The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records June 17, 2024 SPR24/1672 David OConnor Records Access Officer Everett School Department 121 Vine Street Everett, MA 02149 Dear Mr. OConnor: I have received the petition of Liz Neisloss, of WGBH, appealing the response of the Everett Public Schools (School) to a request for public records. See G.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records August 21, 2024 SPR24/2239 David OConnor Records Access Officer Everett Public Schools 121 Vine Street Everett, MA 02149 Dear Mr. OConnor: I have received the petition of Joan P. Beckta appealing the response of the Everett Public Schools (School) to a request for public records. See G.

THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL ONE ASHBURTON PLACE BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02108 (617) 727-2200 www.mass.gov/ago February 3, 2023 OML 2023 10 Everett School Committee Subcommittee on Finance and Negotiation c/o Michael Mangan 104 Walnut Street Everett, MA 02149 By email only: Michael.Mangan@ci.everett.ma.us RE: Open Meeting Law Complaints Dear Mr.

Everett, MA 02149 | Re: UP-18-6882, Sunrise of Burlington Dear Ms. Tufts: On September 11, 2018, you filed a charge of prohibited practice (Charge) with the Massachusetts Department of Labor Relations (DLR) alleging that Sunrise of Burlington (Employer or Sunrise) had violated M.G.L. c.150A, Section 6, M.G.L. c.150E, Section 10, and various other state and federal statutes when it terminated you from employment.

Deputy General Counsel Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education 135 Santilli Highway Everett, MA 02149-1962 deborah.steenland@mass.gov RE: Open Meeting Law Complaints Dear Attorney Steenland: This office received complaints from Shannon Llewellyn and Catherine Vitale on July 29 and August 6, 1 respectively, alleging that the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (the Board) violated the Open Meeting Law, G.L. c. 30A, 18

City of Everett, 26 MLC 25, 27, MUP-1542 (July 22, 1999). Here, the Union failed to present sufficient evidence to establish that the Board repudiated the parties MOA. The Union alleges that the Board repudiated the MOA by assigning ISOs to shifts other than the third shift and also by assigning ISOs to perform CPOs duties. First, a plain reading of the MOA does not support the Union's position.

Town of Bolton, 25 MLC 62, 67 (1998). to warrant placement in a The fact that the sergeants do not have a unique role in hiring or evaluating employees is inconsequentia l, see City of --Everett, 31. MLC 117. (2005), officers. See Town of Provincetown, as is the fact that they share patrol duties with patro!

City of Everett, 26 MLC 25 (1999). Repudiation of an agreement must be supported by the "kind of clear and unequivocal statement of the parties' responsibilities such that the Employer would have sufficient notice that specific acts or omissions were in violation of that agreement," Higher Education Coordinating Council/MTA/NEA, Judge. SUP 4141 (1996), p.3 Council and Mass.

See, City of Everett, 27 MLC 147, 150-151, MCR-4824 (May 31, 2001). As a general rule, a unit clarification petition is the appropriate procedural vehicle to determine whether newly-created positions should be included or excluded from a bargaining unit or to determine whether substantial changes in the job duties of existing positions warrant either their inclusion or exclusion from a bargaining unit.

City of Everett, 26 MLC 25, 27, MUP-1542 (July 22, 1999); City of Boston/Boston Public Library, 26 MLC 215, 216, MUP-2081 (May 31, 2000); Town of Ipswich, 11 MLC 1403, 1410, MUP-5248 (Feb. 7, 1985), affd sub nom., Town of Ipswich v. Labor Relations Commission, 21 Mass. App. Ct. 1113 (1986). To achieve a meeting of the minds, the parties must manifest an assent to the terms of an agreement.