We hope you are enjoying your last few weeks of vacation. We just wanted to make you aware that we have updated several pages on your WEA website.

• Under the “Teacher Resources” tab, subheading “Supervision and Evaluation” the most recent evaluation documents were added as well as the new Teacher Handbook.
• The most recent Stipend List and the finalized Unit C contract was added under the “Contracts & Negotiations” tab, subheading “Contracts, MOUs & MOAs”.

Our newsletters will contain the password to the password protected parts of this site. If you need to subscribe to our news letter please fill out the form under the “Communications” tab on this site.

The teacher rubric crosswalk is a comparison of the new DESE proposed 2026 teacher evaluation rubric and the current teacher evaluation rubric. Select this link to view the document. This rubric crosswalk can also be accessed through the “Teacher Resources” tab under the “Supervision & Evaluation Documents” page.

The recently approved contract for Unit A (6/1/26 – 5/30/29).

Yesterday, March 18, Harvard Pilgrim Health held an informational meeting at the High School. They provided information about their plans. Those that attended found this meeting very informative. Select this link to see the slides from the meeting.

Greetings All,

If you are a member of Unit A and are interested in running to be elected to the Negotiation Team for next year’s contract negotiations, please email your name to Jim Noonan by February 3rd.

Thank you.

Do you want to know more about

• The Massachusetts Maternity Leave Law?
• The Family and Medical Leave Act?
• The Pregnancy Discrimination Act?
• The Small Necessities Leave Act?
• Who is eligible for leave under FMLA and SNLA?
• What is a serious health condition for the purposes of the FMLA?
• and more?

The MTA Division of Legal Services has prepared a Question & Answer sheet to help you get the answer to these questions. You can access this reference sheet by selecting this link:

Pregnancy and Parental Leave for School Employees

Additional documentation has been added to the “Teacher’s Resources” page of this website to provide information about retiring and your MTRS benefits. This process can be confusing and should be initiated at least 7 months in advance to insure you receive sick time buy back, if applicable, and gather the necessary documentation. MTRS has excellent video resources and often holds retirement seminars. Be sure to also visit their website at: https://mtrs.state.ma.us/.

This weekend, we updated the website to hopefully make it easier to find the necessary resources you are searching for in the “Teacher Resources” page. Under our “Contracts” page, Memorandums of Understanding and Memorandums of Agreement are included in the drop down menu.

Reducing the choices in dropdown menus and making the choices more specific, will hopefully allow the navigation to work a little more smoothly.