School District to Explore Pay Freezes, Health Care Concessions
Twinsburg schools may use collective bargaining to revisit wages and compensation for all employees
As the Twinsburg City School District looks at ways to cut costs for the 2012-13 school year, they will also examine all employee contracts to find savings through pay freezes and health care concessions. Superintendent Kathryn Powers said the district could save approximately $1.5 million by re-examining contracts, changes to busing, pay-to-participate and other options. “Obviously the biggest piece will be revisiting the collective bargaining agreements with our unions,” Powers said. “I believe our treasurer indicated that would be a savings of about $800,000." Powers said this option was suggested by one of the district’s employees during a brainstorming session earlier this year. Some of the possibilities they will look at include pay …
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Peggy Bartulovic
3:05 pm on Monday, December 5, 2011
Scott, If continung ed credits are mandated by the State...alll teachers...motivated or lazy must attain them. There are two issues: One, the state mandate needs to be revised. I don't believe a masters degree is necessary to teach gym or art...for that matter, it's really not necessary for any secondary school subject. The second issue is, if the mandate is not lifted, who pays for the … more ›