Union Negotiations 2024
Since March, Fowlerville Community Schools (FCS) administration has been collaborating with the Fowlerville Education Association (FEA) teacher's union on a collective bargaining agreement. To maintain transparency with our community, we are sharing the Board of Education's proposals. Our district remains committed to bargaining in good faith, striving to achieve our priorities and goals. By providing access to these materials, we aim to keep our community informed and demonstrate our dedication to a fair and equitable resolution that supports our educators, students and overall district success.
Bargaining Update
The Board and the FEA have reached a tentative agreement on the Board’s Global Financial Proposal #10, which includes the major financial elements of the contract along with several important language items. Negotiations are ongoing over other language items, including previously prohibited subjects of bargaining such as discipline, layoff, recall, placement, and evaluation.
Key Financial Details
Steps and Lanes (Tentative Agreement)
In all Board financial proposals, teachers would advance steps and lanes on the salary schedule for both 2024-25 and 2025-26.
| Step | Number of Teachers |
|---|---|
| 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 8 |
| 3 | 6 |
| 3.5 | 1 |
| 4 | 4 |
| 4.5 | 1 |
| 5 | 2 |
| 6 | 7 |
| 7 | 7 |
| 8 | 8 |
| 9 | 2 |
| 10 | 3 |
| 11 | 7 |
| 12 | 82 |
| Total | 140 |
Addressing Historical Step Freezes (Tentative Agreement)
Beginning in its 2nd Financial Proposal, the Board proposed to adjust the placement of any association employee not at Step 12 due to step freezes from 2012-2016, ensuring they are placed on their correct step up to Step 12 for the 2024-25 school year.
Salary Increases (Tentative Agreement)
In its 9th Financial Proposal, the district accepted the Fowlerville Education Association's September 25, 2024, Financial Proposal. Specifics of this proposal consist of the following:
- Year One (2024/25): Eliminate Step 1 and 1.5 and shift the entire pay scale up a step and add new steps 11.5 and 12 and add 1% to the entire proposal.
- Additionally, retroactively, pay will be paid the second pay period after the agreement is ratified by both parties.
- Year Two (2025/26): 3% Increase to the 2024-2025 Scale.
- Withdraw the MPSERS Trigger
One-Time Payments (Tentative Agreement)
A one-time, off-schedule payment will be granted in October 2024 by the Superintendent to all active Association employees who are on Step 12 of the Salary Schedule of the current CBA as of June 30, 2024, and remain actively employed with the District at the time of payment. This payment will be calculated using 100% of the Section 27L Education Compensation funds available according to the June 2024 State Aid Report
Recruit New Teachers (Tentative Agreement)
Credit for experience for new hires shall be evaluated by the Board and credit for this previous experience may be given by the Board. Experience from another school system will be accepted only if the experience was earned while the teacher had a provisional, permanent, professional, advanced professional, or continuing certificate. If a teacher is hired above Step 5, the Association President will be informed. Teachers shall be advanced one (1) step on the salary schedule for between one (1) and three (3) years of active military service and two (2) steps for active military service in excess of three (3) years.
Special Education Accommodation Logs (Tentative Agreement)
To ensure proper time to complete the required special education accommodation logs, the district will:
- Eliminate the requirement for teachers to submit lesson plans to building principals, with the exceptions for (1) formal observations, (2) if a principal has documented concerns with a teacher's performance, or (3) if a parent/guardian of a student enrolled in the teacher's class requests to review instructional materials that relate to instruction of their student consistent with Board policy;
- Agree to the Association's 6.20.24 Appendix C, Section 1 proposal language that would ensure 55 minutes of daily preparation time for elementary teachers;
- Ensure that the accommodation logs will be pre-loaded with data; and
- Furnish the necessary teachers with an updated log when there are schedule changes and/or when an IEP is implemented;
- Agree to language that states "Due to the legality of the special education accommodation logs and IEPs, the log will not be pre-loaded by the general education teacher.
Class Size (Tentative Agreement)
In order for a class to be included in the final master schedule, 50% of the contract maximum size is required for classes unless the parties mutually agree to an exception, except for (1) advanced courses, (2) new courses or programs, and (3) MTSS courses may run with a minimum class size of 8 students.
Board Global Financial Proposals and FEA Counterproposals (Color Coded)
- Proposal #10 11.4.24(Tentative Agreement)
- Proposal #9 10.7.24 (Comprehensive Language and Financial Proposal)
- Proposal #8 - 9.17.24
- Proposal #7 - 8.13.24
- Proposal #6 - 8.5.24
- Proposal #5 - 7.29.24
- Proposal #4 - 7.29.24
- Proposal #3 - 7.21.24
- Proposal #2 - 7.17.24
- Proposal #1 - 6.10.24
Additional Resources
- Retirement Cost Changes 10-3-2024
- Fowlerville Education Association Contract 2021-2024
- Board of Education Bargaining Preparation Presentation February 2024
- Summary of Changes from Amendment to 2024-2025 Original Budget
- 2024-2025 Original Board Approved Budget
- FY 2024-25 Education Omnibus Appropriation Bill - State Approved Budget
- Comparable Districts' Strength of Teacher Salary Schedule
- Livingston County Districts' Strength of Teacher Salary Schedule
- Bulletin 1014 - 2022-2023 Average Teacher Salary and District Rank
- Section 27L Description
- Fowlerville vs Howell Current Gap (No Increase)
- Fowlerville Teacher Living Locations by County
- New Laws Affecting Education Going Into Effect in 2024
- Negotiation Update September 2024
Fowlerville Education Association's Proposal #9 Accepted on October 7, 2024, by Fowlerville Community Schools
| Employee Name | Schedule | Step | 2024-25 Current Annual Contract | 2024-25 Annual Contract | 2025-26 Annual Contract |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADAMS, BOBBIESUE | MA+ | 12 | $81,792.00 | $85,947.00 | $88,525.00 |
| ANDERSEN, GORDON | MA | 12 | $80,544.00 | $84,636.00 | $87,175.00 |
| ATKINSON, AMANDA | BA | 4 | $48,748.00 | $51,655.00 | $55,755.00 |
| BALLELLI, SCOTT | MA | 7 | $59,693.00 | $62,937.00 | $75,763.00 |
| BEEBE, BRENDAN | BA | 3 | $46,349.00 | $49,235.00 | $53,205.00 |
| BIESZK, ELIZABETH | MA | 6 | $57,050.00 | $60,290.00 | $64,825.00 |
| BISHAR, HEIDI | BA | 6 | $53,595.00 | $56,566.00 | $60,729.00 |
| BOSS, KENDALL | BA | 3 | $46,349.00 | $49,235.00 | $53,205.00 |
| BOWERS, HEIDI | MA+ | 12 | $81,792.00 | $85,947.00 | $88,525.00 |
| BOWLING, KATHLEEN | MA+ | 12 | $81,792.00 | $85,947.00 | $88,525.00 |
| BRIGHAM, CATHRYN | MA+ | 12 | $81,792.00 | $85,947.00 | $88,525.00 |
| BRIMHALL, LAUREN | BA | 6 | $53,595.00 | $56,566.00 | $60,729.00 |
| BROWN, ADAM | BA | 12 | $75,560.00 | $79,399.00 | $81,781.00 |
| BROWN, MORGAN | BA | 12 | $75,560.00 | $79,399.00 | $81,781.00 |
| BURKE, MONICA | MA | 12 | $80,544.00 | $84,636.00 | $87,175.00 |
| BURT, MICHELE | MA+ | 12 | $81,792.00 | $85,947.00 | $88,525.00 |
| CAMPBELL, NICHOLAS | BA | 3 | $46,349.00 | $49,235.00 | $53,205.00 |
| CARTER, MIKAYLA | BA | 2 | $43,945.00 | $46,812.00 | $50,713.00 |
| COLLINS, DAVID | BA | 12 | $75,560.00 | $79,399.00 | $81,781.00 |
| COPELAND, MATTHEW | BA | 12 | $75,560.00 | $79,399.00 | $81,781.00 |
| DAMEROW, KENNETH | MA | 12 | $80,544.00 | $84,636.00 | $87,175.00 |
| DANIEL, JULIE | MA | 12 | $80,544.00 | $84,636.00 | $87,175.00 |
| DAY, ALYSSA | MA | 12 | $80,544.00 | $84,636.00 | $87,175.00 |
| DEAN, JESSICA | MA+ | 12 | $81,792.00 | $85,947.00 | $88,525.00 |
| DEHRING, JACQUELYN | MA+ | 12 | $81,792.00 | $85,947.00 | $88,525.00 |
| DELUCA, CARRIE | MA+ | 12 | $81,792.00 | $85,947.00 | $88,525.00 |
| DEVINE, MELISSA | MA | 12 | $80,544.00 | $84,636.00 | $87,175.00 |
| DILLINGHAM, TANYA | MA+ | 12 | $81,792.00 | $85,947.00 | $88,525.00 |
| DINKEL, KRISTYN | MA+ | 11 | $78,646.00 | $82,610.00 | $88,525.00 |
| DUNN, BARBARA | MA | 12 | $80,544.00 | $84,636.00 | $87,175.00 |
| EDROZO, HEATHER | MA | 6 | $57,050.00 | $60,290.00 | $64,825.00 |
| EDWARDS, SHANNON | MA | 8 | $62,314.00 | $73,556.00 | $77,469.00 |
| ERDMAN, ALDEN | BA | 10 | $75,560.00 | $79,399.00 | $81,781.00 |
| ESCH, BROOKE | BA | 12 | $69,859.00 | $73,381.00 | $78,605.00 |
| ESTRADA, ERIN | MA | 11 | $77,447.00 | $81,349.00 | $87,175.00 |
| FARON, JESSICA | BA | 6 | $53,595.00 | $56,566.00 | $60,729.00 |
| FAUCHER, KATHERINE | MA | 11 | $77,447.00 | $81,349.00 | $87,175.00 |
| FEIG, LINDSAY | MA | 12 | $80,544.00 | $84,636.00 | $87,175.00 |
| FILLINGER, TARA | BA | 4.5 | $49,952.00 | $52,903.00 | $57,009.00 |
| FREDERICK, EMELIA | MA | 4 | $51,822.00 | $54,988.00 | $59,349.00 |
| FREEMAN, CHRISTINA | MA | 12 | $80,544.00 | $84,636.00 | $87,175.00 |
| FRITZ, ERIC | BA | 2 | $43,945.00 | $46,812.00 | $50,713.00 |
| GAFFEY, SANDRA | MA | 12 | $80,544.00 | $84,636.00 | $87,175.00 |
| GERECKE, KIMBERLY | BA | 12 | $75,560.00 | $79,399.00 | $81,781.00 |
| GILL, SANDRA | MA+ | 12 | $81,792.00 | $85,947.00 | $88,525.00 |
| GOOSSENS, ANDREA | BA | 9 | $68,323.00 | $70,558.00 | $75,582.00 |
| GOULDING, CORIE | BA | 12 | $75,560.00 | $79,399.00 | $81,781.00 |
| HACKETT, FREDERICK | MA | 12 | $80,544.00 | $84,636.00 | $87,175.00 |
| HANNA, MICHAEL | MA+ | 12 | $81,792.00 | $85,947.00 | $88,525.00 |
| HARDENBROOK, JAMES | MA | 12 | $80,544.00 | $84,636.00 | $87,175.00 |
| HARDENBROOK, MICHELLE | MA | 12 | $80,544.00 | $84,636.00 | $87,175.00 |
| HARPER, STEPHANIE | MA+ | 8 | $63,299.00 | $74,697.00 | $78,670.00 |
| HART, ANDREA | MA | 12 | $80,544.00 | $84,636.00 | $87,175.00 |
| HARTKE, HEATHER | MA | 7 | $59,693.00 | $62,937.00 | $75,763.00 |
| HOOD, DANIELLE | BA | 8 | $58,376.00 | $69,006.00 | $72,674.00 |
| HOWE, VANESSA | MA | 11 | $77,447.00 | $81,349.00 | $87,175.00 |
| HUFFMAN, JADE | MA | 12 | $80,544.00 | $84,636.00 | $87,175.00 |
| HUNT, KAREN | MA+ | 12 | $81,792.00 | $85,947.00 | $88,525.00 |
| IANNARELLI, ALEXA | BA | 3 | $46,349.00 | $49,235.00 | $53,205.00 |
| JARVIS, AMY | MA | 12 | $80,544.00 | $84,636.00 | $87,175.00 |
| JOHNSON, JENNIFER | MA | 12 | $80,544.00 | $84,636.00 | $87,175.00 |
| JOLIN, JONATHAN | MA | 12 | $80,544.00 | $84,636.00 | $87,175.00 |
| JONAS, AMY | BA | 12 | $75,560.00 | $79,399.00 | $81,781.00 |
| JONAS, JAMES | MA | 12 | $80,544.00 | $84,636.00 | $87,175.00 |
| KETRON, ALAYNA | BA | 2 | $43,945.00 | $46,812.00 | $50,713.00 |
| KIME, ELIZABETH | BA | 2 | $43,945.00 | $46,812.00 | $50,713.00 |
| KING, PATRICIA | BA | 10 | $69,859.00 | $73,381.00 | $78,605.00 |
| KRYGIER, ANTHONY | BA | 8 | $58,376.00 | $69,006.00 | $72,674.00 |
| KULAS, BETSY | MA | 8 | $62,314.00 | $73,556.00 | $77,469.00 |
| LADUKE, SCOTT | BA | 12 | $75,560.00 | $79,399.00 | $81,781.00 |
| LAESCH, SHANNON | MA+ | 12 | $81,792.00 | $85,947.00 | $88,525.00 |
| LANCE, AMBER | BA | 3 | $46,349.00 | $49,235.00 | $53,205.00 |
| LAPLANTE, EMILY | BA | 12 | $75,560.00 | $79,399.00 | $81,781.00 |
| LARMEE, ELIZABETH | BA | 1 | $41,539.00 | $44,384.00 | $48,217.00 |
| LARSON-SMITH, CARLA | MA+ | 12 | $81,792.00 | $85,947.00 | $88,525.00 |
| LAWSON, ANGELA | MA+ | 12 | $81,792.00 | $85,947.00 | $88,525.00 |
| LEMKE, AMY | MA | 12 | $80,544.00 | $84,636.00 | $87,175.00 |
| LYCOS, NICHOLAS | MA | 12 | $80,544.00 | $84,636.00 | $87,175.00 |
| LYNCH, BRYAN | MA | 12 | $80,544.00 | $84,636.00 | $87,175.00 |
| MANGAN, MARIAM | MA | 12 | $80,544.00 | $84,636.00 | $87,175.00 |
| MARK, RACHEL | BA | 1 | $41,539.00 | $44,384.00 | $48,217.00 |
| MARTIN, ABAGAEL | MA | 5 | $54,444.00 | $57,621.00 | $62,099.00 |
| MARTIN, EVAN | BA | 7 | $56,006.00 | $58,960.00 | $71,076.00 |
| MAURER, AMY | MA+ | 12 | $81,792.00 | $85,947.00 | $88,525.00 |
| MCDONALD MENGYAN, JESSICA | BA | 2 | $43,945.00 | $46,812.00 | $50,713.00 |
| MCGUIRE, RILEY | BA | 4 | $48,748.00 | $51,655.00 | $55,755.00 |
| MCGUIRE, SHANNON | BA | 12 | $75,560.00 | $79,399.00 | $81,781.00 |
| MERCER, ANDREA | BA | 12 | $75,560.00 | $79,399.00 | $81,781.00 |
| MESSNER, SHAWN | MA+ | 12 | $81,792.00 | $85,947.00 | $88,525.00 |
| MILLER, JENNIFER | MA | 12 | $80,544.00 | $84,636.00 | $87,175.00 |
| MILLER, KELLI | MA+ | 12 | $81,792.00 | $85,947.00 | $88,525.00 |
| MILLS, AMELIA | BA | 2 | $43,945.00 | $46,812.00 | $50,713.00 |
| MONTOYA, TONYA | MA | 12 | $80,544.00 | $84,636.00 | $87,175.00 |
| MONTRIEF, HOLLI | BA | 9 | $68,323.00 | $70,558.00 | $75,582.00 |
| MOREHEAD, HALBERT | BA | 12 | $75,560.00 | $79,399.00 | $81,781.00 |
| MUCK, TRACY | MA | 3.5 | $50,512.00 | $53,662.00 | $58,001.00 |
| NABOZNY, DAWN | BA | 12 | $75,560.00 | $79,399.00 | $81,781.00 |
| OBRIEN, MARGARET | MA+ | 7 | $60,610.00 | $63,932.00 | $76,937.00 |
| OCONNELL III, RICHARD | BA | 7 | $56,006.00 | $58,960.00 | $71,076.00 |
| OLSON, KARRISSA | BA | 8 | $58,376.00 | $69,006.00 | $72,674.00 |
| ORDING, ELIZABETH | MA | 12 | $80,544.00 | $84,636.00 | $87,175.00 |
| OSBORNE, LORRIE | MA | 12 | $80,544.00 | $84,636.00 | $87,175.00 |
| OZAR, TAMARA | BA | 12 | $75,560.00 | $79,399.00 | $81,781.00 |
| PHILLIPS, ALYSSA | BA | 8 | $58,376.00 | $69,006.00 | $72,674.00 |
| PIERCE, BROOKE | MA | 12 | $80,544.00 | $84,636.00 | $87,175.00 |
| PIPER, BARBARA | MA+ | 12 | $81,792.00 | $85,947.00 | $88,525.00 |
| POPRAWA, NICOLETTE | MA | 6 | $57,050.00 | $60,290.00 | $64,825.00 |
| QUIGLEY, EMILY | BA | 2 | $43,945.00 | $46,812.00 | $50,713.00 |
| RAGINIA, KIMBERLEY | MA | 6 | $57,050.00 | $60,290.00 | $64,825.00 |
| RANDOLPH, REBECCA | BA | 11 | $72,654.00 | $76,316.00 | $81,781.00 |
| REFIOR, CURTIS | MA+ | 12 | $81,792.00 | $85,947.00 | $88,525.00 |
| RICCIO, LAUREN | MA+ | 10 | $75,622.00 | $79,432.00 | $85,088.00 |
| RICKENS, AARON | MA | 12 | $80,544.00 | $84,636.00 | $87,175.00 |
| ROBINSON, MARISSA | MA | 3 | $49,195.00 | $52,340.00 | $56,638.00 |
| ROZANSKI, NICOLE | BA | 4 | $48,748.00 | $51,655.00 | $55,755.00 |
| SHRADER, BRET | MA | 12 | $80,544.00 | $84,636.00 | $87,175.00 |
| SIEJA, MARLEE | BA | 2 | $43,945.00 | $46,812.00 | $50,713.00 |
| SINKE, BARBARA | MA+ | 12 | $81,792.00 | $85,947.00 | $88,525.00 |
| SMITH, AMANDA | MA+ | 12 | $81,792.00 | $85,947.00 | $88,525.00 |
| SMITH, JENNIFER | MA+ | 12 | $81,792.00 | $85,947.00 | $88,525.00 |
| SORENSEN, REBECCA | MA+ | 12 | $81,792.00 | $85,947.00 | $88,525.00 |
| SPERRY, JASON | MA | 11 | $77,447.00 | $81,349.00 | $87,175.00 |
| SPISZ, MICHELLE | MA+ | 12 | $81,792.00 | $85,947.00 | $88,525.00 |
| SUTKA, COURTNEY | BA | 7 | $56,006.00 | $58,960.00 | $71,076.00 |
| SWEET, KRYSTAL | MA | 11 | $77,447.00 | $81,349.00 | $87,175.00 |
| THOMAS, JILL | BA | 12 | $75,560.00 | $79,399.00 | $81,781.00 |
| TOMASSI, AMANDA | MA+ | 12 | $81,792.00 | $85,947.00 | $88,525.00 |
| ULRICH IV, WILLIAM | BA | 8 | $58,376.00 | $69,006.00 | $72,674.00 |
| VANHORN, GERALD | MA | 12 | $80,544.00 | $84,636.00 | $87,175.00 |
| VANHORN, NANCY | MA | 12 | $80,544.00 | $84,636.00 | $87,175.00 |
| VLIEK, WILLIAM | MA | 12 | $80,544.00 | $84,636.00 | $87,175.00 |
| VOLZ, KAREN | MA | 12 | $80,544.00 | $84,636.00 | $87,175.00 |
| WALLACE, SHELBY | BA | 7 | $56,006.00 | $58,960.00 | $71,076.00 |
| WALSH, HEIDI | MA+ | 12 | $81,792.00 | $85,947.00 | $88,525.00 |
| WALTER, KARA | BA | 5 | $51,144.00 | $54,131.00 | $58,263.00 |
| WELCHNER, KURTIS | MA | 12 | $80,544.00 | $84,636.00 | $87,175.00 |
| WILLARD, JULIE | MA | 12 | $80,544.00 | $84,636.00 | $87,175.00 |
| WOODWARD, TAMMY | MA | 12 | $80,544.00 | $84,636.00 | $87,175.00 |
| ZEMPER, ALICIA | MA+ | 12 | $81,792.00 | $85,947.00 | $88,525.00 |
