New Vernon Teachers' Contract by the Numbers

The new contract for teachers in the Vernon Public School system takes affect on July 1, 2014 - threw beginning of the new fiscal year. 

It becomes official 30 days from the time it was accepted at the town clerk's office - Dec. 2 by virtue of the Town Council not taking any action  on the three-year deal approved through the arbitration process. 

It calls for a 2.75 combined salary and step increase in the first year. 

What does that mean in dollars? 

Here is the contract salary schedule. 

Salaries for each step are noted in dollars and in the following order: 

• Bachelor's  

• BA+15  

• Master's 

• MA+15 - 

• 6th year 

• 6th year +30  

• Ph.D. 

Step 1

46,275

47,569

49,024

50,788

52,121

53,108

54,054

Step 2

48,547

49,854

51,660

53,464

54,833

55,901

56,904

Step 3

50,929

52,248

54,437

56,281

57,687

58,842

59,904

Step 4

53,427

54,757

57,363

59,247

60,689

61,936

63,062

Step 5

56,050

57,388

60,446

62,368

63,846

65,193

66,386

Step 6

58,801

60,144

63,695

65,653

67,170

68,621

69,888

Step 7

61,685

63,032

67,119

69,112

70,665

72,229

73,572

Step 8

64,713

66,060

70,728

72,752

74,341

76,027

77,450

Step 9

67,888

69,231

74,530

76,586

78,210

80,025

81,534

Step 10

71,922

73,268

79,333

81,433

83,105

85,083

86,698

Step 11

75,858

77,185

83,915

86,029

87,726

89,834

91,531

Salaries for the second and third years increase by .15 to 2.9 percent. 

Department heads at Rockville High School and department  facilitators at Vernon Center Middle School are to receive stipends of $3,823, $3,899 and $3,977 in the three years of the contract. Stipends for Subject leaders are to be $2,868, $2,925 and $2,884 in each respective year.