Thursday, May 24, 2012
If approved, Upper St. Clair will eliminate 13 teaching positions in two years.
In the proposed final budget approved by the Upper St. Clair School Board Monday night, the following seven professional staff positions are being cut: In the plan, two aides will also be cut: The professional teacher reductions will result in $550,000 in savings. The two support staff cuts will equal $85,000 in savings. The positions are available for elimination due to retirements. The Upper St. Clair School District agreed not to furlough any teachers during the next two years in the recently approved contract. The new contract saves the district more than $3.7 million in its first two years. Last school year, the district eliminated six teachers and three teacher aides. There are two more school board meetings on June 11 and 18 before …
Friday, April 20, 2012
The agreement will save the Upper St. Clair School District more than $3.7 million in its first two years.
Upper St. Clair School teachers voted 170 to 61 Friday evening to accept a new teacher contract with the district. After the ratification, school board members met at 8 p.m. Friday and voted 8 to 1 to approve the agreement. The new contract will save the district more than $3.7 million in its first two years. The four-year contract replaces the prior contract that was not due to expire for another two years. The most significant changes in the agreement are in salary compensation and a no furlough guarantee. In the 2012-13 and 2013-14 school years, teachers will use their 2009-10 salary schedule. In the 2014-15 school year, the 2010-11 salary schedule will be used. And in 2015-16, the 2011-12 schedule will be implemented. In exchange, the …
If teachers reject the proposal, the district will have to eliminate programs and furlough 30 to 40 professional employees, according to the Upper St. Clair School District's superintendent.
Teachers will vote Friday evening on whether to accept a proposal from the Upper St. Clair School District that would modify their current contracts. Superintendent Patrick O'Toole said at Thursday night's school board meeting that if the teachers reject the proposal, the district will need to move forward with significant cost-saving measures, which will include the elimination of programs and the furlough of 30 to 40 professional employees. If teachers approve the proposal, O'Toole said administrators are prepared to present a budget to the school board that would incorporate the savings provided for in the proposal. Administrators have been in discussions with the Upper St. Clair Education Association, the collective bargaining agent …
william atwell
7:14 am on Tuesday, September 4, 2012
You know say what you want about wva. Really don't care. I will say this seniors down there are exempt on home taxes I do believe it's the first 100k. So go figure. The state also reduced over all tax on grocerys and clothes down to less than 2%. Hmmm so for a bunch of backwoods hillbillies who tap the maple trees I think we may be a little smarter! And last time I checked our state government … more ›