Salaries Up 10%, Healthcare Costs Down

In CCS Pacts With Teachers, Food Service

COOPERSTOWN – The Cooperstown Central School District Board of Education approved labor contracts with its teachers and cafeteria workers at its monthly meeting Wednesday.  The packages will raise salaries more than 10 percent over the next three years.

However,  "the concession to change insurance consortia will result in a savings of roughly $500,000 in year-to-year health cost," said Cooperstown Superintendent C.J. Hebert.

The new labor contracts with the Faculty Association, which represents teachers, and the Service Unit, which represents food service employees, bus drivers, custodians and other workers, feature a shift from the current CASEBP health plan to the NY 44 Health Trust Benefits Plan.