La Conner teachers ratify contract with district

Last Tuesday, Aug. 26, La Conner school teachers ratified a contract that had been negotiated by their bargaining team that afternoon with the school administration, averting a strike on the first day of school.

At the 7 p.m. meeting, La Conner Education Association members resoundingly approved the two year agreement, which increases minimum total pay to $50,633 in year one and $51,595 in year two and maximum total pay to $106,540 in year one and $108,157 in year two. With all Skagit Valley school districts with contracts except for Conway, this makes La Conner teachers among the highest paid...