Abington board ratifies three-year support-staff contract, redesigns salary schedule

The Abington Board of School Directors voted Oct. 28 to ratify a three-year contract with the Abington Secretary's Educational Support Personnel Association (ASESPA) effective July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2028. The agreement restructures the unit's salary schedule, provides phased pay increases and changes employee health-care contribution rates, and directs the district and association to develop a teacher-certification pathway for paraeducators.

Christine Taylor, the district's director of human resources, told the board the contract results from a bargaining process that began in October 2024 and covers roughly 273 employees including administrative assistants, aides, paraeducators and staff nurses. "We are pleased to bring this agreement to you this evening for approval," Taylor said. She summarized a first-year salary-schedule redesign that eliminates prior steps 1 and 2, expands the schedule from an eight-step to a 13-step…