Teacher negotiations complete for 20-21 term

Orchard school board members took no official action, other than consent agenda items when they met in the high school business room Wednesday, Feb. 4.

Orchard principal Cathy Cooper told board members negotiations with the teachers’ association had been completed, with the 2020-2021 base salary for Summerland teachers set at $35,000. Currently Unified teacher base is $34,700 and Ewing’s is $35,000.

Cooper said it would basically be a raise for everybody.

“The base went up or the salary schedule percentages increased,” she said. “One item that was of a big concern to the faculty was their sick...