It didn’t take the Whitehall-Coplay School Board (Lehigh County) and the teachers union very long to reach a consensus after receiving the fact finder’s report on November 18, 2009. On Tuesday, November 24th, the board and the union voted to unanimously approve the recommendations. This mutual agreement “seals the deal” on a new 2-year contract, retroactive to September 1, 2009.

Only a few minor details were reported in the Morning Call’s article:

The contract provides for annual raises of 1 percent, plus salary step increments, which translates into average yearly pay increases of 2.9 percent. Under the pact, the teachers’ health care coverage remains the same.

Want to know more about the specific details?…you’ll probably have to file a Right to Know request with the district. The Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board (PRLB) does not release a copy of the fact finder’s report to the public, unless one party votes to reject it.