School Committee of Danvers v. Tyman

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• discussing permissible remedies available to arbitrator, short of ordering grant of tenure, for violation of procedural requirements for tenure decision
• interpreting collective bargaining agreement ordinarily task for arbitrator and not court
• school committee may not surrender its authority to make tenure decisions but may bind itself to follow certain procedures
• committee must show that arbitration provision is “not susceptible to an interpretation that covers the asserted dispute”
• agreement to follow certain procedures before exercising right to decide tenure and to permit arbitration of claims concerning these procedures does not impermissibly affect exclusive committee right to make ultimate tenure decision
• teacher’s grievance asserting failure to follow appropriate evaluation procedures is arbitrable

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