Superintendent Tim Forson told the school board Tuesday it should approve the pay raises recommended by a special magistrate even though the district’s attorney disagreed with some of the logic used in their decision.
because teachers said the raise that the district was offering wasn’t enough. The district’s final offer for a pay raise was rejected by 77% of teachers last year.‘Earned the pay increases they seek’: Mediator sides with teachers union in dispute over pay in St. Johns County
One board member, attorney Patrick Canan, said he is in favor even though he also has some issues with the ruling. Under the proposal backed by the magistrate, the starting teacher salary would increase by $1,142 to $48,642 and teachers rated effective and highly effective for the year would get a $1,522 and $2,029 raise, respectively.
In his conclusion, the special magistrate noted that Florida is ranked near the bottom in the nation’s per-student spending for grade schools and the growth experienced by St. Johns School District and other fast-growing districts in Florida has “exacerbated the difficulties caused by that underfunding.”
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