Watertown board approves five-year contract with teachers and teacher assistants
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The Board approved a negotiated agreement with the Watertown Instructional Teacher Association and the Teacher Assistant Association covering July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2030; union representatives said the contract will notably improve compensation for roughly 200 district employees.
The Watertown City School District Board of Education voted to approve a multi‑year collective bargaining agreement with the Watertown Instructional Teacher Association and the Teacher Assistant Association covering July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2030.
Board members moved the agreement during the consent portion of the meeting; the motion carried. After the vote a union representative thanked the board and described the deal’s effects for members. “This will be life changing for about 200 people in our district and reaching goals that they have been trying to set for themselves financially,” the representative said during remarks recorded at the meeting. The representative said the agreement will put members “in a situation where they're gonna live a little bit more comfortably than they currently are.”
District and union negotiators told the board they had identified priorities in common and were able to work swiftly through the bargaining process. Board members thanked negotiators on both sides.
Ending: The board approved the agreement; district staff will incorporate the contract terms into payroll and the 2025–26 budget documents for implementation.