District Contract tentative agreement reached with School Committee!

The Ratification of the agreement will be done electronically on Thursday June 12 and Friday June 13th. Information about this process will follow

Here is a short list of the agreement we reached. A more in-depth explanation will be forthcoming. 

Duration

One-year contract: 7/1/2024-6/30/2025

Three-year contract: 7/1/2025 – 6/30/2028

Salary

Salary Scale:

·        Year 1 (2024-2025): New salary scales in the first year ranging from 3%-3.5%

·        Year 2 (2025-2026): 3.5%

·        Year 3: (2026-2027): 3.5%

·        Year 4: (2027-2028): 3%

Red Circled:

·        Year 1 (2024-2025): 3.5%

·        Year 2 (2025-2026): 3.5%

·        Year 3: (2026-2027): 3.5%

·        Year 4: (2027-2028): 3%

Longevity (doubled)

·        After 15 continuous years in the district: $2,000

·        After 20 continuous years in the district: $3,000

·        After 25 continuous years in the district: $4,000

·        After 30 continuous years in the district: $4,200

Move BCBAs to PSL scale

Agreement to meet to discuss year-round salaries

Stipends

Athletics

·        Year 1 (2024-2025): 3%

·        Year 2 (2025-2026): 3%

·        Year 3: (2026-2027): 3%

·        Year 4: (2027-2028): 3%

Non-Athletic, Elementary and Extra-Curricular Stipends

·        Year 1 (2024-2025): 3%

·        Year 2 (2025-2026): 3%

·        Years 3 and 4 – labor management committee to meet during year 2 to consider the structure, the possibility of new stipended positions, and compensation 

Other Stipends

·        ILS Extended Year: $2,500

·        Contractual Hourly Rate $35/hour (including Prep Time at summer school)

·        Student facing hourly rate: $50/hr.

·        Lunch Breakfast Duty: $15 (1/2 hour)

·        Elementary Head Teacher: $2,500

·        DIRE Lead: $1,500

·        Vocational Department Chair Stipend: $1,000 / $2,000

Pre-K

·        Pre-K students start the Monday after Labor Day so testing, home visits, and paperwork can be completed before students start

·        No Pre-K students on the last day of school

·        A Labor Management team to continue to work on Pre-K issues

·        Change all contract language to read Pre-K-12, rather than K-12

Sick days

·        FMLA and approved medical leaves days will not count toward the 4 days

Union Rights

·        Improved language to allow for union representatives to visit schools during educator’s duty-free lunch.

Evaluation

·        Rewritten SEEDs process with a clear change in goal and process to support teacher development rather than being seen as a system to get rid of educators.

Paid Family Leave

·        Commitment to re-write sick bank language to include being able to use it for parental leave and other guarantee use

·        Joint Labor management team to work on opting into the state’s Paid Family Leave program.

Caseload

·        Educators who need CEUs to maintain their licenses will receive professional memberships that will provide their needed CEUs

·        Increase in ILS extended year stipend

·        One extended day/ month for Special Ed teachers to work on IEPs

Diversity Inclusion and Racial Equity

·        Commitment to continue to work together on issues of equity and inclusion

Vocational

·        New salary scale based on level of licensure

·        Financial recognition of the increased responsibilities of Vocation department chairs

·        Improved Vocational professional development language

·        Access to undergrad courses provided by the district

·        Joint Labor management team to look at developing vocational courses at Putnam

Health and Safety

·        Development of a District-wide Healthy and Safe Schools Task Force

·        Emergency School Response Plans review and training