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Teachers’ union warns 4% offer won’t retain staff, asks board to study internalizing contracted positions
Summary
Jessica Pagan, vice president of the teachers’ association, told the Washington Unified board the district’s 4% bargaining offer lags neighboring districts and urged trustees to direct cabinet to study hiring in-house for contracted specialists and consider using Fund 17 to boost compensation and retention.
Jessica Pagan, vice president of the teachers’ association (WSTA), told the Washington Unified School District board on Aug. 28 that a proposed 4% bargaining offer from the district is insufficient to recruit and retain teachers and other school staff.
"We will not keep and recruit the teachers our students deserve with WUSD's 4% offer currently on the table," Pagan said, pointing to neighboring Sacramento City Unified’s recent pay increases as a competitive pressure. She said that health-care…
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