Mediated Resolution. The Human Resources Manager is empowered to work with the parties to the complaint to effect a mediated resolution, if the complainant and person(s) complained of are agreeable to mediation. If the Human Resources Manager resolves the complaint through mediation, they will file a report with the most senior officer at the location and the file will be closed.
Mediated Resolution. The mediation shall be scheduled and concluded within one hundred twenty (120) days of the Moving Party’s written request for mediation, with final written findings entered by the mediator and served on both Parties within said 120‐day timeframe. The mediator shall also apportion all costs reasonably related to the mediation equally between both Parties. The mediation process shall be closed to the public and all information submitted during mediation shall be confidential to the extent permitted by law. If the dispute is still not resolved at the conclusion of the mediation, the mediator shall make an advisory recommendation to the District Board, which shall in turn decide on the matter and release the mediator’s written findings within thirty (30) days of its receipt of the advisory recommendation. The decision of the Board shall be final; provided, however, that the School may appeal to the State Board those matters within the State Board’s jurisdiction in accordance with governing law.
