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Ithaca negotiators remain far apart as talks focus on $1.1 million gap
Summary
District and Ithaca Teachers Association negotiators spent a session pressing for financial details after union leaders rejected the district's 4% offer and said a roughly $1.1 million gap separates the sides; both parties agreed to begin the next session by reconciling that figure.
Negotiators for the Ithaca City School District and the Ithaca Teachers Association (ITA) met April 10 and left the session with no salary settlement, after union leaders said the district's current 4% offer does not meet members' needs and district officials said their budget limits keep them from offering more.
The ITA said a roughly $1,100,000 difference separates the two sides' proposals and asked the district to provide the financial analysis that produced its figures; district staff asked the ITA to email specific requests for data so the district can determine what can be shared before the next meeting scheduled for April 30.
Why it matters: negotiators described the disagreement as central to progress on other contract…
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