Board of School Directors of Washington Supervisory Union v. Cabot Teachers' Assn. and Twinfield Education Assn.

2018 VT 24

• Court: Supreme Court of Vermont
• Decided: February 23, 2018
• Docket: 2017-186
• Status: Published

Opinion

ENTRY ORDER

2018 VT 24

SUPREME COURT DOCKET NO. 2017-186

DECEMBER TERM, 2017

Board of School Directors of } APPEALED FROM: Washington Northeast Supervisory Union } } v. } Labor Relations Board } Cabot Teachers’ Association and } Twinfield Education Association } DOCKET NO. 16-60

In the above-entitled cause, the Clerk will enter:

¶ 1. Appellant Board of School Directors of Washington Northeast Supervisory Union appeals the Vermont Labor Relations Board’s conclusion that Appellees Cabot Teachers’ Association and Twinfield Education Association did not commit an unfair labor practice by declining to engage in collective bargaining in a public session. Appellant’s appeal hinges on its legal argument that collective bargaining negotiating sessions between the school board negotiations council and the teachers organization negotiations council are public meetings subject to the requirements of Vermont’s Open Meeting Law. We rejected that argument in our decision in Negotiations Committee of Caledonia Central Supervisory Union v. Caledonia Central Education Association issued this day. See 2018 VT 18, ___ Vt. ___, ___ A.3d ___. Accordingly, for the reasons set forth in that decision, we affirm the VLRB’s ruling in this case.

Affirmed.

BY THE COURT:

Paul L. Reiber, Chief Justice

Publish Marilyn S. Skoglund, Associate Justice Do Not Publish

Beth Robinson, Associate Justice

Harold E. Eaton, Jr., Associate Justice

Karen R. Carroll, Associate Justice