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Vol. 37, No. 13
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March 30, 2022
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Persistence pays off for LTHS paraeducators Union, school board ratify 4-year deal that will raise pay 32% on average By BOB SKOLNIK
Contributing Reporter
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The third time was the charm for paraeducators at Lyons Township High School. After overwhelmingly rejecting two previous contract offers, paraeducators overwhelmingly approved a new four-year deal that gives them the raises that they were looking for. All paraeducators at LTHS will get a $3.25 per hour raise in the first year of the contract, which will be retroactive to the start of this school year since they have been working without a contract all year. Paraeducators will get 3.75-percent raises in each of the final three years of the contract. “It’s a fair contract and I think it will resolve the issues the school has been having in terms of retaining paraeducators,” said Nick Castiglione, a LTHS paraeducator and spokesman for the union negotiating team. “I think that problem should likely be resolved by the contract and the See PARAEDUCATORS on page 19
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