FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – A two-year agreement between Fort Wayne Community Schools and the Education Association Monday night at the FWCS board meeting.
The plan projects funds to increase by a combined 5%. Teachers will see salary increases as well under the plan. Among other things, it also includes over $7 million dollars for safety and well-being initiatives to be used in 2024. Public comment on the proposal will be taken at the Oct. 23, 2023, meeting of the FWCS Board of School Trustees.
FWCS representatives released the following:
A tentative two-year agreement between Fort Wayne Community Schools and the Fort Wayne Education Association (FWEA), which represents teachers, was presented during the Monday, Oct. 9, meeting of the FWCS Board of School Trustees.
The proposed contract, which covers July 1, 2023-June 30, 2025, includes:
· A salary range for all teachers of $46,627 to $78,690 in the 2023-24 school year and $47,093 to $79,156 in the 2024-25 school year.
· A salary schedule allowing increases on average of 3% in 2023-24 and 1% in 2024-25.
· Compensation for teachers covering additional classrooms to help manage a substitute teacher shortage.
· Increasing pay for event workers at varsity football games, high school cheerleading coaches and show choir directors.
· Adding boys’ volleyball and girls’ wrestling coaches and assistant coaches at the high school level and robotics coaches at any school with a robotics team.
The full proposed Master Contract can be found on the FWCS website. Public comment on the proposal will be taken at the Oct. 23, 2023, meeting of the FWCS Board of School Trustees.
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