Teachers To Receive Slight Pay Increase

FROM PAGE 10 their futures,” Hathaway said

When presented with the proposed agreements on Tuesday, school board member Katie Addis asked how many teachers voted for the ratification Staff said they didn’t have that information but did know that as far as WCESPA, 44 members voted in favor of the agreement, and one voted against

A WCTA email provided to The Dispatch states that 89% of WCTA members voted for contract ratification and 11% voted against ratification

Addis said she felt there was unnecessary spending in the school system’s budget that could have been used to provide teachers with the increase they were initially promised

“While I’m happy to see that the ESSER funds were used to make up a portion of what was promised to the staff, I am in agreement with some of the personnel I’ve spoken to that feel ESSER funds were not negotiated and were always assigned to the county by the state, meaning that the board of education really didn’t sacrifice anything in this negotiation process,” Addis said

The board voted 6-1, with Addis opposed, to sign the agreements