The Masconomet Regional School Committee announces that it has reached agreement on a three-year successor contract with the Masconomet Teachers Association, extending to June 30, 2027.
Highlights of the agreement include:
* Increases in the teacher salary grid of 3 percent in the 2024-2025 school year, 3.75 percent in the 2025-2026 school year, and 4 percent in the 2026-2027 school year.
* Enhanced parental leave benefits, increasing the amount of time union members with a newborn or newly adopted child may take. MTA members may now take up to eight paid weeks of leave.
* Increases in the number of unannounced observations of professional status teachers to six in a two-year period. This change better aligns the Masconomet district with the state’s model evaluation process.
The School Committee and MTA membership unanimously ratified the agreement in separate votes on Wednesday, Nov. 13.
The previous three-year agreement expired on June 30. MTA members have been working under the terms of that contract during the current school year.
“The School Committee is happy to have arrived at a new contract which strikes a fair balance between the needs of our instructors and those of our students,” School Committee Chair Joseph McLean said. “We are excited to provide best-in-class new parent benefits to eligible MTA members and thankful for improvements in the process for providing teacher feedback. We believe this new contract will enable us to attract and retain a strong team of instructors for our students and eagerly look forward to the positive impact this will have on the Masconomet learning environment.”
