Shall the School District vote to approve the cost items included in the collective bargaining agreement reached between the Hampton School Board Hampton School Board and the Seacoast Educational Support Professionals 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 $91,187
2023-24 $84,207
2024-25 $70,658
and further raise and appropriate the sum of $91,187 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 Support Professionals (SESPA), representing 43 paraprofessionals.
Those in favor say: Hampton has a long way to go to catch up to the pay scale in surrounding districts. These increases would make a start in that direction.
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 $9.35 for a home valued at $400,000. Take your property valuation divided by 1000 and multiplied by .023 to get your cost.