New Philadelphia board approves tentative three-year teachers contract

The New Philadelphia Board of Education voted March 10 to approve a tentative three-year contract with the New Philly Education Association (NPEA), following a recommendation from the superintendent and a confirmation that the union had already approved the agreement.

Board approval completes the district side of negotiations that district officials described as collaborative; the tentative agreement now awaits routine administrative steps before any new contract language takes effect. The transcript provided to the board shows the NPEA approved the deal the prior week.

Superintendent: “It was a collaborative process that went very well. And, I think we came to an agreement that, everybody thought was fair,” the superintendent told the board before the vote. The superintendent also thanked members of both negotiating teams who attended the meeting.

The motion to approve the tentative agreement was moved and seconded on the floor; a roll-call vote followed. The board recorded affirmative votes from Mrs. Schrock (board member), Mr. McMath (board member), Mr. Gallantyne (board member), Ms. Fontana (board member) and Mr. Rickley (board member). The motion carried.

The transcript does not include salary figures, specific contract language, or the effective dates of salary or schedule changes; those details were not specified in the portions of the record provided to the board during this meeting. Board members commended the negotiating teams for reaching the agreement and thanked participating teachers and administrators for their work.

The board’s approval authorizes district staff to finalize the formal contract documents consistent with the tentative agreement approved at the meeting. The superintendent said NPEA had already ratified the deal before the board’s vote.