Events Calendar
In This Section
Most Read Stories
Blogs:
Akrocentric:
Will Akron Lose its Marbles? America's Oldest Still-Standing Toy Factory is in Akron
Akron Aeros:
Newsom saves ninth in as many tries as Aeros top Thunder
Akron Zips:
Zips offer scholarship to Georgia linebacker
All Da King's Men:
Rewriting History, Obama-Style
Balanced Ledger:
Spring football
Blog of Mass Destruction:
Voter ID Revisited: The Nuns
BokBluster:
Willie Horton of Gitmo
Browns Bulletin:
Taped signals saga involved the Browns
Cleveland Browns:
McGinest's farewell tour
Cleveland Cavaliers:
LeBron to mom, Celtics: “Sit your (butt) down.”
Kent State Sports:
Baseball continues hot streak
Ohio Politics:
Finally A Real Conservative For President: Bob Barr
Ohio Travels with Betty:
Our family will visit Columbus this summer - need suggestions on things to do.
Olympic Dreams - Running:
Oregon Twilight
Patrick McManamon:
The win, the dunk (WOW), the series …
Sound Check:
Black Keys play "secret" Myspace Show at Beachland
Tia's Trends:
Whitehall Jewelers CEO to Retire
The Heldenfiles:
"Dancing With the Stars" Semifinals (Four Contestants)
The Sports Blitz:
Cleveland Browns - They Love Them! They Really, Really Love Them!
Varsity Letters:
North, Firestone win Auten track and field titles
By Katie Byard Beacon Journal Staff Writer
POSTED: 04:16 p.m. EDT, Aug 13, 2007
Aurora teachers will receive 2 percent salary increases in each of two years of a new contract that begins Sept. 1.
The labor pact approved over the weekend by the Aurora school board calls for concessions in prescription coverage.
Superintendent Russ Bennett said the change expected to save the district $200,000 over the two-year period ''allowed us to offer the 2-percent'' increase in wages.
The new prescription plan increases the amount teachers will pay for drugs that are not on a list of covered drugs so-called ''formulary drugs.''
The plan, however, decreases the amount they will pay for generic drugs.
Bennett said the pact also calls for teachers to meet as teams four times a month to discuss student performance on districtwide and state-mandated tests, as well as other issues.
Members of the teachers union approved the contract last week. The union represents about 185 teachers and other certificated employees, including counselors and librarians.
''This was the fairest settlement that could be reached given our current financial condition,'' said board President Jerry Kohanski in a news release.
The board also voted to put a 6-mill combined operating and permanent improvements levy on the Nov. 6 ballot.
The levy's millage would be split between operations and improvements.
Nearly 2 mills would generate $19 million over 28 years to pay for additional classrooms and improved security and safety systems districtwide, while roughly 4 mills would generate nearly $2.5 million annually for operations.
The property-tax request marks the first time the district has asked for additional operating money since 1992.
tkbyard
Aurora teachers will receive 2 percent salary increases in each of two years of a new contract that begins Sept. 1.
The labor pact approved over the weekend by the Aurora school board calls for concessions in prescription coverage.
Superintendent Russ Bennett said the change expected to save the district $200,000 over the two-year period ''allowed us to offer the 2-percent'' increase in wages.
The new prescription plan increases the amount teachers will pay for drugs that are not on a list of covered drugs so-called ''formulary drugs.''
The plan, however, decreases the amount they will pay for generic drugs.
Bennett said the pact also calls for teachers to meet as teams four times a month to discuss student performance on districtwide and state-mandated tests, as well as other issues.
Members of the teachers union approved the contract last week. The union represents about 185 teachers and other certificated employees, including counselors and librarians.
''This was the fairest settlement that could be reached given our current financial condition,'' said board President Jerry Kohanski in a news release.
The board also voted to put a 6-mill combined operating and permanent improvements levy on the Nov. 6 ballot.
The levy's millage would be split between operations and improvements.
Nearly 2 mills would generate $19 million over 28 years to pay for additional classrooms and improved security and safety systems districtwide, while roughly 4 mills would generate nearly $2.5 million annually for operations.
The property-tax request marks the first time the district has asked for additional operating money since 1992.
tkbyard
Inside Ohio.com
HEALTH
Children's is growing its bone marrow program
Hopes to get approval to offer area patients transplants from unrelated donors
