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Held to 2.5% while pay rises 4.0%, the salary line loses 2.2 positions a year, by our arithmetic.
The gap had raises been smallerour estimate
FY2028 gap (ours)FY2032 gap (ours)
FY2028 gap (ours)
FY2032 gap (ours)
As settled
$932,531
$3,769,443
3.0% a year
$807,685
$3,623,391
2.5% a year
$620,866
$3,404,839
2.0% a year
$435,861
$3,188,409
1.0% a year
$71,257
$2,761,874
0.0% a year
-$286,199
$2,343,702
Ours: the teachers’ payroll rebuilt as if each of the last three scale increases had been the rate shown.
1 · The facts
2.2 positions
a year, line at 2.5%, pay at 4.0% (ours)
our estimate
13.5%
of positions gone in ten years, that way (ours)
our estimate
150
on the salary line, our average
our estimate
$12,514,952
payroll under the teachers’ agreement (our sum)
our estimate
$620,866
FY2028 gap had raises been 2.5% (ours)
our estimate
$932,531
the FY2028 gap as projected (ours)
our estimate
$3,404,839
FY2032 gap on the same path (ours)
our estimate
$3,769,443
the FY2032 gap as projected (ours)
our estimate
2.4%
less pay, master’s step 5, on that path (ours)
our estimate
2 · What it shows
1
Holding the line to 2.5% with 4.0% raises removes 2.2 positions a year; 13.5% in ten.
2
Had the last three raises been 2.5% a year, the FY2028 gap would be $620,866, not $932,531.
3
By FY2032 that path gives $3,404,839 instead of $3,769,443: lower, and still growing.
4
One path costs positions, the other pay: 2.4% less for a mid-scale teacher.
If the last three raises had been smaller
Payroll lower bynot from the books
FY2028 gapnot from the books
FY2032 gapnot from the books
as settled
—
$932,531
$3,769,443
3.0% a year
$120,044
$807,685
$3,623,391
2.5% a year
$299,678
$620,866
$3,404,839
2.0% a year
$477,567
$435,861
$3,188,409
1.0% a year
$828,148
$71,257
$2,761,874
0.0% a year
$1,171,855
-$286,199
$2,343,702
Ours: the teachers’ payroll in the FY27 budget lines, rebuilt as if each of the three scale increases had been the rate shown. Steps and lanes are left as they are.