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Despite budget concerns, LASD teachers to get raises

Original post made on Feb 8, 2016

School officials at the Los Altos School District have agreed to give 3 percent raises to teachers and other employees this year, citing the high cost of living and steep competition with other school districts as key reasons to raise compensation.

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Posted by James Thurber
a resident of Cuesta Park
on Feb 8, 2016 at 2:29 pm

As a retired LASD teacher I can sympathize with Randy Kenyon's concern. The state has increased (albeit gradually) the amount that school districts must pay into the CALSTRS Retirement Fund from roughly 9 percent to 18 percent of a teacher's gross income. This will make a HUGE impact on district finances and represents money that could have gone to teachers.

I'm not sure how the State determined that districts had extra monies to pay into CALSTRS but, nonetheless, the eventual doubling of contributions will have to be budgeted for.

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