Detroit Teachers Loaning the District 10K over Two years, 1% Raise in the Third Year

Chastity Pratt Dawsey:

Boos and jeers filled Cobo Hall this afternoon as Detroit Public Schools teachers reacted to details in a proposed contract agreement with the district.

The tentative agreement [Master Settlement PDF] includes:

• Teachers loaning the district $10,000 each over two years with deductions taken from their paychecks.
• A base salary increase of 1% in the third year of the three-year contract.
• Increase in health insurance costs.
• Plus a plethora of school reforms that include a peer evaluation process.

Teachers union president Keith Johnson told the crowd that the contract may not be exactly what they want but the alternative is to have the district declare bankruptcy, possibly leaving many of them unemployed.

"I cannot, I will not gamble, play Russian roulette, call the bluff of the district," Johnson said.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at December 7, 2009 4:11 AM
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