Adult School
- Add 12-hour employees to the bargaining unit, including wage increase and health and welfare benefits
Office of Child Development
- Class III: Add additional Step 7 and longevity.
- Increase M.A. stipend
Hours of Work
- New language: Teachers shall report to professional morning or afternoon meetings or duties at the times they are scheduled.
Stipends
- Increase hourly rate to $35.
- Increase amount paid to elementary teachers who take extra students to $35.
Grievance Procedures
These are new.
The Teachers Union has given counter proposals in four categories, a reconfigured salary schedule, hours of work, stipends and in-District requirements.
The two sides next are scheduled to meet two weeks from Friday, on Feb. 23.
Postscript
Repeating an earlier assertion, the School District’s negotiating team said that all financial increases agreed upon this year will have to be part of a total compensation package. Meanwhile, new Supt. Dr. Myrna Rivera Cote and the School Board said that all stipends — except for those already on the table — should be automatically re-opened during next year’s negotiations.
