Teachers at Columbus charter school move to join union

Source: Columbus Dispatch

By Charlie Boss

The teachers and staff members at Franklinton Preparatory Academy knew the significance of forming a union. And they wanted to make sure the charter school’s administration knew it as well.

“The decision to become the first unionized charter school in central Ohio was not taken lightly,” the teachers wrote to the academy’s leaders last month. “We are, above all, dedicated to the mission of our school, the premise that ‘all students, irrespective of differences, can learn at high levels and graduate from high school.’”

The Franklinton Preparatory Academy Educators Association would be the first charter-school union affiliated with the Ohio Education Association, the state’s largest teachers union.

“They were frustrated by the working conditions they were facing,” OEA Vice President Scott DiMauro said. “They came to the conclusion that only through a union and working collectively could they bring about a change necessary in order to serve the needs of their students.”

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