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Board ratifies two-year contract with Colchester Education Association; eliminates cash-in-lieu benefit
Summary
The board ratified a two-year contract with the Colchester Education Association, including salary increases of 5.25% in year one and 5.15% in year two, elimination of cash-in-lieu of health insurance, and negotiated working-condition clarifications; the bargaining unit ratified the agreement the previous day.
The Colchester School District Board ratified a two-year contract agreement with the Colchester Education Association, the district’s licensed professional bargaining unit. The agreement was ratified by the bargaining unit on June 16 and was approved by the board on June 17.
District negotiators described the process as collaborative and focused on two main objectives: attracting and retaining educators and balancing financial impacts on taxpayers. Negotiators said they used a more direct interpersonal negotiation…
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