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Ithaca teachers press district for step‑and‑lane pay system, say retention crisis requires 7% plan
Summary
Union negotiators told the Ithaca City School District at a bargaining session that teacher turnover is running at about 18% and urged adoption of a step‑and‑lane salary schedule with an average 7% raise over four years; the district did not present a counterproposal at the meeting.
Ithaca Teachers Association representatives presented an analysis at a bargaining session with the Ithaca City School District showing what they described as a teacher retention crisis and urged the district to adopt a step‑and‑lane salary schedule funded by roughly 7% average annual increases over four years.
The union said turnover is “an annual 18%” and that tenure among members has fallen from about 83% to 57% over the past decade. Brian, a union presenter, said the district has hired more than 100 new teachers three years in a row and characterized those hires as replacements rather than new…
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