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[quote=Anonymous]I have been on this thread but never understood where the "8% raise" numbers have come from. I don't know if the general public understands.

We are slotted to get two step increases plus a COLA next year. Steps are around 3% and the COLA is 2% so that would be the 8%.

The step increases are normal part of being a teacher. You get a step each year between years 1-20, then they stop until year 25 where you get one, then a final step in year 30. Steps are around $2,500 depending on which step you are on.

Back during the worst part of the recession we went three years without steps. The county has made up two of them, but we are still one behind. So the September step is our normal, annual step, and the March step is to make up for the step we lost in 2012. The loss of steps have a serious impact on our retirement so it is important they are made up.

The COLA is supposed to be 2%. As a teacher, I am fine with dropping that in order not to increase property taxes or cut from other areas, but I do not want to negotiate on those steps. Those are increases that we, as teachers, expect to get every year and were promised when hired for the job. I don't think those should eve be negotiable. [/quote]

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