Although the negotiating committee of the Altoona Area Education Association agreed to recommend this agreement in principle to its members, about 90% of the members voted against it. The average salary of teachers in the Altoona area school district is reported to have risen from $56,370 next school year to $61,597 in 2019-20 after teachers massively declined earlier this week. “The AAEA is still assessing members` problems. We hope to address these concerns directly with the Board of Directors and reach an agreement before the current contract expires,” Geis said. A salary increase of 3.25% for the 2016-2017 school year was included in the proposal, with additional increases of 3% each over the next three years. Earlier this week, school board member John Klingeman said the board was surprised by the teachers` negative vote. “We thought they would vote yes,” he said. “As far as the proposals are concerned, the association is not inclined to negotiate in the press,” Geis said. “At this time, we respect the fact that negotiations are an ongoing process and we do not want to compromise our negotiating relationship with the board of directors.” Russ O`Reilly, editor of the Mirror Staff, is at 946-7435. The Altoona Region School Board has released the terms of the rejected four-year contract. In addition to the four-year salary increase, the contractual provisions did not include an increase in employees` health contributions without changing health benefits. The association`s vice president, Jason Geis, declined to comment on the details of the union`s negotiations with the board of directors.

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