Follow up on my high school parking suggestion

At last night's Commission meeting, I had questioned if we could have students park in the school parking lot while teachers and staff park at the Mt. Lebanon Lutheran Church lot.  Dave Brumfield had heard that there were some obligations to the teachers that would not permit that.  Sorry, Dave, if I didn't quote you exactly.  I sent the commissioners links to the teachers' contract that I have posted on lebocitizens.com.  I have two links on my website, under The Facts, since one copy on the District website had a handwritten date on page 5 of the pdf of the CBA, while the other link had an undated copy on page 5 of the CBA pdf.

http://www.mtlsd.org/district/stuff/2009/collectivebargainingagreement.pdf

http://www.mtlsd.org/district/stuff/2009/cba.pdf

I emailed the Collective Bargaining Agreement to the Commissioners last night and received this response from President Brumfield this morning.

Elaine,
Under any CBA, like the teachers contract conditions of employment cannot be unilaterally changed by the employer without the negotiated consent of the union.  The courts have held that such changes can constitute a grievance.  I apologize for giving the misleading shorter answer, the fact is the SD labor counsel should vigorously warn against taking the steps you recommended.
Dave

Thanks for clarifying that, Dave. I wish we could try.  You never know until you do.

Update 01 25 12 A resident/blog reader sent an audio clip of Bill Lewis' comment from the 01 23 12 Commission meeting.  The reader wrote, "The exchange between Mr. Lewis and the Commissioners concerning off-site parking during the HS construction is one of the best clips I've heard for a while, because it illustrates the arbitrary nature of local government enforcing its own laws." The first voice is that of Bill Lewis, followed by President Dave Brumfield and Solicitor Phil Weis.
Bill Lewis' comment