Highland teacher strike ends
The first-ever strike in Highland School District history ended Thursday after six school days, sending teachers back to classrooms today with a three-year contract that includes salary increases each year.
The union vote to approve the district’s contract offer came just in time for Highland’s highly ranked football team to compete today after being forced to forfeit last week’s game.
“It feels like we stood up for the education of this community and in the end, the board realized how important it was to maintain quality education and provide a contract that will do that,” said ShiAnne Shively, president of the Highland Education Association. Of 153 teachers present, 150 voted to accept.
The agreement has a total average salary increase of 4.3 percent over three years, Superintendent Mike Sutton said. Teachers agreed to give up six personal days during the three-year contract to make up all six days of the strike. Those revisions to the school calendar have not yet been determined.
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