Decorah School District salary negotiations continue

By Roz Weis,

In an ongoing effort to retain veteran teachers and attract new teachers to the Decorah Community School District (DCSD), representatives from the District continued salary negotiations for the 2023-24 contracts with members of the Decorah Education association (DEA) Thursday afternoon.

The District has proposed a $775 increase in generator base, higher than the DEA’s proposal presented earlier this month. The District also proposed a $40,000 recruitment/shadow base, higher than the $38,500 proposed by the DEA. The base salary at Decorah Schools is currently $36,500.

The increases proposed by the District amount to an approximate 4.11% increase for the 2023-24 master contracts.

In the District’s presentation to the DEA members Thursday afternoon, DCSD Superintendent Tim Cronin said the Board wants to remain competitive in teacher salary negotiations.

“I want to make sure we are valuing our teachers,” Cronin stated at Thursday’s meeting.

Cronin has presented many salary proposals to teachers during his years as an administrator, and he was enthusiastic about the District’s latest proposal.

“This is the best offer I’ve ever made,” Cronin stated.

The DEA had proposed a $600 increase in TSS (supplemental salary) compensation base, and the District countered with a $50 increase.

The District also agreed to the DEA’s proposal for development of a recruitment/retention task force, which would be made up of representatives from the DEA and DCSD Administration.

Negotiations between the two entities continued at press time. Updates from the negotiations, and other DCSD Board meeting coverage will be published in the Decorah Public Opinion, and on the newspaper website: www.decorahnewspapers.com.

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