Franklin+Regional+Teachers+Agree+to+Series+of+Concessions

=By Daveen Rae Kurutz= =//Published by Pittsburgh Tribune Review//= =//5/13/11//=

=Franklin Regional teachers have agreed to a multi-year concession package, officials said.= =The school board will vote Monday on the package, which contains "substantial concessions over multiple years to help preserve our school district," union President Dom Colangelo said.= =Colangelo, district officials and school board President Herb Yingling were unwilling to detail the proposal until Monday's vote. The district faces a $1.2 million deficit in a proposed 2011-12 budget. The board is set to vote Monday on a preliminary budget that would use a 2.66-mill tax increase, the ninth consecutive increase, to bridge most of that gap.= =However, officials are mulling over a series of deep program cuts that would result in laying off some teachers. Yingling said the concessions might prevent that.= ="I think it's great they were willing to step up," Yingling said. "Now we'll see what the board does."= =And teachers might not be the only ones making sacrifices. Administrators also have prepared a concessions package, Yingling said.= =The district's administrative payroll was $1.896 million for the 2010-11 school year. That includes pay for top level administrators and principals. Superintendent Emery D'Arcangelo said administrators typically receive a 3 percent annual raise.= =The district has declined to release individual administrator salaries for the current school year. However, according to state records, the lowest-paid administrator last school year was Linda Miller, assistant to the director of financial services, who made $41,600;= =D'Arcangelo was the top paid administrator, at $125,843.= =The average administrator pay in 2009-10 was $91,476.67, according to state data.= =Officials would not say if the concessions were strictly salary-based or if the package affects benefits as well.= =If teachers agreed to a one-year salary freeze, it could save the district as much as $900,000.= =The concessions will be the first item on Monday's agenda, Yingling said. The board will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the Middle School Little Theater.= = = = Read more: [|Franklin Regional teachers agree to series of concessions - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review] [] =

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