Teachers back contract; Clearcreek pulls fire levy School board to approve contract, renewal levy Posted: 10:18 a.m. Monday, July 15, 2013 BY LAWRENCE BUDD - STAFF WRITER SPRINGBORO — The Springboro teachers’ union voted Monday to accept a proposed contract settlement with the school board. The vote brings the local school district a step closer to settling the contract after three months of contentious negotiations. In the final step, the Springboro school board is expected to approve the contract during a special meeting Tuesday where they also are expected to place renewal of a property tax levy on the November election ballot. The levy raises $9.2 million a year — about 20 percent of the district’s budget. It expires at the end of the year. Union officials declined to provide specifics on the agreement, pending the school board’s vote. “I will say, however, that the membership is relatively satisfied with the settlement,” union spokesperson Josh Cawein said in a press release. “There is at least one significant area of concession made by our membership but the overall package takes steps to improve our competitive stance in the area.” With the contract settled, the teachers and board can help with promoting passage of the renewal levy and bringing together the community. “We’re thrilled,” Scott Maney, president of the Springboro Education Association, said before the vote. “We can all move on and get a positive situation under way.” Both sides were preparing for a strike when both negotiating teams opted to accept a mediator’s recommendation. The levy campaign got a boost Monday when the Clearcreek Twp. trustees decided not to seek a fire levy on the same ballot. “If we go on there with them it could blow both of the levies,” said Ed Wade, president of the board of trustees in Clearcreek Township, which shares the school district and fire department with Springboro. Instead, the trustees directed Chief Bob Kidd to spend some of the township’s $7 million surplus and come back with a new plan.
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