On Thursday July 6 our bargaining team met with the CMO for our first session to discuss pay increases for the 2023-24 school year. Unfortunately, we were unable to reach agreement due to the CMO's woefully lacking proposal.
Our team made a fair proposal that balanced member priorities with the 8.22-percent increase in per pupil funding the CMO will receive from the state, while the school waited until five minutes remaining in our scheduled time to present a proposal that for most members would be just a 1-percent increase. See how the proposals compare: HTEC Proposal (Summary | Full) Our proposal refocuses the CMO’s resources to prioritize those who work with students in the budget, and includes:
CMO Proposal (Full) The CMO’s proposal consists of:
Show Us the Money Our proposal takes into account additional funding that the CMO will receive in 2023-24 and makes sure it is spent on the classroom, where it will most benefit students and educators. In reviewing the board adopted budget from June 21, we see that the school is expecting to receive an increase of roughly $6.5 million from the state in per pupil funding for 2023-24 (LCFF State Aid + Supplemental and Concentration + Additional LCFF Investment). We estimate our proposal would use roughly half of this increase to ensure teachers can afford to stay at HTH. So where is that money going? In the adopted budget, the CMO projected expenses on books and supplies to increase by 26.2-percent and services and other operations by 28.6-percent. Most insulting is that the CMO projects that spending on schools will increase by 8.42-percent over last year while the CMO’s own budget is projected to increase by a whopping 11.76-percent! Where do High Tech's priorities lie? What’s Next? We were unable to schedule a follow up bargaining session, since the CMO was only prepared to offer a meeting time during Odyssey. They will provide us with additional availability in the coming days. In the meantime, be prepared to meet with your site reps and fellow members at the start of the school year to discuss our next steps in bargaining for a fair salary increase for the 2023-2024 school year. Our strength comes in our solidarity and you can join the Collective, if you haven’t already, to increase that strength! In Solidarity, The HTEC Certificated Bargaining Team Hayden Gore, HTM Chula Vista Grady Gumner, HTE Mesa Charley Jacob, HTH North County Jennifer Merrill, HTE Point Loma Chris Mutter, HTH International Chris Olivas, HTM North County Carly Sumrow, HTM Chula Vista Mary Williams, HTM Point Loma On Thursday June 29 our bargaining team met with the Charter Management Organization (CMO) to begin the process of negotiating a historic first contract that creates a Village United and Protected for all HTH employees.
Our next bargaining sessions are scheduled for August 9 and August 31. We will include a proposal for an equitable pay increase at the August 9 meeting. Both our bargaining team and the CMO’s bargaining team presented multiple proposals (linked below) with the intent of creating equity based on the union contract teachers agreed to in February, and included: HTEC Discipline Proposal
HTEC Employment Status Proposal
HTEC Grievance Procedure Proposal
HTEC Negotiation Procedure Proposal & CMO Negotiation Procedures Proposal
CMO Effect of Agreement Proposal
CMO Management Rights Proposal
In Solidarity, HTEC Classified Bargaining Committee Socorro Castaneda, Custodian (Point Loma) Jocelyn Flores, Village Program Manager (HTHNC) Denasia Gaines, Academic Coach (HTMCV) Daniel Ortiz, Maintenance Technician (Mesa) Joanna Sandoval, Academic Coach (HTHCV) Greg Wilson, Academic Coach Specialized (HTM/HTMMA) |
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