Pat-Med Teachers To Have Wage Freeze In 2013-2014

The Patchogue-Medford School District announced Friday that their new agreement with the teachers' union will feature a wage freeze during the 2013-2014 school year.

The agreement, which according to the release starts on July 1, 2013 and ends June 30, 2017, also adds that teachers will receive salary increments only during the 2014-2015, 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 school years. There will also be no salary increases during the aforementioned school years

Superintendent Michael Locantore confirmed to Patch that this agreement only affects teachers and not other staff working at the district.

The release says the agreement includes the settlement of terms associated with the Annual Professional Performance Review (APPR), which qualifies the district to receive nearly $2 million in additional state aid and grants.

Patch has reached out to the teachers' union for comment and will update if and when we hear back.

Patchogue-Medford School District's Board of Education will next be meeting at South Ocean Middle School's auditorium on Monday for a 6:30 p.m. meeting that will likely go into executive session with public session resuming at 7:30 p.m.

The full press release from the school district is below:

The Patchogue-Medford Union Free School District is pleased to announce that it has reached an agreement with its teachers’ union covering the four-year period commencing July 1, 2013 and ending June 30, 2017. Highlights of the agreement include a wage freeze during the 2013-2014 school year and salary increments only in the 2014-2015, 2015-2016, and 2016-2017 school years. No salary increases will be issued in the aforementioned school years.

The agreement includes the settlement of terms associated with the Annual Professional Performance Review (APPR), which qualifies the district to receive nearly two million dollars in additional state aid and grants.