Interview with John Fazer and the Landmark Teacher Contract Settlement at Holton Public Schools
This week we talk with John Fazer, Superintendent of Holton Public Schools. The school district had been without a teacher contract for 2 years before he became Superintendent and it took another two and a half years to resolve the dispute.
The landmark solution involved teachers accepting lower cost but comparable Health Care Insurance plan which saved the district thousands of dollars a year. The teachers also agreed to make an annual Employee Health Insurance Contribution of $100 in addition to sharing in annual insurance cost increases.
The teachers, some of the lowest paid instructors in the State were rewarded with increased payment in terms of Longevity Rates and Salary Increases. Truly a "win / win" situation.
"We took the benefits that our teachers currently had and took them word-for-word and then sent them out to various insurance vendors... They differed from $1,320 to $1,022 (per month). So, roughly $300 a month, roughly $3,600 a policy, now for a district like Holton where you have 70 teachers, which is nearly a quarter-of-a-million dollars a year."
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