PSE Large Group Bargaining Updates
PSE Large Group Bargaining Updates
***Update January 10, 2023***
Evergreen Public School Board approves PSE Large Group agreement
On Tuesday, January 10th, 2023 Evergreen Public Schools Board of Directors voted to approve the collectively bargained contract with the PSE Large Group.
***Update December 14, 2022***
PSE Large Group Ratifies Tentative Agreement
On Wednesday December 14th, the PSE Large Group's membership voted to ratify the tentative agreement presented by the district. The contract is subject to approval by the Evergreen Public Schools Board of Directors. Below you will find details of the tentative agreement:
All Paraeducators: 12% (1st-year 12%, 2nd-year 3% + IPD and 3rd-year 1% + IPD)
Professional Technicians, Service Workers, Maintenance & Mechanics: 6%
Transportation: 5% plus additional salary increase steps as follows:
2% added to each new step for assistant dispatchers and driver trainers
1.5% added to each new step for bus drivers
Additional $1.50 per hour (on top of hourly rate) for Hollingsworth paraeducators, registered behavior technicians, transitional coach, and therapeutic intervention coach
Increased professional technician lead stipend to $3.00 per hour (on top of hourly rate)
Increased HVAC, plumber, and electrical workers $.50 per hour (on top of hourly rate)
Shift differential increased to $1.00 per hour (on top of hourly rate)
On-call maintenance stipend of $250 per week
On-call campus security and mechanics stipend of $150 per week
Salary Increases for the 2023-2024 school year:
Paraeducators: 3% + IPD
All other classifications: 1% + IPD
Salary Increases for the 2024-2025 school year:
All classifications: 1% + IPD
Summary of additional tentative agreements:
One additional personal leave day for school-year employees with 5 or more years of service totaling 3 personal leave days during the school year
One additional paid holiday for Juneteenth
General education paraeducators provided 3 paid hours of de-escalation training (already provided for special education paraeducators)
Background check reimbursement for new employees
The most recent proposal that had been tentatively agreed upon by both bargaining teams can be found below:
EPS Most Recent Proposal to PSE Large Group October 13, 2022
EPS Response Proposal to PSE Large Group October 13 2022.pdf22-23 PSE Large Group Salary Schedule A - Draft
22-23 PSE Large Group Schedule A - Draft.pdfEPS and PSE Large Group Comprehensive Tentative Agreements
Large Group TA Document 10.13.2022.pdfPrevious Update, October 21, 2022
Evergreen Public Schools and the PSE Large Group bargaining teams have bargained in good faith for the past seven months and reached a tentative agreement. On October 20th, PSE Large Group held a meeting to vote on the tentative agreement. On October 21st, Evergreen Public Schools received an email from PSE Large Group notifying us the vote failed. The details of that agreement are above.