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Executive Assistant Beverly Cassano, School Committee member Gail M. Sullivan, Superintendent Margaret Marotta and Assistant Superintendent Michael Pfifferling at a Haverhill School Committee meeting. (WHAV News file photograph.)
After nearly a year and a half of back-and-forth negotiations, the Haverhill School Committee and Haverhill Education Association reached agreement last week on pay increases and other benefits for the school’s educational support professionals.
School Committee members voted 4-2 last Thursday to ratify a memorandum of understanding that provides ESPs a 2% increase for the current year, paid retroactively to last July 1; another 1.5% increase to take effect July 1, 2022; and a three-step pay scale for the next school year beginning at $21 per hour for one to three years of service, $24 per hour for four to nine years of service and $27 per hour for 10 or more years of service. New hires with bachelors’ degrees start at
Dec 20, 2020
HAVERHILL â The teachers union is lashing out at the School Committee s handling of issues related to the pandemic, saying many committee decisions leave students and staff at risk of being infected by COVID-19.
The union has taken a vote showing no confidence in the committee, which has allowed certain groups of students to remain in classrooms as the number of COVID-19 cases increases steadily in Haverhill.
The union s vote, detailed in a letter to the committee, also criticizes the school district s plan to allow elementary students back into classrooms immediately after the holiday break â at a time when health officials predict a surge in virus cases due to holiday gatherings.
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