OGSD Negotiations Update

The Board of Trustees met on August 21, 2025 during a Special Board meeting to approve the ratified contract with CSEA for the 2025-26 school year.

Compensation Agreements in the settlement included:

The District met at the table with OGEA on August 25, 2025 and September 8, 2025. We continue to meet in good faith and collaboration and have made progress on remaining articles.

On August 25, 2025, a tentative agreement was reached between OGSD and OGEA on Article 14 Hours of Employment. The tentative agreement included:

• 30 minutes of preparation time for 20 weeks for Tk-3rd grade teachers
• 1 hour of preparation time for 20 weeks for 4-6th grade teachers
• Teachers receiving designated staff meeting time to complete the following mandated modules: mandated reporter, sexual harassment and workplace violence prevention plan
• 3 release days for each school year for Intermediate School Athletic Directors

On September 8, 2025, agreements were reached between OGSD and OGEA on Article 15 Class Size. A tentative agreement will be drafted for signature from both teams on September 30, 2025. The agreements in Class Size include:

• Reducing grades 7-8 class size maximum by one student
• Reducing grades 7-8 unit load by 5 students
• Pupil placement funds in grades 4-6 reduced by one student
• Pupil placement funds for grades 7-8 core subjects reduced by one student
• Retroactive pupil placement funds to the first day of school if classroom remains with excess pupils after the 16th instructional day
• A hard cap of 30 students in grades 4-6 combination classrooms and 24 in grades K-3 combination classrooms
• Increase the TK-6 combination classroom stipend from $1400 to $1800
• Special Day Class students mainstreamed into classrooms for any portion of the day will not cause the class to exceed current class size maximums
• Pupil placement funds of $15 per day for the 14th student and $20 for the 15th student in SDC non-categorical classrooms
• Reduce the high a cap numbers for SDC categorical classrooms by one student
• Pupil placement funds of $20 per student per day for the 11th and 12th student in SDC Autism Classes for the 25-26 school year

• Pupil placement funds of $20 per student per day for the 12th and 13th student in SDC Extensive Needs Classes for the 25-26 school year
• Pupil placement funds of $20 per student per day for the 11th and 12th student in SDC Therapeutic Classes for the 25-26 school year

On September 8, 2025, the last district proposal to OGEA on Article 12: Compensation included:

• An increase to the salary schedule by 2.0% for all OGEA members
• A one-time, off-schedule bonus payment of 2.5%
• Increase the annual stipend to all certificated school nurses equal to $3955
• Increase the annual coach stipend to $1800
• Increase the annual stipend for intermediate school athletic directors equivalent to 5.56% of step 1, class 1 of the teacher's salary schedule
• Increase instructional rate of extended day instructional programs to $75 an hour and non-instructional rate to $65 an hour
• Increase annual stipend for intermediate school band teachers to $2750
• Increase annual stipend for intermediate school band teachers implementing extracurricular band functions to $1300
• Increase stipend for temporarily vacating a room for district modernization projects to $600
• Increase stipend for preparation for carpet replacement to $300
• Increase to a $200 full-day stipend and $100 half-day stipend for attending a meeting and/or training outside of a teacher's duty day or year
• An increase to the annual stipend for RSP and SDC teachers, Special Education program specialists, Special Education coaches, and Speech and Language Pathologists to $2750
• An increase to the annual stipend for teachers with a Bilingual Credential working in a position that requires a BCLAD credential to $1800
• An increase to the annual stipend of $1500 (for one) and $1900 (for two or more) stipend for Speech and Language Pathologists to mentor a clinical fellow

On September 8, 2025, the last district proposal to OGEA on Article 13: Health and Welfare Benefits included:

• Maintaining District benefit contributions set forth in the 2023 and 2024 Memorandum of Understanding (MOUs) amounting to 1.75% of salary for OGEA
• Additionally increasing the District contribution to benefits by one-half-of-one-percent (0.5%), equivalent to $325K annually

The next negotiations session between OGEA and OGSD will be on September 30, 2025.

The District wants to clarify that teachers and certificated staff are not working without a contract. Per Article 22.3 of our Collective Bargaining Agreement, the current 2022–2025 contract remains in effect through June 30, 2025, and will continue beyond that date unless a formal notice to amend or modify is submitted. “This Agreement will take effect on the date approved by the Governing Board except as specifically described in any article, and will remain in full force and effect, up to and including June 30, 2025, and will continue in effect after June 30, 2025, year to year unless one of the parties notifies the other in writing no later than April 15, 2025, of its request to modify, amend, or terminate this Agreement” (Collective Bargaining Agreement, Pg. 132).

The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) and Oak Grove School District have begun initial discussion to prepare for the negotiations process, which is planned to kick off at the start of the 2025-26 school year. Both AFSCME and OGSD expect to sunshine articles at an upcoming Public School Board Meeting.