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12-10-03: Fort Recovery school teachers will get pay raise but will pay more for insurance

By JANIE SOUTHARD
jsouthard@dailystandard.com

Fort Recovery teachers will receive a 3 percent salary increase and an annual $1,500 bonus for the next three years beginning Aug. 1, 2004.
The certified (teaching) staff elected to negotiate its contract, which expires July 31, 2004, with current District Superintendent Pat Niekamp before he retires on Dec. 31.
“Negotiations went smoothly and David Riel (recently hired district superintendent) said he was pleased Pat volunteered to negotiate with the teachers so he didn’t have to step right in to contract talks,” district Treasurer Dennis Ontrop said following Tuesday’s board of education meeting.
The big change in the contract is in insurance. Teachers now will pay 5 percent and the board will pick up 95 percent.
Teachers agreed to a PPO plan, which Ontrop said was a “step down” from the insurance currently in place and it would cost teachers “significantly more money” out of pocket.
The board will save significant money on insurance, and therefore, decided to give the teachers the annual bonus.
“We’ve had an excellent insurance available that we call the Cadillac plan with very low deductibles. It still will be available, but it will be a lot more money,” Ontrop said.
The board’s annual organizational meeting will be held on Jan. 13 at 7 p.m. with the budget meeting following at 7:15 p.m. and the regular board meeting at 7:30 p.m.

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