Proposed Teachers' Contract Goes Before Barrington School Committee

The Barrington School Committee meets today at 7 pm in a special session to discuss and vote on a proposed teachers’ contract for the next three years. 

The board also will discuss and vote on a new contract for custodians.

The special meeting starts at 7:30 pm in the School Committee meeting room in Town Hall.

"That's the intent of the meeting," said School Committee Chairman Robert Shea Jr. "To approve the contracts. Everything will be done in public."

The National Education Association Barrington and Steelworkers contracts will run from July 1 to June 30, 2016.

The special meeting follows a separate 6 pm subcommittee meeting on the cost of all-day kindergarten in the conference room in Barrington High School.