CdA Teachers Get Better Pact Offer

Item: Coeur d’Alene teachers get better contract offer /Scott Maben, SR

More Info: The Coeur d’Alene School District gave teachers a new contract offer Monday that still would reduce health insurance benefits but is far less drastic than the cuts proposed two months ago. The new proposal seeks $920,000 in teacher concessions as the district seeks to close a $1.5 million budget shortfall for the coming year. In the previous offer, when the district faced a projected shortfall of about $3 million, the proposed cuts in health benefits would have saved $2.6 million, $800,000 of which would have been placed in health savings accounts for employees.

Question: Is this contract offer the first step in healing the rift between the Coeur d’Alene School Board and the district’s teachers?