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Southeast Delco board debates teacher step increases after district reports 33 departures; union, residents warn of budget effects
Summary
Board members and community speakers clashed over recent step increases for staff after district figures showed 33 teachers left after receiving step adjustments. District leaders said the cost is now a recurring $1.3 million in the general fund; union leaders warned of budgetary ripple effects.
Madam Preston, president of the Southeast Delco School District board, presided over a contentious discussion on Sept. 25 after the district reported that 33 teachers who received recently approved step increases later left the district.
The controversy surfaced when board member Ms. Woodfolk called district HR official Stephanie Woolley to the podium to explain attrition patterns. Woolley said the district’s Act 168 forms show many departing teachers moved to neighboring districts and that roughly 33 teachers who received the step adjustments subsequently left the district. “These teachers listed here, we know their names and we know the districts where they’re going because we have…
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