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School Board Comments By Thomas Pease

October 3, 2006 - On September 25, 2006 Thomas Pease testified before the Anchorage School Board regarding the AEA/ASD contract negotiations. AEA subsequently posted his comments to their Web site in October. These comments included the following factual errors in the salary schedule comparisons:

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AEA Web site

ASD Response

Salary comparison between Mat-Su and Anchorage for five- and ten-year teachers

Incorrect. The salary schedule for teachers in Mat-Su begins with “Step 0.” The Anchorage School District schedule begins with “Step 1.” This means that beginning teachers in Mat-Su start at Step 0 and would progress to Step 4 in five years. In Anchorage the same teacher would start at Step 1 and progress to Step 5 in five years. The author is comparing Step 5 for Anchorage (five years experience) with Step 5 for Mat-Su (six years experience). The same logic is applied to the ten-year example.

Corrections:

$47,403

Corrected figure

Correct

$2,945

Corrected figure

$58,928

Corrected figure

Correct

$7,237

Corrected figure

AEA Web site

ASD Response

Salary comparison between Mat-Su and Anchorage for thirteen-year teachers

The author compares a 13-year Mat-Su teacher with a Masters degree plus 45 credits to an Anchorage teacher. Again, the Mat-Su Step 12 is equal to Anchorage Step 13 because of the “zero step.” In addition, the Anchorage salary cited is incorrect. The Anchorage salary for a thirteen year teacher with a Masters degree plus 45 credits is $58,748 plus a $500 Masters bonus ($59,248 total).

Corrections:

$67,163

Corrected figure

$59,248

Corrected figure for +45

$7,915

Corrected figure

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