Shall the School District vote to approve the cost items included in the collective bargaining agreement reached between the Hampton School Board and he Seacoast Educational Association covering a three-year period from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2025 which calls for the following increases in salaries and benefits at the current staffing levels:
Year Estimated Increase
2022-23 $550,396
2023-24 $555,930
2024-25 $542,525
and further raise and appropriate the sum of $550,396 for the 2022-23 fiscal year, such sum representing the additional costs attributable to the increase in salaries and benefits required by the new agreement over those that would be paid at current staffing levels in accordance with the most recent collective bargaining agreement? (Majority vote required.)
What it means: These costs represent the increases negotiated by the School Board and the Seacoast Educational Association, representing 117 teaching professionals.
Those in favor say: SAU 90 has fallen behind nearby school districts at all levels. The following chart was taken from the presentation to the Budget Committee, and indicates that Hampton is vulnerable to loss of teachers to nearby school districts (Exeter, Portsmouth and SAU 21). Hampton salaries are in green.
Those against say: No one spoke against this Article at the SAU 90 Deliberative Session.
Fiscal Impact: If Article 2 is approved, it will cause an increase in taxes of $57.24 for a home valued at $400,000. Take your property valuation divided by 1000 and multiplied by .108 to get your cost.