The Knox Community School Board members took action this week to ratify the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the Knox Community School Board and the Knox Federation of Teachers.
Continue readingThe Knox Community School Board ratified the collective bargaining agreement with the Knox Federation of Teachers this week.
Continue readingThe Knox Community School Board held a public meeting Monday night pertaining to the collective bargaining agreement, as required by state statute.
Continue readingThe Knox Community School Board members took action this week to ratify the Document of Agreement between the Knox Federation of Teachers and the board, according to Superintendent Dr. William Reichhart.
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The Knox Community School Corporation is on track to beat the state’s target for teacher pay. Superintendent Dr. William Reichhart says the proposed teacher contract would raise the starting salary to $40,700, with a new maximum salary of $65,715.
Continue readingKnox school officials have finalized the 2020-2021 teacher contract. The school board ratified the document of agreement last week, following almost unanimous approval from the Knox Federation of Teachers, according to Superintendent Dr. William Reichhart.
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Knox teachers wouldn’t get a formal salary increase but many would get a stipend, under the school corporation’s proposed teacher contract.
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A Knox High School teacher is voicing concern with the development of the school corporation’s COVID-19 reopening plan. Maria Sullivan told the school board last week that she and others had major concerns but weren’t given much of a chance to offer input.
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Policies related to suspended students, extra pay for teachers of AP classes, and reporting inappropriate behavior by coaches are just some of the proposed policies presented to the Knox School Board Monday.
Continue readingKnox school officials continue to address concerns about the planned elimination of block scheduling at the high school. Superintendent Dr. William Reichhart told the school board Tuesday that no one had taken him up on his offer to schedule an appointment to discuss the change.
Continue readingThe Knox School Board has finalized the 2019-2020 teacher contract. Superintendent Dr. William Reichhart says board members ratified the agreement with the Knox Federation of Teachers during last week’s meeting. “So teachers will be getting their raises, effective back to the beginning of August on that.,” he says.
Continue readingThe Knox Community School Corporation’s teachers and staff are set to get pay raises.
Continue readingThe Knox Community School Corporation is working to increase accountability, when it comes to extracurricular positions.
Continue readingIn addition to the regularly scheduled Knox School Board meeting, two public hearings were hosted in the school’s board room Tuesday evening.
Continue readingThe Knox Community School Board members were updated on the new legislation regarding the teacher collective bargaining process.
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The teacher document of agreement otherwise referred to as the certified bargaining agreement between the Knox School Board and the Knox Federation of Teachers was ratified by the Knox School Board during their meeting last Tuesday.
Superintendent Dr. William Reichhart said that the decisions that were finalized during the meeting will be retroactive to the start of the 2017/18 school year. He mentioned that some of the highlights included a new teacher base salary of $34,000 and that any teachers who worked for the Knox School Corporation during the 2016/17 school year were given at least a $1,000 increase to their base salary. Continue reading
The teacher contract has been ratified by the Knox Federation of Teachers and the Knox Community School Board and Superintendent A.J. Gappa said the Board approved the contract Monday afternoon.
“Our old contract with the teachers actually ran out December 31st, 2010, so we’ve been working as a status quo contract for the last six months,” said Gappa. “We got together with the teachers and maybe had one of the shortest negotiation that we’ve ever had, but everybody was proactive and in agreement and we worked together. The teachers had a meeting Friday morning and they ratified the contract and then we had a special board meeting Monday afternoon and the Board voted to approve the agreement between the KFT and the Knox Community School Corporation.”
The Knox Community School Board has set a tentative meeting with the Knox Federation of Teachers on Monday, June 27th, at 4:00 p.m. CT. Superintendent A.J. Gappa said the Board hopes to approve the ratification of the teacher’s contract during this meeting.
“We came to a conclusion of agreement and we’re trying to beat the July 1st deadline where many new laws take effect and it’s going to effect how schools can operate,” said Gappa. “At this point in time, we’ve come to an agreement and we hope to ratify on June 27th.”
House Bill 575 is one of the bills being heard in this year’s legislative session and it pertains to collective bargaining for teachers. In this bill, teachers would be prohibited from bargaining over anything but salaries and a few basic benefits. Bargaining would last 60 days before going to arbitration. The arbitrator would have the final word. Knox Community School Board President, Harold Welter, was asked to talk about collective bargaining at the Knox Community School Corporation.
