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Teachers tell Washington Elementary board stipends fall short amid retention worries
Summary
Teachers and union representatives told the Washington Elementary School District board on Sept. 25 that recently distributed retention stipends are inadequate and risk losing staff to higher-paying districts, while urging the board to find additional funding.
At the Sept. 25 Washington Elementary School District governing board meeting, teachers and a local union representative criticized recent one-time stipends as insufficient to address retention and recruitment challenges.
The complaints came during the public-participation portion of the meeting, where Grant Thompson, a special-education math teacher at Desert Foothills, and Julie Even, speaking on behalf of the Washington District Education Association, told the board the district’s stipend program does not match competitors and undermines morale.
Thompson, who said he has taught in the district three years, urged the board to consider regional…
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