To the extent that elements of our recent discussion at the table have been made public, we want to provide a full and accurate picture of our recent proposal to the HEA.
At the September 15th negotiation session, the School Committee negotiation team proposed an off-the-record revised salary proposal. This proposal was built from our prior proposal, which in addition to expanded parental leave, provided a 2% across-the-board increase in each of the three years, and made various adjustments to the salary grid to stay competitive in the local market, for a total wage increase of 6.5% over the three years. The new proposal also added 3 new steps at the top of the salary scale, and added a new column for teachers with a Doctorate. These proposed measures increased our top pay from $102,987 to $119,020. The revised pay scale associated with the new steps and column will apply immediately upon ratification to those who qualify. We explained that 370 current teachers would immediately benefit from these added top steps.
At the most recent negotiation session, we provided and reviewed a comprehensive PowerPoint deck explaining the main features of our proposal. We invite you to review it so that you, too, can have an accurate picture of what we have offered. See link below for background and details provided in negotiations on September 30. We have also uploaded other explanatory documents and a red-lined version of the current CBA showing the language and benefits improvements that we have proposed as part of our off-the-record package. This is the School Committee’s complete proposal.
We look forward to continued discussions with the HEA bargaining team.