TSD Review Oct 19

TownSquareLIVE Weekly Review – October 19, 2023

Sonja Frey Town Square Live, Weekly Review

This Week’s Top Headlines Include: Family-friendly Halloween fun (and adults-only, too) Evernorth to expand in New Castle, add speciality pharmacy Delaware Marijuana Commissioner describes creating new industry Middletown’s Cory Hafer named 2024 Teacher of the Year On the Pitch: Week 6 boys soccer top 10 rankings Click on the image below to view the PDF Sonja Frey

The PECC has finalized its suggestions on increasing educator pay in Delaware.

Pay panel to give Carney educator salary proposals next month

Jarek Rutz Headlines, Education

Raises seem likely to be on the way for all Delaware educators, from teachers to bus drivers to custodians and everything in between. The state Public Education Compensation Committee will submit its recommendations to Gov. John Carney’s office by Nov. 15. Whatever salary recommendations he includes – the committee’s or another version – in his proposed budget for fiscal year …

TSD Review Sept 21

TownSquareLIVE Weekly Review – September 21, 2023

Sonja Frey Town Square Live, Weekly Review

This Week’s Top Headlines Include: NCCo gets volumes of ideas for new Newark library UD FinTech Hub welcomes new Discover Bank fund for Delaware With record road deaths, state seeks safety ideas from public Here are nominees for Delaware’s 2024 Teacher of the Year The Corner Scoop – Week 2 field hockey Top 10 rankings Click on the image below …

The Public Education Compensation Committee will submit its final recommendations for educator pay by Nov. 15.

Suggestions for educator raises finalized by pay panel

Jarek Rutz Headlines, Education

The committee responsible for evaluating and adjusting the salary scales of Delaware’s educators to attract more to the state has solidified its recommendations.  At Monday’s Public Education Compensation Committee meeting, the 15-person group made of government and education leaders approved its final suggestions that it will submit to Gov. John Carney by Nov. 15 for consideration in his fiscal year …

The committee will recommend a pay increase for bus drivers, and for the state to fund IT jobs.

Compensation committee: Raise bus driver pay to $25 an hour

Jarek Rutz Headlines, Education

A committee created to raise wages for Delaware’s educators recommended Monday that bus drivers be paid $25 an hour. The 15-person Public Education Compensation Committee voted to increase the hourly rate of bus drivers from $22.50. The Delaware School Bus Contractors Association has been calling for that hike since February. RELATED: School bus contractors call for higher pay, expanded benefits …

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Committee to seek pay hikes for school food workers, others

Sam Haut Government, Headlines

On Monday, the Public Education Compensation Committee voted unanimously to recommend an increase in wages for school food service employees and paraprofessionals. The increase for general workers, cooks, and food service managers would amount to a 2.5% increase in 2025, which is on top of the 3% increase from the general budget that is still being voted on in the …

Food service workers, paraprofessionals could get raises

Jarek Rutz Headlines, Education

Food service managers, lunch cooks and paraprofessionals in Delaware schools could soon see a bump in their paychecks.  The Public Education Compensation Committee Monday night discussed increasing food service managers’ and lunch cooks’ pay 2.5% starting in the 2024-2025 school year.  It did not vote to recommend the raises, but is expected to at its June 12 meeting. This would …

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School pay committee sets raises for secretaries, custodians

Jarek Rutz Education, Headlines

The Public Education Compensation Committee voted Monday on recommendations for how to raise pay for school employees other than teachers, but including secretaries and custodial positions. The specific group is cited under Delaware Code Sections 1308 and 1311.  The committee agreed to condense the five secretarial positions – clerk, secretary, senior secretary, financial secretary and administrative secretary – into three, …

The educator pay committee delayed a vote on a recommendation Monday. (Pexels)

Educator pay committee delays salary vote over budget, timeline

Jarek Rutz Education, Headlines

Plans to recommend how the state will significantly hike salaries of teachers as well as school administrators and nurses stalled Monday night amid concerns about the state budget and the  timeline of raises. The 15-person Public Education Compensation Committee debating the issue was created this year to make recommendations on Delaware educator compensation.  Officials hope raises will both address the …

All education workers will get a 3% raise, and all school teachers and specialists will get a 9% raise in Gov. John Carney's budget recommendations for next year. (Unsplash)

Carney’s education raises cause stir in compensation committee

Jarek Rutz Education, Headlines

Gov. John Carney’s announcement last week of a 9% pay raise for teachers caused a lot of comment in Monday night’s Public Education Compensation Committee. Also discussed was a proposal to keep teachers in their Delaware jobs by giving them full pension benefits at 25 years of service instead of making them wait until they reach 30 years. Carney said …