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 OFFLINE | Each Tinley Park School District Teacher Contract is provided below for Taxpayers to review. Contracts are also posted to each school district website, which is provided on our "sources" page.
Elementary School Teacher Contracts
High School Teacher Contracts
Without detailing the benefits and pensions from each Tinley Park school district and their slightly varying teachers union contracts, here are some details from the contracts of elementary school district 146 and Bremen high school district 228...
District 146 has teachers contracted to work 181 days per year at no more than 7 hours 30 minutes a day. Teachers also receive 15 days (3 weeks) of sick-leave where they receive full-pay, so teachers actually work only 166 days per year. This equates to 199 days that teachers don't work (55% of the year not working!). Teachers receive 100% reimbursement of their 1st masters degree and 50% of their second masters degree. Of course an advanced degree grants them an immediate pay increase as well. Teachers contribute 5% to their individual health care plan, and those with families contribute 25%. They receive $20,000 in life insurance and also get dental insurance paid for by the district (taxpayer). What a generous amount of benefits that NO taxpayer in the private sector has... yet we are paying these bills? The District 146 teacher's contract can be seen HERE.
District 228 has teachers contracted to work 181 days per year at no more than 7 hours 30 minutes a day. Instruction time is limited to 275 minutes (4.58 hours) and teachers are asked to be in class 15 minutes before their first class and stay until 15 minutes after their last class. Teachers receive 15 days (3 weeks) of sick-leave where they receive full-pay, so teachers actually work only 166 days per year. This equates to 199 days that teachers don't work (55% of the year not working!). Teachers contribute a flat 18% towards their health insurance plan, whether individual or an expensive family plan. They are covered by a $40,000 life insurance policy and dental insurance, paid in full by the district (taxpayer), and can also receive a $20,000 bonus to retire! The District 228 teacher's contract can be seen HERE.
Teacher contracts appear to all span 4-5 years, with 2.5%-6% annual pay increases, not including "lane", "step" or "scale" increases with taxpayer reimbursed degrees they receive.
A teacher's pension is calculated at 75% of the last 4 years of a teacher's highest average salary, and an annual 3% cost of living increase (compounded) is guaranteed. According to TRS, Teachers contribute 9.4% of their earnings to the TRS pension system, but some districts (taxpayers) pay this as an extra "?perk?"! If a teacher is contributing 9.4% to their pension, it is only 1.75% more than the 7.65% us taxpayers are required to pay into Social Security... taxpayers, however, not receiving anything remotely close to a TRS pension from Social Security. The teachers' pension is for LIFE, as is an annual 3% cost of living pension increase, AND their generous health insurance coverage is paid by taxpayers for life. At the rates Tinley Park administrators and teachers are paid, taxpayers are on the hook for million dollar pensions PER administrator and teacher. This is unsustainable.
It's no wonder even as property values decrease, property taxes continue to increase... |
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