Staff Writer
NEW WATERFORD With so many things up in the air with COVID-19, the teachers and staff at Crestview schools decided to carry over their contracts for another year.
On Wednesday, the board of education voted to approve a one-year extension, which includes a 1 percent pay increase, for both the members of the Ohio Association of Public School Employees (OAPSE) Chapter 300 and the Crestview Education Association. There is also the possibility of a 1 percent base salary increase if the upcoming five-year forecast shows the school will have a sufficient minimum $700,000 carryover balance for the years 2022 and 2023.
Superintendent Matthew Manley told the board the staff understands the pandemic and effects on the state budget has made it difficult for the school district to know where the budget will stand for now, so they agreed to extend the contract for now. The current contract was set to expire in August of 2021.