School Employee Step Increases Postponed By RONNIE BLAIR The Tampa Tribune LAND O' LAKES The annual step increases in pay for Pasco County School District employees will be postponed for at least a month as contract negotiators for the employees' union and the school district wait to get a better handle on the budget. "We're not even going to discuss that matter any more until the end of July until we get better financial information," Terry Rhum, the district's director of employee relations, said Monday. The school district and negotiators for United School Employees of Pasco agreed to postpone the pay increases and discussions about them during negotiations Monday. Rhum said in the next few weeks the district's finance department will be closing down the 2007-08 fiscal year, which ended Monday, and the financial picture for 2008-09 should become clearer. ...more

June 30, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - United School Employees of Pasco is throwing its political weight behind Steven Donaldson, the Democratic candidate for schools superintendent who hopes to unseat Heather Fiorentino. ...more

May 31, 2008

The "unofficial" hiring freeze at the Hernando County School District is over. ...more

January 5, 2008

It may not be as high as last year, but it's better than the year before. ...more

January 4, 2008

It may not be as high as last year, but it's better than the year before. ...more

January 3, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - Teachers and other school employees in Pasco could be one step closer to long-awaited raises after the Pasco County School Board meets Monday evening. ...more

December 2, 2007

LAND O' LAKES - Teachers would receive pay raises averaging 4.05 percent under a tentative contract agreement reached between the Pasco County School District and the union representing school employees. ...more

November 21, 2007

A hearing officer has recommended rejecting a lawsuit filed by a Pasco teachers union over staffing at emergency shelters at area schools. ...more

November 20, 2007

LAND O' LAKES - A state hearing officer has ruled in favor of the Pasco County School District in a dispute over whether the district can require employees to work at hurricane shelters. ...more

November 17, 2007

LAND O' LAKES - The Pasco County School District and the union that represents school employees are back at the bargaining table, trying to work out an agreement on salaries nearly three months into the academic year. ...more

November 7, 2007