FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT: Lise Bang-Jensen Wednesday, September 15, 2010 (518) 434-3100 SEETHROUGHNY POSTS 189 UPDATED SCHOOL LABOR CONTRACTS Website Includes Teacher and Superintendent Contracts for 733 Districts Updated school labor contracts for 77 teacher unions and 112 school superintendents were posted today on www.seethroughny.net, the Empire Center s government transparency web site. The newest contracts are part of the most comprehensive public collection of school district labor contracts in New York. Contracts for the 733 school districts and BOCES districts were obtained under the Freedom of Information Law (FOIL). A number of FOIL requests for updated contracts are pending. Teacher contracts can determine base salaries; step raises and extra pay for seniority; pay for non-teaching duties such as coaching; length of school year, work schedules and time off; class size, student discipline and teacher evaluation; grievance and disciplinary procedures; scheduling of parent-teacher conferences; and health insurance benefits for employees, retirees and their families. A regional breakdown of the 189 updated contracts follows. (A table listing the updated contracts by region and district is attached). Capital Region (11 contracts) Central NY (10 contracts) Finger Lakes (19 contracts) Long Island (45 contracts) Mid-Hudson (27 contracts) Mohawk Valley (8 contracts) North Country (18 contracts) Southern Tier (29 contracts) Western NY (22 contracts) SeeThroughNY allows the public to examine government expenditures on the Internet. It includes the wages of New York State government, public authorities, cities, counties, villages, towns and school districts employees. Also posted are educator pension data, state legislators office expenditures, pork barrel projects, and a benchmarking feature for comparing local government and school district spending. The site launched July 31, 2008. The Albany-based Empire Center is a project of the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, one of the nation s leading non-profit 501(c)3 think tanks. -30-
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Long Island (con't) Greenport Ufsd Superintendent 09/01/09 06/30/13 Hampton Bays Ufsd Superintendent 07/01/10 06/30/15 Hampton Bays Ufsd Teacher 07/01/10 06/30/11 Herricks Ufsd Superintendent 07/01/09 06/30/14 Herricks Ufsd Teacher 07/01/09 06/30/14 Hewlett-Woodmere Ufsd Superintendent 07/01/10 06/30/15 Levittown Ufsd Teacher 07/01/07 06/30/12 Long Beach City School District Superintendent 07/01/10 06/30/11 Mattituck-Cutchogue Ufsd Superintendent 07/01/10 06/30/14 Mattituck-Cutchogue Ufsd Teacher 07/01/10 06/30/14 Mt Sinai Ufsd Superintendent 07/01/09 06/30/12 New Hyde Park-Garden City Park Ufsd Teacher 07/01/10 06/30/12 New Suffolk Comn School District Superintendent 07/01/09 06/30/11 New Suffolk Comn School District Teacher 07/01/10 06/30/15 Oceanside Ufsd Teacher 07/01/10 06/30/13 Oyster Bay-East Norwich Central School District Teacher 07/01/09 06/30/10 Patchogue-Medford Ufsd Superintendent 07/01/10 06/30/13 Plainedge Ufsd Superintendent 07/01/10 06/30/13 Plainview-Old Bethpage Central School District Superintendent 07/01/09 06/30/12 Rocky Point Ufsd Superintendent 07/01/10 06/30/14 Sachem Central School District Teacher 07/01/09 06/30/13 Sagaponack Comn School District Superintendent 07/01/10 06/30/13 Sagaponack Comn School District Teacher 07/01/10 06/30/13 Smithtown Central School District Superintendent 07/01/07 06/30/11 Springs Ufsd Superintendent 07/01/09 06/30/12 Uniondale Ufsd Teacher 10/05/09 06/30/13 Valley Stream Central Hs District Superintendent 07/01/10 06/30/11 Wainscott Comn School District Superintendent 07/01/10 06/30/11 Wainscott Comn School District Teacher 09/01/10 06/30/12 Wantagh Ufsd Superintendent 07/01/09 06/30/13 West Hempstead Ufsd Superintendent 07/01/09 06/30/12 West Islip Ufsd Superintendent 08/01/10 07/31/13 West Islip Ufsd Teacher 07/01/10 06/30/13 Westbury Ufsd Superintendent 07/01/10 06/30/11 William Floyd Ufsd Teacher 07/01/10 06/30/11 Mid-Hudson Carmel Central School District Teacher 07/01/09 06/30/11 Chester Ufsd Superintendent 07/01/10 06/30/13 Chester Ufsd Teacher 07/01/10 06/30/11 Cornwall Central School District Superintendent 06/28/10 06/30/13 Dobbs Ferry Ufsd Superintendent 07/01/10 06/30/13 Dover Ufsd Superintendent 07/01/10 06/30/13 Haldane Central School District Teacher 07/01/09 06/30/11 Harrison Central School District Superintendent 07/01/09 06/30/12 Mamaroneck Ufsd Superintendent 07/01/10 06/30/13 Middletown City School District Teacher 07/01/10 06/30/12 Mt Pleasant-Blythedale Ufsd Superintendent 07/01/10 06/30/13 Mt Pleasant-Cottage Ufsd Superintendent 07/01/10 06/30/12 Newburgh City School District Teacher 07/01/10 06/30/11 North Salem Central School District Superintendent 07/01/09 06/30/14 North Salem Central School District Teacher 07/01/09 06/30/11 Ossining Ufsd Teacher 07/01/09 06/30/13 Pawling Central School District Superintendent 07/01/09 06/30/12 Pearl River Ufsd Superintendent 07/01/10 06/30/11 Pearl River Ufsd Teacher 07/01/10 06/30/13
Mid-Hudson (con't) Pine Bush Central School District Teacher 07/01/10 06/30/13 Pleasantville Ufsd Teacher 07/01/09 06/30/11 Putnam Central School District Superintendent 07/01/10 06/30/14 Putnam Central School District Teacher 07/01/09 06/30/12 Roscoe Central School District Superintendent 01/01/10 06/30/13 Sullivan West Central School District Superintendent 07/01/10 06/30/13 Tri-Valley Central School District Teacher 07/01/08 06/30/12 Warwick Valley Central School District Superintendent 08/10/09 08/09/12 Mohawk Valley Dolgeville Central School District Superintendent 09/01/10 08/31/13 Dolgeville Central School District Teacher 07/01/10 06/30/13 Herkimer Central School District Superintendent 07/01/08 06/30/11 Holland Central School District Teacher 07/01/10 06/30/12 Ilion Central School District Teacher 07/01/09 06/30/12 Long Lake Central School District Superintendent 07/01/10 08/13/13 Schoharie Central School District Superintendent 07/01/10 06/30/13 St Johnsville Central School District Superintendent 07/01/10 06/30/11 North Country Alexandria Central School District Superintendent 07/01/10 06/30/11 Brasher Falls Central School District Superintendent 07/01/10 06/30/11 Champlain Valley Educational Services Superintendent 07/01/10 06/30/12 Chazy Ufsd Superintendent 07/01/10 06/30/13 Crown Point Central School District Teacher 07/01/10 06/30/13 Hermon-Dekalb Central School District Superintendent 07/01/10 06/30/13 Lake Placid Central School District Superintendent 07/01/10 06/30/13 Madrid-Waddington Central School District Superintendent 07/01/09 06/30/14 Madrid-Waddington Central School District Teacher 07/01/09 06/30/13 Northern Adirondack Central School District Superintendent 01/05/09 06/30/14 Norwood-Norfolk Central School District Superintendent 07/01/08 06/30/13 Potsdam City School District Superintendent 09/01/09 08/31/12 Sackets Harbor Central School District Teacher 07/01/09 06/30/11 Saranac Central School District Teacher 07/01/09 06/30/12 Schroon Lake Central School District Teacher 07/01/10 06/30/11 South Lewis Central School District Superintendent 12/22/08 06/30/12 Washington-Saratoga-Warren-Hamilton-Essex BOCES Superintendent 04/14/10 06/27/13 Westport Central School District Superintendent 07/01/09 06/30/12 Southern Tier Andes Central School District Teacher 07/01/08 06/30/11 Arkport Central School District Superintendent 07/01/10 06/30/12 Avoca Central School District Superintendent 10/01/08 06/30/12 Avoca Central School District Teacher 07/01/08 06/30/11 Canisteo-Greenwood Central School District Superintendent 07/01/10 06/30/15 Canisteo-Greenwood Central School District Teacher 07/01/10 06/30/11 Cooperstown Central School District Superintendent 07/01/10 06/30/13 Delhi Central School District Superintendent 07/01/10 06/30/11 Deposit Central School District Superintendent 07/01/10 06/30/13 Edmeston Central School District Teacher 07/01/10 06/30/13 Elmira City School District Superintendent 09/08/09 09/07/14 Elmira Heights Central School District Superintendent 07/01/10 06/30/15 Horseheads Central School District Superintendent 06/03/10 06/02/15 Ithaca City School District Superintendent 06/26/07 12/31/10 Laurens Central School District Superintendent 07/01/10 06/30/15 Laurens Central School District Teacher 07/01/10 06/30/13 Morris Central School District Teacher 07/01/09 06/30/12 Newfield Central School District Superintendent 07/01/10 06/30/13
Southern Tier (con't) Newfield Central School District Teacher 07/01/09 06/30/10 Odessa-Montour Central School District Superintendent 07/01/10 06/30/15 Roxbury Central School District Superintendent 08/18/08 06/30/13 Roxbury Central School District Teacher 07/01/10 06/30/13 Schenevus Central School District Teacher 07/01/09 06/30/12 Spencer-Van Etten Central School District Superintendent 07/01/10 06/30/13 Tioga Central School District Teacher 07/01/10 06/30/12 Tompkins-Seneca-Tioga BOCES Superintendent 07/01/10 06/30/15 Walton Central School District Teacher 07/01/10 06/30/11 Whitney Point Central School District Teacher 07/01/09 06/30/12 Windsor Central School District Superintendent 07/01/10 06/30/15 Western New York Belfast Central School District Superintendent 07/01/10 06/30/13 Bemus Point Central School District Superintendent 07/01/08 06/30/12 Cattaraugus-Allegany-Erie-Wyoming BOCES Superintendent 07/01/07 06/30/11 Cheektowaga Central School District Superintendent 07/01/10 06/30/13 Cheektowaga Central School District Teacher 07/01/10 06/30/11 Clarence Central School District Superintendent 07/01/10 06/30/11 Cuba-Rushford Central School District Superintendent 07/01/09 06/30/13 Dunkirk City School District Teacher 07/01/10 06/30/12 Frewsburg Central School District Superintendent 07/01/10 06/30/11 Genesee Valley Central School District Superintendent 07/01/10 06/30/13 Genesee Valley Central School District Teacher 07/01/10 06/30/12 Lancaster Central School District Superintendent 07/01/10 06/30/13 Lockport City School District Superintendent 07/01/10 06/30/13 Newfane Central School District Teacher 07/01/09 06/30/10 Orchard Park Central School District Superintendent 07/01/10 06/30/13 Panama Central School District Superintendent 07/01/10 06/30/13 Sherman Central School District Teacher 07/01/09 06/30/12 Starpoint Central School District Superintendent 07/01/10 06/30/13 Starpoint Central School District Superintendent 07/01/10 06/30/13 Wells Central School District Teacher 07/01/10 06/30/11 Yorkshire-Pioneer Central School District Superintendent 07/01/10 06/30/11 Yorkshire-Pioneer Central School District Teacher 07/01/09 06/30/13