substitute. Except as provided in
Article 9:2B a permanent vacancy occurring from the conclusion of the school year to the beginning of the
second semester of the next ensuing school year shall be filled in any manner the BOARD deems
appropriate.

Change Of Employment Status

A. Teachers (Other than School Nurses)

1. Any person who for a period in excess of 90 school days fills a particular position which is
permanently vacant for at least that period, shall then be employed under partial year or
annual contract, or as a Continuing Substitute teacher.

2. Any person who for a period in excess of 180 school days fills a particular position which
is permanently vacant for at least that period, shall then be employed under partial year
or annual contract.

3. Any person who for a period in excess of 90 school days fills a particular position which is
temporarily vacant for at least that period by reason of an extended leave, shall then be
employed as a Continuing Substitute teacher.

B. School Nurses

1. Any registered nurse licensed by the state of New Hampshire who for a period in excess
of 90 school days fills a regular school nurse position which is permanently vacant for at
least that period, shall then be employed as a regular school nurse or as a continuing
substitute school nurse.

2. Any registered nurse licensed by the state of New Hampshire who for a period in excess
of 180 school days fills a regular school nurse position which is permanently vacant for at
least that period, shall then be employed as a regular school nurse.

3. Any registered nurse licensed by the state of New Hampshire who for a period in excess
of 90 school days fills a regular position which is temporarily vacant for at least that period
by reason of an approved extended leave, shall then be employed as a continuing
substitute school nurse.

4. Any registered nurse licensed by the state of New Hampshire who for a period in excess
of 200 continuous school days fills a temporary school nurse position, shall then be
employed as a regular school nurse.

Closing Of School Building

If the BOARD closes a school building, and consolidates the services provided in that building with other
facilities, the BOARD and the UNION will discuss the implementation of these transfer procedures prior to
the implementation of any transfers.

Order Of Implementation

The provisions of Article 7:8 (Reduction in Staff) shall be implemented prior to the implementation of this
Article IX. The provisions of Section 7:9 (Recall) shall be implemented subsequent to the implementation of
this Article IX.

Program Opportunities

A. No teacher shall be required to work in programs which extend beyond the normal school day.
However, teachers may volunteer to do so. When a vacancy in such work occurs, teachers
currently employed in the District shall be given the opportunity to work in programs operating
beyond the regular school day or year. The Superintendent shall post the title, qualifications,
duties, requirements, and the salary. The Superintendent shall appoint the applicant most
qualified for such work. If all qualifications of the applicants are equal then seniority in the District
shall govern.

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B. Factors relevant to qualifications shall include formal education and actual relevant experience.

C. The BOARD may deviate from this policy only for good cause which shall not be arbitrary,
capricious or without rational basis in fact.

9:13 Probation For Nurses

The probationary period for nurses shall be thirty (30) workdays of active employment as a school nurse.
The District may extend the probationary period up to the amount of authorized paid leave or sick leave
taken by a probationary employee.

The District may terminate a school nurse at any time during the nurse's probationary period.

Probationary school nurses are not entitled to paid sick or personal days.

ARTICLE X

Educational Council/Supplemental Budget

A. A joint Educational Council shall continue to operate during the term of this Agreement. It shall
consist of three (3) representatives of the BOARD, one of which shall be the Superintendent or his
designee, and three (3) Nashua teachers appointed by the UNION. The Council shall meet at
least four (4) times a year and advise the BOARD on matters of mutual concern and other related
matters regarding the effective operation of the District. Principals may be invited as observers
whenever the items proposed for discussion are directly related to areas over which they exercise
primary authority.

B. The Educational Council shall establish its own rules of procedure and shall provide for a rotating
chairman who shall be responsible for the arrangement and conduct of meetings.

C. The Council shall meet by prepared agenda.

D. The Council shall be empowered by majority vote to form sub-committees to study and render
reports to the Council.

E. The function of the Educational Council is to recommend for BOARD consideration the
establishment of policies and practices pertinent to the District. The Council in preparing their
recommendation for BOARD consideration shall at all times avail itself of the most up-to-date
research pertinent to such recommendations. In addition, it shall provide for majority reports and
minority reports, if any, pertinent to its recommendations.

F. All reports and recommendations outlined above in Section D and E shall be in writing.

G. The BOARD in order to establish this Council and to enable it to function adequately agrees to
budget $1,000 annually to provide for expenditures related to the work of the Council.

H. A supplementary budget of $10,000 in each school year shall be established to provide for needs
not previously anticipated and to allow teachers to capitalize on new and innovative materials

which become available during the course of the school year. The Council may make
recommendations to the BOARD concerning the disbursement of said funds.

ARTICLE XI

Union Representatives

Official List and Nashua Teachers Union Representatives

The UNION shall furnish the BOARD with a list of its officers and authorized building representatives, and shall as
soon as possible notify the BOARD in writing of any changes. No Union Representative shall be recognized by the
BOARD except those designated in writing by the UNION.

ARTICLE XIl

Union Privileges and Responsibilities

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12:1 Fair Practices
As exclusive representative, the UNION shall not preclude from membership any person in the unit
described in ARTICLE |. The UNION will represent equally all persons described in ARTICLE | without
regard to membership in, participation, or activities in the UNION.

12:2 Recognition of Local Organization Representative

The Principal shall recognize the UNION building representative as the official representative of the
bargaining unit in the schools.

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12:4

12:5

12:6

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12:9

Distribution of Material - Mail Boxes

Officers or officials of the recognized teacher bargaining agent, and of no other teacher organization which
purports to represent teachers for collective bargaining purposes, shall have the right to reasonable use of
the school mail boxes for distribution of organizational material provided such materials are in good taste
and provided that such materials shall not include campaign organization material related to local, state or
national political matters.

School Meetings

The authorized representative of the UNION shall have the right to schedule UNION meetings in the
building before or after regular class hours, and during lunch time of the employees involved. Such meeting
shall not in any manner disrupt the normal operation of the school and shall be subject to prior approval of
the building principal.

No Local Organization Activity on School Time

Except as provided herein, the UNION agrees that no teacher will engage in UNION activity during the time
the teacher is assigned to teaching or other duties.

Protection of Individual and Group Rights

Nothing contained herein shall be construed to prevent the BOARD, a member of the BOARD or its
designated representatives from meeting with any teacher for expression of the teacher's views.

In the area of this Agreement, and for the term hereof, no changes or modifications shall be made except
through negotiations with the UNION.

Nothing contained herein shall be construed to permit an organization other than the UNION to appear in
an official capacity in the processing of a grievance.

Nothing contained herein shall be construed to prevent any employee from informally discussing any
dispute with the person's immediate supervisor or processing a grievance on the person's own behalf in
accordance with the Grievance Procedure heretofore set forth in ARTICLE Ill.

Information
1. The BOARD shall make available to the UNION upon its request any and all available information

in the public domain, such as statistics and records relevant to negotiations, or necessary for the
proper enforcement of the terms of this Agreement.

2. If the public agenda of a BOARD meeting has been prepared 24 hours in advance of such BOARD
meeting, it shall be made available to the President of the UNION.

3. A copy of the minutes of all BOARD meetings shall be made available to the President of the
Union.

Faculty Bulletin Board Use

The UNION shall be permitted to post UNION related notices and other materials on the faculty bulletin
board provided that such notices and/or materials shall not include campaign organization materials related
to local, state, or national political matters.

Leave for Union Business

A. The President of the UNION, or designee, shall be granted five (5) days of paid leave for the
purpose of UNION business.

B. The President of the Union, upon request, shall be granted either a reduced teaching schedule of
50% that of a full-time teacher or a leave of absence.

A request for such reduced schedule or leave of absence must be made no later than June 30 of
the school year prior to the school year for which the request is effective.

Arrangements for the reduced teaching schedule are to be made between the Union and the
Superintendent.

C. In the case of the reduced teaching schedule, salary and benefits paid by the District shall be
consistent with those afforded similarly situated teachers with the same teaching schedule, except
as otherwise provided in this article 12:9.

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