Teachers’ Contract, Raises Rejected by Cheshire Town Council

CHESHIRE, CT —A proposed four-year teachers’ contract is heading to arbitration after the Cheshire Town Council unanimously rejected the deal on Tuesday night, according to multiple reports.

Luther Turmelle of the New Haven Register reports council members described the financial terms of the contract as being “unsustainable” in light of increasing costs the town faces.

The contract, which was unanimously approved by the Board of Education, calls for teacher salary increases between 3 percent and 3.2 percent each year beginning in 2017, according to the Meriden Record-Journal.

In exchange for the raises, the teachers had agreed to higher deductibles and medication costs, the Record-Journal reports.

Related: Cheshire's Education Funding Cut by the State

The council also approved a $380,157 freeze in the school’s current operating budget in response to a recently announced cut in state education funding, according to the Register.

Read more, including comments from council members on rejecting the contract, at the New Haven Register here and the Meriden Record-Journal here.

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