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Hasbrouck Heights Teachers Union

Thursday, October 18, 2012

Hasbrouck Heights Teachers Receive New Contract

The contract runs from 2012 to 2015. Salaries will increase 2.5 percent this November and 3.9 percent in 2014.

Hasbrouck Heights Board of Education approved the new contract for its teachers Thursday night as the result of negotions which both board and teachers union members said went smoothly. The contract runs from 2012 to 2015. There will be two salary increases over the course of the next three years. The first is a 2.5 percent increase which comes this November and a 3.9 percent increase which will come in either July or September 2014, stated Board Trustee Mark Nazarro, negotiations committee chair. As for sick time, teachers will receive one less sick day which has been replaced with one additonal personal day which can be used for emergency purposes, without having to schedule in advance, Nazarro explained. Also an employee that receives …

Henry Hahn

12:02 pm on Saturday, October 20, 2012

@JR teacher salaries are public knowledge and can be found easily. Comparatively to other districts, HH is close to the median. @A The renters who do not pay taxes, pay rent. The owner of the property does indeed pay taxes and probably allocates a portion of the rent for that. I agree the property tax equation is insufficient to fund today's schools, but to be say the teachers don't deserve a …   more ›

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