SEZP Bargaining

The Ratification of the agreement will be done electronically on Thursday June 26 and Friday June 27th. Information about this process will follow.

Here is the short explanation:

Duration

Three-year contract: 7/1/2025 – 6/30/2028

Salary

Salary Scale:

• Year 1 (2025-2026): 3.5%

• Year 2: (2026-2027): 3.5%

• Year 3: (2027-2028): 3%

Legacy Educators:

• Year 1: (2025-2026): 3.5%

• Year 2: (2026-2027): 3.5%

• Year 3: (2027-2028): 3%

Longevity (doubled) 

• After 15 continuous years in the district: $2,000

• After 20 continuous years in the district: $3,000

• After 25 continuous years in the district: $4,000

• After 30 continuous years in the district: $4,200

Pay for SLPs and Psychologists who are paid on the district salary scale.

They will receive a salary that is 10% above the comparable district scale.

Prep Time

All Educators will have at a minimum one self-directed 40-minute prep per day.

Sick days

• FMLA and approved medical leaves days will not count toward the 4 days.

Paid Family Leave

• Commitment to re-write sick bank language to include being able to use it for 

parental leave and other guarantee use.

• Joint Labor management team to work on opting into the state’s Paid Family 

Leave program. 

Graduation Leave

• Language from the district contract that allows a day off that does not count as one 

of the four days to attend their own graduation or the graduation of a family member. 

Health and Safety

• Development of a District-wide Healthy and Safe Schools Task Force

• Emergency School Response Plans review and training.

TLT and Working conditions.

• Teacher Leadership Teams will have 10 minutes at the start of each TLT meeting -

without the principal present - to discuss matters relevant to the TLT. 

• Dress Code moved from Educator Working Conditions to the contract.

• Family Teacher communication that requires each school offer a line of communication between educators and parents. The admin is responsible for keeping contact information up to date. 

• Recognition that educators should not be required to purchase or provide classroom supplies at their expense.

Facilities

• Language from the district contract and requires every educator to have a

o Working desk

o Chair

o Place to secure their belongings.

o Adequate parking facilities

o Mailboxes

o Access to photocopying machines

o Classes held in a properly heated, lighted, ventilated and equipped 

classroom. 

Grading

Language revised from the district contract: 

An educator’s mark shall not be changed arbitrarily or without valid reason. No marks shall 

be changed unless the educator is notified first and has been given the reason for the 

change.

Student Discipline

Affirms a commitment to implementing restorative justice practices as the core of student discipline with the SEZP providing ongoing training and support in its implementation.

Student Support Services

• Provides that each school will have pre-referral program focusing on ensuring all students get the support they need to succeed.

• Educators in Student Support Services positions will have their job responsibilities outlined in the job posting. A labor management committee will review those position descriptions.

• The work year for student support positions will include five days before school starts and five days after the school year ends, 

• Expectations of student support positions will be outlined in the student support and Educator Handbook.

Counselor Roles

• Counselors will receive Professional development that will provide them with the PdPs that they need for DESE licensing. 

• Job responsibilities will be outlined in each job posting.

• If counselors are mandated to be in lunchrooms, they cannot be the primary person responsible for student discipline. It is re-affirmed that if counselors do not get a duty-free lunch, they will be compensated.

• A joint labor management team will meet to support the continued development of a comprehensive counseling program, and to update job responsibilities as needed.

Libraries and Librarians

• Movement towards providing SEZP students with library access. The Zone will make every effort to ensure that students have access to a library space staffed by certified librarians or teachers with library training and experience,

• SEZP will also work with the city libraries to provide students with orientation, outreach and engagement with public library resources.

Safety and Security

Revised from the district contract.

• Ensures that school buildings are safe and healthy.

• Requires school visitors to check in.

• Includes language about violence protection and searches.

• Ensure that employees are notified of ay thing placed in their personnel file and educators right to access their personnel filed. Provides the right of educators to have any derogatory information removed from their personnel file after three years.

Dispute Resolution

• Defines a grievance as a violation of the Contract or any school district policy when appropriate to SEZP educators (for example Social Media Use Policy)

• Lays out a clear process for handling grievances with the ability of any grievance to go to arbitration if needed. 

Mentor Program

• Mandates that the relationship between the mentor and mentee is confidential.

• Requires meetings to occur two times a month with the ability to ask the SEZP leadership for support if they are not given the time at the school.