Joint Press Release Calvert County Public Schools and the Calvert Education Association
The Board of Education of Calvert County Public Schools and the Calvert Education Association (CEA) reached a tentative agreement for the FY 2016 collective bargaining agreement.
Under the tentative agreement reached on May 18, 2015, the parties agreed to procedural language regarding teacher evaluation, non-promotional transfers, and payroll schedule. Tuition reimbursement rates were standardized for all teachers. No salary or step increases were included in the tentative agreement. The parties agreed, however, that further negotiations may occur if additional unrestricted operating funds—in excess of those necessary to support programs and services deemed by the Superintendent as essential to the operation of the system, as well as those funds necessary to eliminate the currently projected deficit—become available to the school system from state or county funding sources during FY 2016.
Board of Education member Kelly McConkey expressed, “I am always glad when the BOE and CEA work closely together, to be able to come to an agreement on a contract. That is what it is all about. Working together as a team.”
CEA and the Board must now ratify the tentative agreement.