This portal has been created to keep the Belmont community updated about the Belmont School Committee's (BSC) ongoing collective bargaining negotiations with the Belmont Education Association (BEA) for a 2025-2028 successor contract. We will continue to provide updates on this site regularly and posts throughout the summer on social media accounts - Facebook: BelmontPublicSchools and X: @belmontschools. We encourage you to visit these resources often for the latest updates.

June 20, 2025

Dear Belmont Public Schools Community,

On Tuesday, June 17, 2025, we held our 18th negotiation session with the Belmont Education Association (BEA) as part of ongoing efforts to reach a 2025-2028 successor agreement.

We appreciated the BEA’s movement on their salary proposals and their willingness to engage around the topic of increased instructional time for students, which is a priority for the Belmont School Committee (BSC), and clearly a priority for educators as well.

While we did not meet our shared goal of reaching an agreement before the end of the 2024-2025 school year, the session was productive. We made progress by adding Tentative Agreements (TAs), withdrawing several proposals, and scheduling four additional summer sessions.

All current contracts are set to expire on August 30, 2025. While that date marks the end of the existing agreements, educators will continue to work under the terms of the current contracts, including provisions related to compensation and working conditions, until a successor agreement is reached. Our goal remains to reach a fair and timely agreement that allows us to begin the 2025-2026 school year focused on students and teaching and learning. We recognize and appreciate the BEA’s engagement in this work, including their willingness to continue negotiations over the summer. 

We will continue to provide updates via the BSC’s Public Portal throughout the summer as well as on social media (@belmontschools on X and BelmontPublicSchools on Facebook). 

We appreciate your support and wish the entire Belmont community a relaxing and rejuvenating summer.

                                                       Meg Moriarty, Ed.D., BSC Chair