The deal includes double-digit pay increases for teachers and paraprofessionals and smaller class sizes in the fourth and fifth grades.
In a statement, union leaders said its members were “grateful to be able to return to our classes and be with our students on Monday.”
The contract was successfully ratified by the union’s full membership of roughly 550 educators later Sunday night — months after they rejected a prior agreement. Under the contracts, teachers will receive a 13.5% raise over the next four years. Paraprofessionals will receive a 40% raise in the same period. Also known as “education support professionals,” paraprofessionals often work closely with students with disabilities andWoburn union leaders expressed thanks to the community in a statement, saying its support “kept us strong and affirmed that we were doing the right thing.
As of Sunday evening, it was unclear what the contract contained with regard to return-to-work fees — Galvin had allegedly asked that the union pay a $250,000 fine — or the extension of physical education in the early grades, another point of contention in bargaining. The agreement paved the way for Woburn schools to reopen on Monday morning to roughly 4,300 students. The Woburn teachers’ strike was the longest in recent memory; a teachers' strike making similar demands stretched to four days in Haverhill in October before resulting in a
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