Struthers teachers get first raises in 4 years

STRUTHERS

The district’s approximately 130 teachers will begin the 2014-15 school year with a 1.95 percent raise — their first base salary increase in four years.

They’ll also receive this raise in each of the next two school years, 2015-16 and 2016-17, per the terms outlined in the Struthers Education Association’s new three-year contract, which was ratified by the Struthers Board of Education during a special meeting Tuesday morning, said Joseph Nohra, superintendent of Struthers City Schools.

The union itself approved the contract Monday.

Under the new agreement, a new hire with a bachelor’s degree would earn $31,724 annually in 2014-15, then approximately $32,343 in 2015-16 and $32,974 in 2016-17.

Likewise, a teacher with a master’s degree and 27 years of service would make $69,158 in the coming school year. In 2015-16, this salary would increase to about $70,507 and to $71,882 in 2016-17.

Over the next three school years, these annual 1.95 percent increases to teachers’ base salaries will cost the district a total of $514,566, said Arthur Ginnetti III, the district’s treasurer.

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