Ohio School Boards Association
January 2014
Year-at-a-glance: 2013 contract
settlements
by Renee L. Fambro
deputy director of labor relations
It’s that time of year, when we publish one
of the most popular features in School
Management News (SMN) — a recap of the
prior year’s settled labor agreements. We
provide this information monthly, but many
schools want one reference that includes the
entire year’s contract settlements. This single
source can help districts prepare for
negotiations when they want to review
comparable, recently negotiated labor
agreements. Please note some of the
settlements occurred in 2012, but were not
reported in SMN until 2013
As a reminder, complete labor agreements
can be found on the State Employment
Relations Board (SERB) website at
http://links.ohioschoolboards.org/27002.
Remember that all collective bargaining
agreements must be filed with SERB. In
addition to an electronic version of the labor
agreement (including signatures), a Contract
Data Summary Sheet is required. For
information on filing labor agreements and
the corresponding summary sheet, go to
http://links.ohioschoolboards.org/
12399.
Our main source for recent contract
settlements is local newspapers, so it’s possible
we won’t see every district’s settlement. If
your settlement isn’t published, contact the
author at rfambro@ohioschoolboards.org or
(614) 540-4000, ext. 243, with the details so
it can be included in SMN. The more
complete our information, the better resource
we can provide to our members.
Certified contracts
District: Cloverleaf Local (Medina)
Settlement date: October 2012
Contract term: three years
Contract particulars: 0% base salary
increases in all three years; regular step
increase in year one and half-step increases in
years two and three; no increases in
employee share of health insurance
premiums.
District: Canal Winchester Local (Franklin)
Settlement date: December 2012
Contract term: two years
Contract particulars: 1% base salary increase
in both the 2013-14 and 2014-15 school
years; employee share of single health
insurance premiums increased from 7% to
10% effective July 2013.
District: Solon City
Settlement date: January 2013
Contract term: four years (final year of a
three-year contract plus a new three-year
contract)
Contract particulars: 2% base salary increase
in the 2013-14 school year with limited step
increases; no base salary and no step increase
in 2014-15 school year; 2.5% base salary
increases in the last two years along with
limited step increases; employee share of
health insurance premiums will increase from
13.58% to 15% over the term of the
contract.
District: Westlake City
Settlement date: January 2013
Contract term: 18 months
Contract particulars: no change in
salary for the first six months; 2.5%
base salary decrease in July 2013;
employee share of health insurance
premiums increased from 10% to
15%; prescription co-pays increased
33%; employees will work three
additional professional development
days with no additional
compensation.
District: Berea City
Settlement date: April 2013
Contract term: three years
Contract particulars: 0% base salary
increases and delayed step increases all
three years; employee share of health
insurance premiums increased from 3%
to 10%; employees hired after July 1,
2013, will not receive the board pickup
on the pickup on retirement
contributions; base salary for starting
teachers increased to make up for the
lost pickup contribution; agreement to
have a baseline date prior to fully
implementing the terms of Ohio
Teacher Evaluation System (OTES).
District: Mathews Local (Trumbull)
Settlement date: April 2013
Contract term: three years, retroactive
to August 2012
Contract particulars: 0% base salary
increases for all three years;
grandfathered employees who currently
pay 5% of their health insurance
premiums will pay 10% in the third
year of the contract.
District: Kenston Local (Geauga)
Settlement date: April 2013
Contract term: two years
Contract particulars: 1.5% base salary
increase in year one; 1% base salary
increase in year two; retirement
incentive of increased severance for
employees who provide early
notification of retirement.
District: Bay Village City
Settlement date: April 2013
Contract term: three years
Contract particulars: 2% base salary
increases in years one and two; 1.75%
base salary increase in year three;
employee share of health insurance
premiums will increase from 10% to
15% over the contract; spouses eligible
for health insurance coverage from
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their employers will no longer be
eligible for district health insurance
coverage.
District: Cleveland Municipal
Settlement date: May 2013
Contract term: three years
Contract particulars: 4% base salary
increase in year one; 0% base salary
increase in year two; 1% base salary
increase in year three; new 15-level
salary schedule based on teacher
performance and specialized
qualifications or duties; one-time
payment of $1,500 per teacher after
completing first year under the new
salary schedule; teacher workday
increased by 40 minutes; employee
share of health insurance premiums
increased to 10% with a maximum of
$75 per month for single coverage and
$175 per month for family coverage;
reconfigured planning periods allow
100 minutes more per week of student
contact time, sets class size goals and
places hiring and assignment of teachers
in the hands of school-based teams that
include at least one parent.
District: Crestview Local (Columbiana)
Settlement date: May 2013
Contract term: two years
Contract particulars: 3% base salary
increase in year one; 2% base salary
increase in year two; no changes to
health insurance.
District: Findlay City
Settlement date: May 2013
Contract term: three years
Contract particulars: 2.25% base
salary increase in year one with 0.25%
contingent on state-funding levels;
1.5% base salary increase in year two;
wage re-opener in year three using a
hybrid pay salary schedule that
combines the current schedule and
teacher performance measures.
District: North Royalton City
Settlement date: May 2013
Contract term: three years with a
one-year extension
Contract particulars: 0% base salary
increase in year one; 0.5% base salary
increase in year two; 1% base salary
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increases in years three and four;
employee share of health insurance
premiums increased to 15% by the end
of the contract.
District: Urbana City
Settlement date: May 2013
Contract term: memorandum of
understanding to extend current
contract one year
Contract particulars: 0% base salary
increase and no step increase.
District: Buckeye Valley Local
(Delaware)
Settlement date: June 2013
Contract term: three years
Contract particulars: 1.5% base salary
increases in all three years; employee
share of health insurance premiums
increased to 13% by the end of the
contract.
District: Canton City
Settlement date: June 2013
Contract term: three years
Contract particulars: 1.95% base
salary increase in year one; 1.75% base
salary increase in year two; 1.55% base
salary increase in year three; 15
minutes added to teachers’ workday;
additional four to seven professional
development days; employees to pay
up to 13% of health insurance
premiums.
District: Eastwood Local (Wood)
Settlement date: June 2013
Contract term: three years
Contract particulars: 2.5% base salary
increase in year one; 1.75% base salary
increases in years two and three;
increase in health insurance deductibles.
District: Fredericktown Local (Knox)
Settlement date: June 2013
Contract term: three years
Contract particulars: 1% base salary
increase in year one; 2% base salary
increases in years two and three.
District: Galion City
Settlement date: June 2013
Contract term: one year
Contract particulars: 0% base salary
increase.
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District: Green Local (Wayne)
Settlement date: June 2013
Contract term: three years
Contract particulars: 0% base salary
increase in year one, 0.5% base salary
increases in years two and three;
changes to health insurance plan.
District: Lakota Local (Sandusky)
Settlement date: June 2013
Contract term: two years
Contract particulars: 1.5% base salary
increases in both years; creation of a
committee to develop a wellness
program by June 2014, once program is
implemented, employees who
successfully complete the program will
receive a 5% reduction in their share of
health insurance premiums.
District: New Riegel Local (Seneca)
Settlement date: June 2013
Contract term: three years
Contract particulars: 2% base salary
increase in year one; 1.5% base salary
increase in year two; 1% base salary
increase in year three.
District: Northwestern Local (Clark)
Settlement date: June 2013
Contract term: three years
Contract particulars: 1.5% base salary
increase in year one; 1% base salary
increase in year two; 0.5% base salary
increase in year three; 30-minute
extension to the school day.
District: Ottoville Local (Putnam)
Settlement date: June 2013
Contract term: three years
Contract particulars: 1.75% base
salary increases in years one and two;
1.5% base salary increase in year three.
District: Ridgemont Local (Hardin)
Settlement date: June 2013
Contract term: one year
Contract particulars: 2% base salary
increase and no step increase.
District: Southern Local (Meigs)
Settlement date: June 2013
Contract term: three years
Contract particulars: 3% base salary
increase in year one; 2% base salary
increase in year two; 1% base salary
increase in year three; life insurance
coverage increased from $35,000 to
$40,000.
District: Switzerland of Ohio Local
(Monroe)
Settlement date: June 2013
Contract term: voluntary re-opener
mid-term resulting in a 40-month
memorandum of understanding
Contract particulars: all employees’
health insurance plans reduced to a
lower level plan with higher co-pays
and deductibles; future increases in
health insurance costs up to 10% will
be split at 90% district and 10%
employee, increases above 10% will
result in further modifications to the
plan to compensate for the increased
cost; employees to receive a bonus
equivalent to 1% of their yearly pay for
every $1 million in public utility
personal property tax money the district
receives.
District: Van Buren Local (Hancock)
Settlement date: June 2013
Contract term: three years
Contract particulars: 1.7% base salary
increase in year one; 1.5% base salary
increase in year two; salary increase in
year three contingent on the
development of a new system of teacher
pay; employees’ share of health insurance
premiums on single health insurance
will increase from 10% to 15% during
year two; creation of a sick leave pool.
District: Athens City
Settlement date: July 2013
Contract term: three years
Contract particulars: 3% base salary
increase effective Jan. 1, 2014; 2% base
salary increases in years two and three;
no change to health insurance.
District: Campbell City
Settlement date: August 2013
Contract term: two years
Contract particulars: 0% base salary
increase in year one; employees not
eligible for a step increase in year one
will receive a one-time $500 stipend;
1% base salary increase in year two;
employee share of health insurance
premiums increased to 10% on Jan. 1,
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2014, then to 11% in 2015.
District: Cuyahoga Valley Career
Center
Settlement date: July 2013
Contract term: three years, retroactive
to July 1
Contract particulars: 0% base salary
increases and no step increases in all
three years; employee share of health
insurance premiums increased to
approximately 10% by year three.
District: Mohawk Local (Wyandot)
Settlement date: July 2013
Contract term: two years
Contract particulars: 0% base salary
increases in both years; no change in
health insurance.
District: Aurora City
Settlement date: August 2013
Contract term: three years
Contract particulars: 0.75% base
salary increase in year one; 1% base
salary increases in years two and three;
prescription co-pays increased from $3,
$10 and $20 to $10, $15 and $30;
addition of vision coverage.
District: Fostoria City
Settlement date: August 2013
Contract term: one year
Contract particulars: 0% base salary
increase; employee share of health
insurance premiums increased from
10% to 15%.
District: Lake Local (Wood)
Settlement date: August 2013
Contract term: three years
Contract particulars: 2.75% base
salary increase in year one; 2.25% base
salary increase in year two; 1.95% base
salary increase in year three; school day
increased by 15 minutes.
District: Manchester Local (Summit)
Settlement date: August 2013
Contract term: one year
Contract particulars: 0% base salary
increase and no step increase.
District: Marion City
Settlement date: August 2013
Contract term: two years
Contract particulars: 3.25% base
salary increase in year one; 2.5% base
salary increase in year two.
District: Marysville EV
Settlement date: August 2013
Contract term: three years
Contract particulars: 1% base salary
increase in year one; 2% base salary
increase and no step increase in year
two; re-opener on wages in year three.
District: North Canton City
Settlement date: August 2013
Contract term: three years
Contract particulars: 0% base salary
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increase in year one; possible raises in
years two and three if there is an
unexpected boost in state revenue.
District: Pickerington Local (Fairfield)
Settlement date: August 2013
Contract term: two years
Contract particulars: 2.5% base salary
increase in year one; 2.25% base salary
increase in year two; one-time $300
stipend for all full-time teachers in the
2014-15 school year; employees who
opt out of the district health insurance
plan will receive one-time payment of
$3,500 for a family plan and $1,750 for
a single plan.
District: Rossford EV
Settlement date: August 2013
Contract term: three years
Contract particulars: 0% base salary
increase in year one; 1% base salary
increase in year two; 1.5% base salary
increase in year three; employee share
of health insurance premiums
increased from 10% to 12.5% in year
one and to 15% in year two; increased
co-pays for prescriptions and office
visits.
District: Tri-Valley Local
(Muskingum)
Settlement date: August 2013
Contract term: two years
Contract particulars: 2% base salary
increases in both years; no more payroll
deduction for union dues; revised salary
schedule moving from 15 to 38 steps.
District: Waterloo Local (Portage)
Settlement date: August 2013
Contract term: three years
Contract particulars: 0.75% base
salary increase in year one; 1% base
salary increases in years two and three.
District: Weathersfield Local
(Trumbull)
Settlement date: August 2013
Contract term: three years
Contract particulars: 1% base salary
increases in years one and two; 0% base
salary increase in year three.
District: Woodridge Local (Summit)
Settlement date: August 2013
January 2014
Contract term: three years
Contract particulars: 1% base salary
increases in all three years; 1.25% cash
incentive in year one and 1% cash
incentives in years two and three;
employee share of health insurance
premiums increased from 8% to 10%
in year one, 11.5% in year two and
12% in year three.
salary increase in year two with the
potential of an additional 0.25% based
on revenue projections; one-time lump
sum payment of $150 in year one; $1
more per hour for head and assistant
cooks in year one, 20 cents more per
hour for other cooks in year two, 5
cents more per hour for all other
classifications in year two.
District: Little Miami Local (Warren)
Settlement date: September 2013
Contract term: one year
Contract particulars: 1.5% base salary
increase; one-time $500 stipend; annual
mentor teacher stipend increased from
$500 to $750.
District: Groveport Madison Local
(Franklin)
Settlement date: November 2012
Contract term: four years
Contract particulars: 0% base salary
increase.
District: Newark City
Settlement date: September 2013
Contract term: two years
Contract particulars: 2% base salary
increase in year one; 1% base salary
increase in year two; one-time $250
payment this year.
District: Gahanna-Jefferson City
Settlement date: October 2013
Contract term: three years, retroactive
to July 1
Contract particulars: 1.5% base salary
increase in year one; 1% base salary
increase in year two; 0% base salary
increase in year three.
District: Tallmadge City
Settlement date: October 2013
Contract term: three years, retroactive
to June with an automatic one-year
extension if the extension can be
certified
Contract particulars: 1.5% base salary
increases in all three years; employee
share of health insurance premiums
increased from 10% to 12%; two
choices of health insurance plans
effective Jan. 1, 2014.
Classified contracts
District: Delaware City
Settlement date: November 2012
Contract term: two years
Union: United Electrical Workers
Contract particulars: 1.25% base
salary increase in year one; 0.75% base
District: Jefferson Area Local
(Ashtabula)
Settlement date: November 2012
Contract term: one-year wage
re-opener, retroactive to July 1, 2012
Contract particulars: 0% base salary
increase and no step increase; employee
share of health insurance premium
increased from 5% to 10%; board-paid
life insurance on each employee
increased from $10,000 to $20,000.
District: Canal Winchester Local
(Franklin)
Settlement date: December 2012
Contract term: two years
Contract particulars: 1% base salary
increases in both years; employee share
of health insurance premiums increased
from 7% to 10%.
District: North Olmsted City
Settlement date: December 2012
Contract term: four years
Contract particulars: 1.95% base
salary increases in each of the first three
years; 1.75% base salary increase in year
four; employee share of health
insurance premium increased from 7%
to 10% in year one, 12% in year two,
15% in years three and four.
District: Westlake City
Settlement date: January 2013
Contract term: 18 months
Contract particulars: no change in
salary for the first six months; 2.5%
base salary decrease in July 2013;
employee share of health insurance
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premiums increased from 10% to 15%;
prescription co-pays increased 33%;
employees will work three additional
professional development days with no
additional compensation.
District: Wellston City
Settlement date: February 2013
Contract term: three years through
June 15, 2015, replacing the contract
that expired in June 2009
Contract particulars: 1% base salary
increases in years one and two; 0.5%
base salary increase in year three;
employee share of single and family
health insurance premiums increased
from $2.50/$5 per month to $25/$35
per month in year one; $30/$50 in year
two and 5% in year three; insurance
opt-out provision; increase in the
number of sick days that can be cashed
out for severance; the option of
purchasing an athletic pass at a reduced
rate.
District: West Branch Local
(Mahoning)
Settlement date: February 2013
Contract term: one-year contract
extension
Contract particulars: half-step increase
plus a guarantee that if the district
receives additional funding from the
state in a supplemental guarantee of at
least $200,000, eligible employees will
receive an additional half-step increase.
District: Adena Local (Ross)
Settlement date: March 2013
Contract term: two years
Contract particulars: 0% base salary
increases both years; employees not
eligible for step increases will receive
$300 longevity payments in May 2014
and 2015; employees will receive
insurance premium holidays in June,
July and August of 2014 and June
2015.
District: Coventry Local (Summit)
Settlement date: April 2013
Contract term: two years
Contract particulars: 0% base salary
increases and no step increases for both
years.
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District: Crestview Local (Columbiana)
Settlement date: May 2013
Contract term: two years
Contract particulars: 3% base salary
increase in year one; 2% base salary
increase in year two; no changes to
health insurance.
District: Canton City
Settlement date: June 2013
Contract term: three years
Contract particulars: 1.95% base
salary increase in year one; 1.75% base
salary increase in year two; 1.55% base
salary increase in year three.
District: Fredericktown Local (Knox)
Settlement date: June 2013
Contract term: three years
Contract particulars: 1% base salary
increase in year one; 2% base salary
increases in years two and three.
District: Galion City
Settlement date: June 2013
Contract term: one year
Contract particulars: 0% base salary
increase.
District: North Royalton City
Settlement date: June 2013
Contract term: four years
Contract particulars: 1% base salary
increase in each year; spouses eligible
for group health insurance from their
employers will be ineligible for coverage
on the school’s insurance plan;
employee share of health insurance
premiums increased to 15% by the end
of the contract.
District: Solon City
Settlement date: June 2013
Contract term: renegotiated last year of
existing contract and new three-year
contract
Contract particulars: 0% base salary
increase and no step increase on existing
contract; 2% base salary increase in first
year of new contract; 2.5% base salary
increases in years two and three of new
contract; limited step increases;
employee share of health insurance
premiums increased from 10% to 13%
over the term of the contract.
District: Switzerland of Ohio Local
(Monroe)
Settlement date: June 2013
Contract term: voluntary re-opener
mid-term resulting in a 40-month
memorandum of understanding
Contract particulars: all employees’
health insurance plans reduced to a
lower level plan with higher co-pays
and deductibles; future increases in
health insurance costs up to 10% will
be split at 90% district and 10%
employee, increases above 10% will
result in further modifications to the
plan to compensate for the increased
cost; employees to receive a bonus
equivalent to 1% of their yearly pay for
every $1 million in public utility
personal property tax money the district
receives.
District: Bay Village City
Settlement date: July 2013
Contract term: three years
Contract particulars: 2% base salary
increases in years one and two; 1.75%
base salary increase in year three;
employee share of health insurance
premiums increased from 12% to 15%.
District: East Palestine City
Settlement date: July 2013
Contract term: three years
Contract particulars: 2% base salary
increases in years one and two; 0% base
salary increase in year three.
District: Lisbon EV
Settlement date: July 2013
Contract term: three years
Contract particulars: 2% base salary
increases in years one and two; 1% base
salary increase in year three; salary
increase will be adjusted to match the
minimum wage increase if it is a larger
percentage than what was negotiated.
District: Southern Local (Meigs)
Settlement date: July 2013
Contract term: three years
Contract particulars: 50 cents per
hour raise in year one; 32 cents per
hour raise in year two; 20 cents per
hour raise in year three; 50 cents per
hour increase for extra trips; changes to
the mail order prescription drug plan;
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reimbursement up to $57 for required
FBI/BCI background checks.
District: Wapakoneta City
Settlement date: July 2013
Contract term: two years
Contract particulars: 0% base salary
increases and no step increases in both
years; $150 yearly stipend for full-time
employees; $75 yearly stipend for
part-time employees; employee share
of health insurance premiums
increased from 14% to 15%;
reimbursement up to $40 for renewal
background checks.
District: Chillicothe City
Settlement date: August 2013
Contract term: three years
Contract particulars: 0% base salary
increase in year one; insurance and
wage reopener in year two; addition of
a perfect attendance bonus; life
insurance coverage increased from
$45,000 to $49,000; severance payout
increased; addition of mediation step in
the grievance process.
District: Eastwood Local (Wood)
Settlement date: August 2013
Contract term: three years
Contract particulars: 2.5% base salary
increase in year one; 1.75% base salary
increases in years two and three;
employee share of health insurance
premiums increased.
District: Lake Local (Wood)
Settlement date: August 2013
Contract term: three years
Contract particulars: 2.27% base
salary increase in year one; 2.25% base
salary increase in year two; 1.95% base
salary increase in year three.
District: Lakota Local (Sandusky)
Settlement date: August 2013
Contract term: two years
Contract particulars: 1.5% base salary
increases in both years; new language
allowing sick leave use for domestic
partners and allowing unused sick leave
bank hours to be returned to donating
employees; increase in sick leave
maximum accumulation.
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District: Salem City
Settlement date: August 2013
Contract term: three years
Contract particulars: 2% base salary
increase in years one and two; 1% base
salary increase in year three; increases in
employee share of retirement
contribution and health insurance
premiums.
District: Orange City
Settlement date: September 2013
Contract term: three years, retroactive
to Jan. 1
Contract particulars: 0% base salary
increase in year one; 1.8% base salary
increase in year two; 1.9% base salary
increase in year three; employee share of
health insurance premiums increased
from 8% to 10% in year one, 11% in
year two and 12% in year three;
beginning Oct. 1, spouses with access
to health insurance must use their
insurance as primary.
District: Tallmadge City
Settlement date: September 2013
Contract term: three years, retroactive
to June with a possible one-year
extension
Contract particulars: 1.5% base salary
increases in all three years; employee
share of health insurance premiums
increased from 10% to 12% on Jan. 1,
2014.
District: Tri-Valley Local
(Muskingum)
Settlement date: September 2013
Contract term: two years
Contract particulars: 2% base salary
increases in both years; removal of fair
share clause; maintenance employees
and mechanics removed from
bargaining unit; an option for
employees to reduce annual sick accrual
from 15 to 9 days with a one-time
$1,500 payment.
District: Indian Valley Local
(Tuscarawas)
Settlement date: October 2013
Contract term: three years
Contract particulars: 3% base salary
increase in year one; 2.75% base salary
increases in years two and three.
District: Newton Falls EV
Settlement date: October 2013
Contract term: three years
Contract particulars: 25 cents per
hour increases in all three years;
employee share of health insurance
premiums increased for single coverage
from $30 to $75 per pay period and for
family coverage $65 to $100 per pay
period; one-time insurance stipend of
$500 for employees paying increased
premium costs.
District: South Range Local
(Mahoning)
Settlement date: October 2013
Contract term: one year, retroactive to
July 1
Contract particulars: 0% base salary
increase and no step increase.
Other news
Boardman Local (Mahoning) and
its Ohio Association of Public School
Employees (OAPSE) members came to
an agreement over the interpretation of
contract language involving health
insurance cost savings. OAPSE argued
that the contract language allowed for a
share of fiscal year (FY) 2013’s health
insurance cost savings to go to union
members. The board’s stance was that
OAPSE members were entitled to cost
savings only if the local health
insurance committee was successful in
reducing base premiums, which it was
not. To resolve the issue, the board will
make a one-time payment of $30,891
that will be divided among 153 staff
members who participated in the
district’s health insurance program as of
Feb. 1, 2013. As part of the
understanding, there is an agreement
between the parties that no cost
savings will be shared with union
members for FY 2014 unless the local
health insurance committee can reduce
base premiums below the FY 2011
levels.
Geneva Area City administrators,
directors and supervisors will not
receive any wage increases for the third
year in a row.
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The Lake Local (Wood)
superintendent, treasurer, elementary
school principal, athletic and
maintenance director, technology
coordinator and transportation and
student activities director received a
2.35% salary increase this year and
1.95% increases the next two years. The
high school principal, middle school
principal and psychologist received a
2% salary increase this year and 1.25%
increases the next two years.
Licking Heights Local (Licking)
administrators will not receive wage or
step increases for the coming year, but
most administrative personnel will
receive a one-time $500 payment; most
exempt, nonunion employees also will
receive the payment.
Marysville EV administrators
received a 1.5% increase in the 2013-14
school year, as well as the removal of a
furlough day. Administrators will move
to a performance-based pay plan in the
2014-15 school year. New
administrators hired for the 2013-14
school year already are on the
performance-based pay plan.
Southwest Licking Local (Licking)
provided incentives for employees
planning to retire if they notified the
board of their intent in February.
Employees sending a letter of intent to
retire to the board by Feb. 1 will receive
$200, and those sending a letter by
Feb. 15 will receive $100.
Upper Arlington City
administrators and nonunion staff
(teaching aides and technology staff)
will not receive raises in the 2013-14
school year. Administrators do not
receive step increases and most
nonunion members won’t receive step
increases, although some are still eligible
on a three-step scale.
Urbana City administrators,
administrative staff and nonunion staff
members will have a salary freeze in the
2013-14 school year.
Wapakoneta City administrators’
salaries will remain frozen for the
2012-13 school year and they will have
the same health insurance benefits as
teachers.
Westerville City administrators will
pay 1% of their retirement contributions
in 2013 and an additional 3% by 2016.
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