Ayer School Committee Approves Three Union Contracts Running Through 2029

School Committee · Meeting of July 2, 2026

Ayer School Committee ratifies three union contracts covering staff through 2029. At a brief July 2 meeting, the committee voted unanimously to approve 2026-2029 collective bargaining agreements for clerical, custodial, and paraprofessional employees. Superintendent Dr. Renda described all three as "very straightforward" with "no surprises." The clerical contract was returned for a revote after a minor language correction on page 10 that Renda said "was nothing that impacted any monetary value of the contract." The custodial and paraprofessional contracts came to a first vote after their respective union memberships had ratified them.

No financial terms were disclosed publicly. The committee then voted to enter executive session.

In the full story:

• Consent Agenda
• Clerical Contract (2026-2029): Revote on Corrected Language
• Custodial Contract (2026-2029)
• Paraprofessional Contract (2026-2029)
• Topics Not Anticipated 48 Hours in Advance
• Executive Session
• Who Was There
• Organizations And Documents Referenced
• The complete report: 1,219 words

Source: the School Committee meeting of July 2, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript. It was corrected where it differed.