New Trier Teachers Contract Approved

The New Trier Board of Education approved a three-year teachers contact in a special meeting on Monday evening. The contract was voted on by the Faculty Association last Thursday, and so the contract has now been officially ratified. 

The Board and the Faculty Association entered into a mediated agreement in early September after failing to come to a conclusion on their own. 

"Township residents made it clear in the 2011 Community Survey that attracting and retaining the highest quality teachers is a top priority for New Trier," Board President Al Dolinko said in a statement released by New Trier last week. "They also made it clear that they want the District to manage its resources wisely. This contract achieves both goals."

The new contract increases teachers' base salaries by 1.5 percent in the 2013-14 school year and by 1 percent in the 2014-15 and 2015-16 school years. The contract also reduces the District's benefits cost by shortening the health insurance premium obligations to retired teachers by a year, shifting more costs to teachers who choose the most expensive health insurance plan and eliminating the one percent pre-retirement salary increase in the fifth year before retirement. 

For more news on New Trier High School, 'like' Patch on Facebook and sign up for our free daily newsletters here.