Committee Level. If the grievance is not settled at the preceding level, the grievance may be presented to the School Committee by giving written notice to the Superintendent within five (5) days after the receipt of the decision in the preceding level. The Committee or its subcommittee shall meet with the aggrieved teacher and the Committee shall issue a written decision within fifteen (15) days after receipt of such written notice.
Committee Level. If the grievance is not settled at the preceding level to the satisfaction of the aggrieved teacher, the grievance may be presented in writing to the Committee within ten (10) days of the decision in the preceding level. The Committee shall consider the grievance and provide its decision in writing to the aggrieved teacher within thirty (30) days after receipt of the written grievance by the Committee. A meeting will be held at the Committee Level with the aggrieved teacher (and/or, if the aggrieved teacher so chooses, representative(s) of the Association) to discuss the grievance (except in instances in which the Committee, in its discretion, believes a meeting with the full Committee is unnecessary, in which case the Committee will appoint one or more of its members to attend such meeting). If the grievance is not settled to the satisfaction of the aggrieved teacher at the Committee Level, the Association may submit the grievance to arbitration by giving written notice to the Committee within twenty (20) days after receipt of the Committee's decision. The written notices to the Committee referred to above shall be mailed or delivered to the Chairman of the Committee at his or her residence, and a copy addressed to the Superintendent shall be mailed or delivered to the Superintendent at his or her office. At each of the above three levels, either Committee (or any of its agents) or the aggrieved teacher may have present at the specified meeting any persons through whom evidence or a relevant and material nature to the resolution of the grievance will be adduced.
