Seattle teachers to receive raises of 9-10%

by E Wayne Ross on October 6, 2008

The Seattle Times: Seattle teachers to receive raises of 9-10%

Teachers will receive raises of 9-10 percent this year, the culmination of a five-year effort to make Seattle Public Schools competitive with surrounding school districts.

Seattle teachers will receive raises of 9-10 percent this year, the culmination of a five-year effort to make Seattle Public Schools competitive with surrounding school districts.

Five years ago, the school district and the local teachers union agreed to raise teacher pay enough so that, by this school year, Seattle would rank in the top five in terms of “supplemental pay” — the part of a teacher’s salary that the district funds above what the state provides.