The Crookston School District and the Crookston Education Association (the teachers union) have arrived at a tentative contract agreement for the 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 school years.
The contract will give the teachers a two percent increase in 2021-2022 and a 2.45 percent increase in 2022-2023, which replicates the increase in funding from the Minnesota state legislature. Health insurance will stay the same as what they are currently getting.
“It was a really nice process. We had two meetings and both sides were very reasonable and a fair package,” said Superintendent Olson. “It replicates the increase that we are getting from the state.”
Olson added that there was another part of the deal that he feels will help the school district. “We saw that our base salary was a little on the low side so we have an agreement with the teachers and we will boost the starting wage and move a partial step to the top to reward those teachers that have been here for a while.”
The tentative agreement will need to be ratified by the CEA membership and the Crookston School Board with the target final approval at the July School Board meeting.
The Crookston School District still has two more contracts to negotiate (paraprofessionals and instructional aides) for the upcoming school year.
