DOVER A small group of teachers stood outside Dover High School Friday during their lunch break, passing out green and white “Support Dover Public Schools” yard signs to residents who want to show support for the Dover Teachers Union.
Five hundred signs were paid for by a community action grant from National Education Association-New Hampshire, the statewide union. The Dover teachers are using the sign campaign to kick off the final stretch in the city budget process, which they hope will end with the raises in their contract preserved and without cuts to school staff.
Weeks of teachers and residents urging the council to pass the Dover School District s default budget of more than $73 million, about $5 million over the city s tax cap, are soon coming to a head. A final decision is looming from the City Council, which is also hearing from residents who don t want to see higher tax bills.
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Dover teacher cuts in negotiations as budget deadline looms
DOVER – As the Dover School Board faces a March 2 deadline to finalize the city school district s next fiscal year budget, negotiations with its teachers unions regarding staff reductions are ongoing.
The board is now evaluating district-wide staff reductions of 12 teaching positions – seven at the middle school and five at Dover High School – and 18 paraprofessionals – 14 at the elementary level, three at the middle school and one at Dover High School – and a few other clerical positions.
This estimate is down from the previously discussed cut of 40 teaching positions, and an increase from the 13 paraeducators and three clerks previously discussed in public meetings.