Mathews ratifies teachers pact

VIENNA — Mathews teachers and the board of education have ratified a two-year contract that contains a wage freeze in the first year and a 2 percent pay raise in the second.

“The teachers agreed to the freeze as a show of support for our bond issue in November,” said Superintendent Lee Seiple.

District voters will vote on a $22.5 million bond issue to finance construction of one kindergarten-through-12th grade school that will replace all four Mathews schools.

Sandra Webber, president of the Mathews Education Association representing the district’s 66 teachers, described the union’s support as “almost overwhelming.”

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