FCS School Board Meeting to Discuss Tentative Collective Bargaining Agreement (10-01-2026)

The FCS School Board met on October 1, 2026, to discuss a tentative one-year collective bargaining agreement. The proposed terms include a $1,200 increase to each teacher’s base salary, adding the prior year’s loyalty stipend to base salary for eligible teachers, and a $50 payment for supervising an after-school extracurricular event. The agreement also adjusts several stipends, changes holiday-break leave allocations by building, clarifies maternity-leave language, and conditions certain salary increases on teacher performance evaluations. A retirement buyout would be available to up to 10 eligible certified staff members who meet the service requirements and retire at the end of the 2026–27 school year; the buyout would be deposited into retirees’ VIVA funds.

Board members thanked the negotiation team and described the agreement as a good contract under the circumstances, noting that negotiations would occur again the following year. The transcript indicates voting was expected to take place Monday through Wednesday, but does not record a final ratification result or a board vote approving the agreement. No procurement activity was identified.