ewb3 Teacher Contract Status October 18 th, 2007

ewb3 Teacher Contract Status Agenda –Understanding the Situation Educational Cost vs. Performance 7% - Myth or Reality? Healthcare Benefits Salaries - The Bottom Line Propaganda

ewb3 Spend Per Student Data from: Lower is better! On all core spending, SV spends 27% LESS on each child compared with Mt Lebanon, North Hills and North Allegheny

ewb3 Proficiency (Reading and Math) Data from: Higher is better! SV scores have risen steadily and are within 4 points of North Hills

ewb3 Cost/Scores=Performance Lower the number, the better performance for each dollar spent in educating our children Data from: Lower is better! SV gets the best “bang for the buck”. We spend less per student for each percentage point (i.e., SV spends $86 compared to North Hills spending $114)

ewb3 7%?...Breaking It Down “Salary” Increase: Includes cost of living, and salary balancing to align with peers in comparable school districts Newly hired teachers begin with low salaries, and work many years (“Step Increase”) to attain full professional salary New hires in the commercial space are paid based on the function they perform, directly out of college.

ewb3 Salary Negotiation Data from: PLRB fact finders report posted on: svea.psealocals.org

ewb3 Budget vs Actual Basically, through attrition the operational budget has been approximately 2% less than the contract budget.

ewb3 Healthcare Benefits

ewb3 The Bottom Line Data from: SV teacher salaries average between 8 and 23% less than the most comparable School Districts. Based on the School Board’s offer, that gap will continue to WIDEN.

ewb3 Teacher Salary Ranges Based on current/actual salaries, 67% of the teachers will make between 0% and 35% BELOW the average salary in SVSD. Data from: Daryl Metcalf’s

ewb3 Misc The School District budget has $14M surplus (18.4%), and they are required to have 5-10% –There is no need to increase taxes due based on our proposal. –School taxes have steadily increased. –Percentage of budget allocated to student education has decreased yearly. Historical –Money spent due to Teacher Contract has been 2% less than budgeted for each year of the past 3 contracts (15 years). Recent Negotiations –Union pleaded not to go to Fact Finder, School Board used the Fact Finder as a negotiations tactic. –School Board refused the Fact Finder report the second and final time, prior to the Union even having the opportunity to present to members for acceptance. The teachers had to perform an “empty vote.” –Early October negotiations meetings were attended by the School Board for the purposes of appearance only. They refused to negotiate. Outside Negotiators –Tom King is paid hourly, and has no reason to resolve this dispute quickly. He has a track record of failing to reach timely agreements in other school districts.

ewb3 Questions & Discussion