>Readers are looking for roll back on automatic pay increases for Teachers
All I know is that this contract had better roll back some of the automatic pay increases that were granted while every other resident saw reduced income in the past 3 years. Pay increases should have nothing to do with seniority and everything to do with performance. Pay our best teachers more and reduce pay for our under-performing teachers. Eliminate tenure and let’s get back to a truly high performing school district, instead of paying lip service to ideals from days gone by.
It is not acceptable to ask taxpayers for a tax increase in order to pay for budget to pay for endless annual pay raises for all teachers. Nor do I see any reason for the budget to increase over previous years. Let’s start taking cost out of the school budget, by addressing the real driver of 80% of the costs in the budget
