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Campbell district, teachers OK new contract
TweetBy jeanne starmack
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The school district and its teachers have approved a new one-year contract, said schools Superintendent Thomas Robey.
The teachers union, the Campbell Education Association, approved the contract Aug. 26. The school board approved it Aug. 30, Robey said. Negotiations had begun after voters approved a renewal levy in May, he said.
Robey said the contract calls for a 1 percent raise, and teachers will pay an additional 2 percent toward health insurance.
Last year, beginning teachers were paid $32,005. Under the new contract, they will be paid $32,325.
Teachers with 27 years’ experience and a master’s degree made $64,650 last year. Under the new contract, they will make $65,297, Robey said.
Robey said that last year, the school district paid 99 percent of its core health-care plan and will now pay 97 percent. It paid 95 percent of its low-deductible plan last year, and will now pay 93 percent.
Robey said the district paid 96 percent for dental and vision care and will now pay 94 percent. Other features in the new contract include allowing the district flexibility in the retire-rehire program.
Teachers hired under the program used to be automatically renewed after their first year, but that is no longer the case, Robey said.
The contract also allows the school district to call a two-hour delay in bad weather, which it never did before, Robey said.
Robey said that option was negotiated because the state has reduced the number of calamity days from five to three.
Robey said the district and the union agreed to a one-year contract because the district is heavily funded by the state. “We couldn’t guarantee the money would be available in the future,” he said.
The same terms for raises and health care will apply to all district employees not covered by a contract and to administrators, Robey said.
Lisa Kana, who is president of the teachers union, could not be reached to comment.
Campbell has not yet approved a new contract with the Ohio Association of Public School Employees, Robey said. That union includes custodians, secretaries, bus drivers, educational aides and food- service workers.
Comments
A raise for a failing school system - what's wrong with that? When is the last time you got a raise? Once again the overgenrous pay, healthcare, and pension benefits to government employees show true to the taxpayers. How many of you in the private sector would like to have 97% of your healthcare costs paid for by your employer? Yea, all of us since most of us pay 30% or more in the private sector these days of our healthcare costs.
The time has come for right to work union reform in Ohio and Kasich is just the man to do it with his income tax elimination plan.
Watch what you wish for. John Kasich - the same guy who sold bad investments from Lehman Bros to the state pension systems that helped to drive them into the ground. All while he took a half million dollar commission on the deal. So now he thinks by severing the head off the teacher's union he can save the state? Give me a break. All he will do is make a bad funding system worse with his fiscal "plans" Yup. I really want that guy running the state.
Teachers are actually paid for the days they work. The days off mentioned above are days they do not earn any money. And as far as "half the pay", go ahead. You will also get half the teacher. Don't believe it? Look up the statistics for the quality of the schools in the right to work states vs the quality of the schools where teacher's unions exist. Oh that's right. This isn't about quality is it?
Too funny. As in any profession, getting the credentials doesn't necessarily make someone good at the job. There are plenty of bad doctors, lawyers, accountants, etc. So, good teachers are hardly "a dime a dozen". Of course, only in a place lacking in educational attainment like the Mahoning Valley would anyone think like that in the first place.
Hey db2, maybe since you are so envious of teacher benefits, you should join the ranks. Or is it too late? Maybe not in your ability range?
Leetores, I would only add that Union is much like the rest of the public who has been hoodwinked into thinking that the testing schemes concocted by the school privatization and testing company crowds are the only true measure of a successful school. They successfully sold the public that bill of goods and the public doesn't know it. Yet.
theotherside - are you saying the Youngstown schools are not in academic emergency, but deserve a excellent with distinction rating because they are a victim of the testing scheme? Wait till that loser from Akron takes over the superintendent's job - another black super who hasn't a clue how to make a school district successful.
LOL LOL LOL!!!
Union - I said nothing of the sort. The point is that the public has been convinced by the privatization and testing companies lobbying the government that testing is the way to measure success in the schools. This is simply a fact. Here's an example: What school system in the area has one of the finest music programs in the country? So good they have been recognized by the Grammy Award people? Answer: Boardman. Do we test the students in the schools on musical knowledge? No we don't. So since music, phys ed, etc. aren't tested, how do we know if the schools are successfully teaching those subjects? Are there any successful things going on in the Youngstown Schools? Yes, there likely is however the Youngstown Schools do not perform well on those tests (a one week of the year event) and get labeled as being in "academic emergency" and the public buys into the label. The schools rated excellent test the same week. One week. Do they have problems the rest of the time? Certainly they do.
excellent point tos and lee
another question about the impact of testing...since we have plenty of districts rated with effective, excellent, and excellent with distinction ratings, where is the payoff? where is the reward for these distinctions? has the valley reaped the benefits from these hyper-qualified graduates?
interesting...the system changes but the results remain the same.