Financial Counter – April 17, 2025
The School Committee heard from NASE at our joint meeting on April 3, 2025 that it wanted us to prioritize COLA and Longevity increases in our next counter. So, we have put together two potential scenarios, that equal to nearly the same bottomline cost:
- one that includes many of the smaller items NASE had expressed as priorities at the joint meeting on March 6, 2025 (Package 1);
- the other that focuses as much money as possible into COLA and Longevity increases, while having to give up or delay some offers we had previously put on the table (Package 2).
Because both packages are an increase from the counter we made on February 27, 2025, we hope this will not be viewed as regressive bargaining.
| Item Description | Package 1 | Package 2 | |
| All Units | COLA | Hourly – 2/2/2.5
Salaried 1.5/1.5/2 |
Hourly – 3/3/2.5
Salaried 2.75/2.75/2.5 |
| Unit C | 1/2 hour additional pay per day | Add 1/2 hour to workday | No Changes |
| Multiple | Holiday | Add holiday on Dec 26 when Dec 25 is on a Thursday | No Changes |
| Multiple | Family/Med Leave | 1 Week paid by the district | 1 Week paid by the district starting in year 2 |
| Unit A | Hourly Increase @ $35-$36 | Increase to $36 | No Increase |
| Unit A | Sick Buybacks @ $75/day with cap of $5500 | TAed | TAed |
| Unit A | Stipend Increases for Dept Chair, Head Teacher, & Team Leader |
|
No Changes |
| Unit A | Longevity | Aligns with City; No 5yr tier | Increase starts in year 2 |
| Unit A | Appendix A-I Registered Nurse Salary drop Step 3 add 2 steps at top | TAed | TAed |
| Unit A | Extracurricular Stipends | Increase with COLA | No Increase |
| Unit A | Athletic Stipends with COLA | Increase with COLA | No Increase |
| Unit B | Longevity | Aligns with City; No 5yr tier | Increase starts in year 2 |
| Unit B | Vacation Buy Back | 1 day @ 50% of daily rate | NASE Priority |
| Unit B | Unit B Drop Step 1, add Step 10 | TAed | TAed |
| Unit B | Advanced Study Salary Adj | No Increases | No Increases |
| Unit C | Longevity | Aligns with City; No 5yr tier | Increase starts in year 2 |
| Unit C | Steps | No Changes | No Changes |
| Unit C | Personal days for .5 paras | Add 1 | Add 1 |
| Unit C | LPN Orientations @ Standard rate/dayx 3 days | TAed | TAed |
| Unit C | Therapy Assistants Remove Step 3 & 4 | TAed | TAed |
| Unit C | Sub Pay (para for teacher
coverage) |
Increase to $21/$36 | No Increase |
| Unit C | Increase summer pay 18 to 19 or hourly which ever is greater | TAed | TAed |
| Unit C | Liability Insurance for LPNs | TAed | TAed |
| Unit E | Longevity | Aligns with City; No 5yr tier | Increase starts in year 2 |
| Unit E | Steps | No Changes | No Changes |
| Unit E | Work alone stipend increase | No Increase | Possibility to remove work alone stipend and increase COLA for Unit E? |
| Unit E | Bilingual stipend | Increase to $1100 | Increase to $1100 |
| Unit F | Longevity | Aligns with City; No 5yr tier | Increase starts in year 2 |
| Unit F | Steps | Drop 1st step add 1 step | No Changes |
| Unit F | Work alone stipend | No | No |
| Unit F | Clothing Allowance | No Increase | No Increase |
| Unit F | Inclement Weather pay | No Increase | No Increase |
| Unit F | Pool Care Stipend | No | No |
| Unit F | Stipend for biohazard cleaning | No | No |
| Unit F | Sick Day Incentive | No Increase | No Increase |
| Unit F | Regrading | No Changes | No Changes |