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Board approves MOAs updating salaries and extending teacher contract to June 2026
Summary
The board approved a memorandum of agreement with OSEA updating salary steps and longevity for 2025–26 (including a 5% COLA and step adjustments with a longevity increment) and a separate MOA extending the WEA collective bargaining agreement to June 30, 2026; members praised bargaining conduct and discussed timing for the next open negotiations.
The board reviewed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) between the district and OSEA that updates salary steps for 2025–26, adds a longevity adjustment at the end of step schedules, and attaches a 5% cost-of-living adjustment at key steps. A member summarized the package as step adjustments plus a longevity increase and a COLA, explaining the work was done by the business director (referred to in the discussion as "Mr. Mohave").
Members asked whether the net effect was COLA plus an additional 0.5% longevity increment; the discussion included an exchange clarifying that steps were adjusted and a longevity increase applied to end-of-step employees. One board member said the change was necessary to be competitive with neighboring districts: "We've lost a lot of employees to neighboring districts because we did not have parity." The board approved the MOA.
Separately, the board approved an MOA extending the WEA contract through June 30, 2026; members said that extension covered wages and benefits but did not reopen language negotiations, which will be open in the next bargaining cycle. Several members commended the bargaining team, with one noting the sessions were "very respectful, very cordial" and among the best they had seen.
