Contracts signed with school employees, administrators

The La Conner School District Board of Directors unanimously approved a 12.4 percent across the board increase for their Public Service Employees, as recommended by Superintendent Whitney Meissner, at its Monday board meeting. They also approved a 3.1 percent salary adjustment for administrators.

Meissner reported meeting with the PSE “a couple of times” to reach the tentative agreement. These negotiations were in marked contrast to the long and contentious bargaining with the La Conner Education Association representatives. That agreement was reached Aug. 28, one day before school started. Th...