Teacher salaries will take up a slightly bigger chunk of the district’s overall budget because of the two years of scheduled raises, which are higher than in previous years because of a skyrocketing national inflation rate that stood at 8.5% in July. “So the process was a good process for our side of the table, and I think for the district as well.”
One of the things about contract negotiations, even if there are topics that you don’t reach an agreement and change the contract on, it’s an opportunity to really have focused discussions about working conditions and that sort of thing,” Cardis said in a phone interview with the RoundTable. The contract also features a guaranteed and paid 12-week parental leave for all teachers, doubling the six-week leave included in the previous contract. In total, teachers can expect to see roughly a 5% or more salary hike during each of the next two years, Cardis said. Now, the union’s lawyers from the Illinois Educators’ Association and the district’s attorneys are reviewing the terms before both sides officially sign the agreement, but neither the administration nor the union expect any changes or hiccups at this point. Of all union members, 82% submitted votes, Cardis said. The ETHS Teachers’ Council, the union which represents more than 300 high school employees, voted overwhelmingly in favor of ratifying the new agreement, with 84% of the votes in support of the contract. 8, the ETHS District 202 school board formally approved the contract at its regular board meeting.
Separately, educators also receive an annual salary bump connected to their experience level, and that increase is about 2.5% on average, according to Teachers’ Council President Rick Cardis, a history teacher at ETHS.īoth sides finalized the contract terms, and on Monday, Aug. Most significantly, the contract, which lasts through June 2026, will give each teacher a 2.3% raise in the first year, a 3.5% raise in the second year and subsequent raises tied to the inflation rate for the third and fourth years, but capped at 5%. Teachers at Evanston Township High School have a new contract.
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