by Kimberly Caruba (NCC News)
Oct. 20, 2010, 7:55 p.m.
MANLIUS, N.Y. - The Fayetteville-Manlius school district and its teachers' union have passed a new one year contract for the next school year that will save the district more than five-hundred-thousand dollars a year.
Raise reduction
The new contract cuts salary increases in half, with teachers now expecting a two percent raise for the 2011-2012 school year. The raise decrease is the only change between the current budget and next years.
A look at the decline in district salary increases:
- 2003, 4.25 %
- 2008, 4%
- 2011, 2%
Content union members
"I'm actually very happy with the new contract," said Kelly Fletcher, the union president. "We were able to maintain our health insurance and we had made some great strides in the last contract negotiations and this allows us to maintain those."
The union passed the new contract Oct. 13, with 200 yes votes and four no votes. Fletcher said that she did not think it was a hard decision for the other union members to make because they understand the situation they are in with the bad economy.
This year's contract ends June 30, 2011 and the new one takes effect July 1, 2011.
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