• Five years ago, we made a commitment to move our teachers from the bottom third in total compensation in the County to the top third and we were able to achieve that through 20% in raises for salary over the last 4 years and an increase in benefits; the District currently pays approximately 94% of health care benefits. See links below.
• School Services of California - Comparative Analysis of Certificated Staff and Benefits
• CADIE - Comparative Analysis of District Income and Expenditures, 2017-18

• We were also able to maintain funds over these years to pay for professional development and some planning time outside of the school day for our hard working teachers and staff.

• We agree this is not enough and are active in supporting the advocacy around full and fair funding.

• While we have made progress with the Association in multiple areas during negotiations this year, unfortunately, we are now at Impasse for the 2018-2019 school year. For the 2018-2019 school year, we have a salary offer of 1.25% and the Associations’ request is at 4%. 

• After going to mediation and fact-finding for 2017-2018, both parties agreed to the 2% increase in salary recommended by the fact-finding panel. Our budget is worse this year due to a decline in enrollment, increased costs of serving students with special needs, and increased pension contributions. 

• We again have offered a two-year deal, with contingency language if the Governor’s budget is better than expected. A two-year deal would help us plan better for the future and give us time to get on a schedule to bargain for the upcoming year, instead of not having a contract during the current school year. A two-year deal would allow us to begin negotiations in spring of 2020 for the 2020-2021 school year. 

• The District brought forward its two articles and already accepted PEA’s position to not agree with the District’s proposed language changes. The District is done with its articles. 

• We are positive that we will be able to resolve this through the mediation process and thank our labor partners for their work throughout this process and their advocacy on behalf of our students and all students in California. 

• More details, including our most recent bargaining update, along with others, can be found on our website.