Anne Arundel teachers’ working conditions, pay increases set by labor relations board order; school board adopts plan

Working conditions and pay increases for members of the Teacher’s Association of Anne Arundel County are set for the school year after an impasse in negotiations was resolved by a mediator. The union and Board of Education were unable to reach an agreement for the current school year before the prior contract expired June 30. The Public School Labor Relations Board, an independent quasi-judicial state agency, determined negotiations were at an impasse on July 10, according to AACPS. Mediation was ordered but was unsuccessful as of July 29, when the mediator offered a settlement to both parties.