Schools
No Teacher Demotions for T/E School District
The T/E School Board finance committee takes teacher demotions off the table.
The T/E School Board won't vote to demote the most educated teachers in the district after all. The board is also expected to vote to raise taxes 3.3% for an average increase of $155 per year per tax paying household in TE.
The hotly debated demotion proposal would have been a way to close a budget gap for the 2012-2013 school year. Instead, Main Line Media News reports the district and the teachers' union, the T/E Education Association (TEEA) have reached an agreement to give up advanced education tuition reimbursement for the 2012-2013 school year in exchange for a promise not to demote PhD's to part time status.
The demotion policy was a point of . Even members of the school board were not entusiastic about it.
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The full school board is expected to vote on the budget Thursday during its scheduled 7:30 p.m. meeting which is now being held at Conestoga High School.
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