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Settlement provides salary increase for all teachers, higher minimum pay, and more

The School Board of Sarasota County and the Sarasota Classified/Teachers Association are happy to announce a tentative agreement on a labor contract that will cover the approximately 5,200 employees of the School District. This agreement covers the 2021-22 school year. Teachers will receive an additional 5.25% increase on their 2021-22 […]

Flat-dollar raise compounds discriminatory law: SAVE THE DATE JAN. 18TH

Our school board is currently demanding a flat dollar raise for all teachers. This would double the discriminatory effect of a law that already favors only some teachers, by favoring younger employees over older ones in both the percentages and the dollars. We believe that law, and the Board’s proposed flat-dollar […]

Management’s proposal: “a real kick in the teeth”

Management returned to the bargaining table last Wednesday with their counterproposal to the SC/TA’s last salary proposal. Things did not go well. As you will recall, the SC/TA proposed a 5.75% across-the-board increase for teachers (on top of the .5% already received), with the restoration of the BA+30 and MA+45 […]

COVID-19: What we know about funding, privacy, leaves and the unknowns

Let me make something as clear as possible: opening schools in the midst of a raging pandemic is a very bad idea. It is bad for the safety of the employees, and it is bad for the safety of the students and their families. The obvious question: why is our […]

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