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Austintown teachers want school board to return to contract talks
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AUSTINTOWN — Teachers have asked the Austintown Board of Education to go back into contract negotiations.
Austintown Education Association president Sandy DeCerbo said she took a formal written request to the schools superintendent’s office today.
The school board is scheduled to meet at 7 a.m. Thursday to discuss negotiations.
The two sides have not met since Nov. 17, after the teachers union rejected the board’s last-and-best offer. The union then rejected a tentative agreement Nov. 26. It had been signed by both negotiating teams.
Superintendent Doug Heuer met with the union membership Monday to answer questions about the tentative agreement.
The two-year agreement calls for a one percent raise the first year and no raise the second. Teachers would be picking up 8.5 percent of the health-care premium.
The sticking point in negotiations, which have been going on since spring, is the amount of planning time teachers get and whether they have input into that decision.
Teachers at Austintown are paid between $29,000 and $66,000 a year. They are ranked ninth highest in salaries out of the 14 Mahoning County school districts, according to information provided by DeCerbo.
Comments
the teachers should wait until Creatore leaves.(I wonder if anyone at his work verifies how many hours he really works!!) I know the teachers work hard, but some like the Gessler(phys ed) should not be jogging during school hours...personal fitness should be done after school hours.
Mr. Creatore stated publicly on the Ron Verb show that he works between 10 and 12 hours daily and also works Saturdays. As an Austintown resident I am pleased to have an individual like Michael representing the taxpayer and the student's best interests. The teachers might want to consider starting their school year a few days before the students begin and use this time to prepare their lesson plans for the year. When you receive between $29,000 and $66,000 for approximately 185 days of work, you really should not complain about having to work a little extra.