Valley City (CSi) — Valley City School Board chairperson Joyce Braunagel is asking members of the Valley City Education Association negotiating team to return to the negotiating table to settle their differences concerning 28 words in a section on medical insurance with the negotiated agreement.

She asked that the teachers and school board to start the process of setting up a 9 member health insurance committee soon to find the best solution on this issue.

School board member Mike Callahan urged the public to come and check the facts out for themselves concerning the school districts interim fund. He says open records are available for the public to see during business hours.

Callahan says the impact of the federal Affordable Care Act will affect this school district and others and it needs to be seriously addressed by all parties involved.

The school board entered into Executive Session following the public meeting on Monday (November 25, 2013.) Some of the ageda items will be made public in the near future.

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The VCEA and school board have not indicated what their next moves will be.