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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The school board needs to cut the increases over the past several years AND teachers should not get a 7 percent increase. Most jobs around the area are more like a 2 percent increase and many lost their jobs all together.  Treat it like the 2009 crash. [/quote]

Does anyone know what the police and fire departments are getting as far as pay increases, or is that not yet set? [/quote]

Not finalized yet, but uniformed police are scheduled for 6.58% next year.  Their increase was 10.69% this year and 12.83% last year before because they moved through the collective bargainig process a little more quickly than the teachers.  Uniformed fire is scheduled for 5.58% next year.  They got 7.85% and 7.83% last year, also due to collective bargaining.

Teachers got 4.00% this year, so less than their county counterparts who are also eligible for collective bargaining.  The 7.00% for next year is their first increase under collective bargaining.  Given the teacher shortage and the superintendent's recent significant raise, not a great idea to cut the teachers' collectively bargained increase, especially after fulfilling collective bargaining agreements with police and fire.[/quote]

Everything can and should be revisited with Trump slashing federal jobs and destroying the savings of many Fairfax families. [/quote]

Are you suggesting that the county pull back on the raises that the police and fire departments already got? Or that only the teachers should lose out on collectively bargained salary increases, because it took them a bit longer to negotiate?

FCPS’s own recent study showed that school-based staff are already paid below market salaries. Maybe it’s time to revisit salaries that are above-market value instead? [/quote]

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