Tuesday, November 13, 2012
But district is offering just half-percent raises as School Board attorney says negotiations are limited to base wages under the state's new collective bargaining law.
While School District of Waukesha officials are offering the teachers union a 0.5 percent base wage increase, the union is asking for a 1.64 percent salary increase for the 2011-12 school year. An agreement has not yet been reached as the initial proposal from the union was delivered to the School Board on Tuesday. The salary increase is based on the cost of living increase from the 2010-11 school year, said Cathy Atkinson, president of the Education Association of Waukesha. But the district won’t be able to negotiate under the union’s proposal, said Gary Ruesch, the attorney for the School Board, because the district can only negotiate for base wages under Act 10’s collective bargaining rules. Because salaries can include supplemental pay…
Thursday, October 11, 2012
One month into the school year, and last year's outbreak of pertussis apparently hasn't left Waukesha schools.
The whooping cough has returned to the Waukesha schools this year. While five students in the district reportedly had pertussis during the summer break, there has been one new diagnosed case in a Waukesha school, according to School Board member Bill Baumgart. Baugart did not know Wednesday night which school had a case of the whooping cough. “This is going to continue until, I guess, it runs its course,” Baumgart said. The whooping cough was on the rise in southeastern Wisconsin last school year, with the first case being reported to the Waukesha School Board in December. As of February, there were six confirmed cases of the disease. Meanwhile, while Marquette University has confirmed cases of the mumps at its Milwaukee campus, Waukesha …
Monday, September 24, 2012
Union wants to review school district's financial figures before submitting its wage increase proposal.
The Waukesha School District is prepared to offer its teachers a 0.5 percent wage increase for the 2011-12 school year, but the union is not yet prepared to give a wage proposal as it moves forward with negotiations. The wage increases, if accepted by the union, would be paid to the teachers retroactively. After the 2011-12 contract is settled, school officials can begin work on the 2012-13 teaching contracts. The settling of the past school year’s contracts were delayed because of changes in the state’s Act 10 collective bargaining law that limits public unions from negotiations except for wages. The school district’s last contract expired in June 2011. Teachers had wages frozen for the 2009-10 school year and received a 1 percent wage …
Monday, September 17, 2012
The School District of Waukesha canceled a meeting about contract negotiations to obtain more information about what a Dane County judge's ruling means for the district.
Editor's Note: This article was updated at 5 p.m. Monday to include comments from Mayor Jeff Scrima about the impacts to the city. A Dane County judge’s decision to strike down the state’s collective bargaining law has left area officials wondering what to do next. The School District of Waukesha was set to hold its initial session to bargain with the teachers union over 2011-12 teaching contracts Monday. But that meeting is on hold because Judge Juan Colas ruled Friday evening that the controversial law is null and void, saying the law violates both the state and U.S. Constitutions. As a result, the school district decided to cancel the meeting while trying to get more information. Superintendent Todd Gray said Monday the timing of the …
Sarah Millard
2:16 pm on Wednesday, November 14, 2012
The school district just cut $8 million from its budget: http://waukesha.patch.com/articles/residents-to-weigh-in-on-school-budget-cuts-of-8-4m more ›