The district is also being sued by more than 300 current and former female teachers, alleging the district offered better starting pay for men. Dell’Angelo said she also had difficulty accepting the contract after raising property taxes by 2.75% in the June board meeting to help with a $8 million budget deficit.Īfter months of negotiations, the district approved a 2.66% pay increase for teachers in June 2022. He rejected the narrative that the district is losing educators.īoard member Tabitha Dell’Angelo said she was not against a raise, but against the amount of $85,500, considering that many employees are being paid below market level. Lucabaugh pointed to the list of employees currently being appointed by the district in Tuesday’s agenda.
“The most grievous part of this proposed contract, however … is the grotesque salary increase… when the district is struggling desperately to retain and attract employees at every level,” Smith said, calling the move “insulting to staff.” The district has 122 open support staff positions, according to its website. Board members Leigh Vlasblom and Jim Pepper, both Republicans, said they knew it was going to be on the agenda, but had not seen the contract beforehand. “Don’t tell me that we have secret meetings, ‘cause it’s not happening,” Collopy said.
Republican Board member Sharon Collopy denied those allegations and said she saw the agenda at the same time as Smith. Dell’Angelo said Hunter claimed there was majority board support to put the new contract on the agenda and that minority members were excluded in those conversations. The three Democratic board members, Karen Smith, Mariam Mahmud, and Tabitha Dell’Angelo say they were unaware of the raise until they saw it on the agenda Friday evening.
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