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Board hears bargaining update; district and union agree to grant up to 10 years of experience credit
Summary
Superintendent (Dr.) Celine Wicks told the board the district and SSEA agreed to allow new hires to receive up to 10 years of experience credit; remaining items include a revised reduction-in-force policy and a new displacement policy to be addressed in upcoming negotiations.
Dr. Celine Wicks reported a brief bargaining update on April 6 and said the district and the Steamboat Springs Education Association (SSEA) reached a policy agreement to grant new staff up to 10 years of experience credit. "We did agree to go up to 10 years," Wicks said.
Wicks said remaining open topics include a revision to the reduction-in-force policy and a separate displacement policy SSCA brought forward; staff intend to address the financial side of negotiations after the state’s long bill is clearer. Board members characterized the experience-credit change as an important step for recruitment and retention.
No formal ratification vote on the financial aspects of a contract took place at the meeting; Wicks said the district expects to begin financial negotiations at upcoming sessions.
