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FOR RELEASE: Monday, October 27, 2008

Scotia-Glenville Board of Education and administrators agree to three-year contract

The Board of Education tonight agreed to a three-year contract with the Scotia-Glenville Administrators' Association.

The pact covers the 17 building and department administrators in the school district. Their salaries range from $72,000 to $110,000 per year, based on position and experience. The previous contract expired on June 30.

The contract has the following new provisions:

  • Salary increases of 4 percent retroactive to July 1, 2008 in the 2008-09 school year; 4 percent in the 2009-10 school year and 4.25 percent in the 2010-11 school year. Administrators do not receive automatic "step" salary increases like teachers.
  • Elimination of the expensive Blue Shield Par Plus health insurance option to be replaced by the Blue Shield PPO for current employees and retirees, with a rider for chemotherapy and radiation provided by the school district.
  • Increase in the three tier co-pay for prescriptions from the current $5, $20 and $30 to $5, $20 and $35.
  • For administrators hired after July 1, 2010, and after 10 years of experience, the amount the district pays toward individual and family insurance will drop from the current 90 percent to 88 percent in retirement.
  • Add a 30-day notice of intent to resign.

The new contract expires on June 30, 2011.

The association approved the agreement overwhelmingly, said Lynda Castronovo, high school principal and president of the Scotia-Glenville Administrators' Association.

For further information, contact Superintendent Susan Swartz at 382-1215; Principal Lynda Castronovo at 382-1231 or Robert Hanlon, Communications, at 386-4343.