The Plymouth School Board has ratified the master teacher contract, leaving a bit of room for new money.
Superintendent Dan Tyree noted that the negotiations were expedient and took about five meetings to complete the contract. The biggest change, according to the superintendent, is establishing what constitutes new money.
The Plymouth School Corporation over the last two years had not received any new money due to the number of students attending the school corporation. According to the discussion, certified savings from teachers who leave or retire may be used to help fund teacher salary increases. That will continue to depend on money received from the state, but there are points in the contract when all certified savings is used for teacher salaries.
Plymouth schools have a pessimistic outlook on their student population over the next 10 years. New numbers in the contract cannot be disclosed at this time as portions of the contract depend on numbers being finalized by the state of Indiana.
The contract will be in place for one year – which is becoming common place due to the variability in state funding year-over-year. The Plymouth Teacher’s Association ratified the contract unanimously in addition to the school board.
