BETHEL — The SAD 44 board settled three-year contracts with two bargaining units in the Telstar Education Association during a meeting Monday.
Superintendent David Murphy said the contract, which expired Aug. 31, provides a 1.5 percent salary increase for each of the three years for the district’s approximately 80 teachers.
The 18 members of the educational technician/secretaries bargaining unit received raises of 37 cents per hour during the first year of the contract, 39 cents per hour during school year 2014-15 and 40 cents per hour for school year 2015-16.
Individual one-year contracts were settled as follows: Telstar Regional High School Principal Dan Hart, 1 percent for 2013-14; and Transportation and Maintenance Supervisor Ron Deegan, Telstar High School Dean of Students Charlie Raymond, Telstar Middle School Principal Clark Rafford, Adult and Community Education Director Jean Waite, Technology Coordinator Peter Kuzyk, and Telstar Athletic Director Gail Wight, 2 percent.
When the school year opened at the end of August, the district had 800 students enrolled, down from 812 at the end of the last school year.
In other matters, Murphy said the board will meet in a special session at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 30 to possibly act on an agreement with the Andover Withdrawal Committee. He said about 90 percent of the document has been agreed to by the district and the withdrawal committee. Remaining are issues that include busing.
If the agreement is approved, Andover residents would be required to approve withdrawal from the district.
In other matters, Brian Hagopian was hired as physical education/health teacher for Telstar Middle School. Murphy said the sole remaining open position is for a part-time elementary instrumental music teacher.
Other appointments included Bethel HealthReach/Bethel Family Health Center as the district’s physician.
Curriculum leaders appointed were: Telstar Regional High School, science, Sarah Southam, math, Susan Owen, English/Language Arts, Melissa Poston, and social studies, David Leclerc; Telstar Middle School, English/Language Arts/social studies, Lindsay Luetje, and math/science, Kate Slattery; elementary schools, math, Jess Wilkey and Tanya Nicols, science, Elaine Ferland. The English/Language Arts/social studies position is open.
The board also granted approval for Telstar Regional High School students to participate in college visits to White Mountains Community College in New Hampshire during school year 2013-14.
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