REXBURG A pipe froze and water burst inside a lobby at an apartment complex on Monday, causing college students to evacuate the area. It happened around 4 p.m. at the Cedars Women’s Housing Complex at Hemming Village. The Madison Fire Department responded when a fire alarm went off in response to the flood. In […]
imagine a school district where in this terrible economy, the average teacher makes nearly, what, $90,000 a year? that s the reality in the school district in pennsylvania. but now, times are tough and the school board needs to scale things back. the teachers union refusing. now, unless they get a bigger raise and back pay, teachers will work according to the previous contract. but won t sign any college recommendation letters or chaperon any events. that s crazy. i say as a father of three. joining us right now is the school board president richie webb and school board member william o connor. they join us live in the studio. good morning to both of you. thank you. let s start by showing folks the rich deal they have. the average salary of a teacher in your school district is close
to $90,000 right there and the teachers don t pay for health insurance. they get longevity benefits. they get reimbursed for sick days and when they retire, they get a $27,500 cash bonus. richie, you can t pay that anymore, can you? no, sir. financially, one of the problems that s held us up is the fact that we re trying to negotiate a contract that we can afford. in the past, pennsylvania schools have had basically unlimited taxing authority. not so anymore under pennsylvania law in 2006, they passed what is known as act one which limits the school s ability to raise taxes and anything above a certain inflationary rate which is set by the state requires a referendum. sure. william, one of the things about this particular situation is historically teachers are generally have the support of the parents. but in this case, it sounds like the parents are on your side and they feel like the teachers are being unreasonable. for two primary reasons.
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