In an abrupt shift in teacher contract negotiations, School Superintendent Carol R. Johnson retreated Wednesday from a sweeping proposal to add 45 minutes to Boston’s elementary, middle, and K-8 schools, and instead will pursue a narrower effort that would add two hours at a handful of low-performing schools.
Extending the school day had been a hallmark of Johnson’s push to secure substantial changes in the contract in an effort to reinvigorate city schools. But after two years of intense and exhaustive talks with the teachers union over a new contract, Johnson said it appeared that her proposal was going nowhere. The union had insisted that teachers be paid at a rate she said the city cannot afford, prompting her to pull the 45-minute proposal.
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