Thousands of Pinellas County school employees will get extra pay starting in late October, after the school board on Oct. 14 approved their latest contract agreements.
The board unanimously backed deals for teachers, bus drivers and nonbargaining non-administrative staff, with members saying they wished they could provide even more.
Negotiations continue for the district’s police officer union and for the instructional support employees. All non-administrative staff began collecting supplements provided by the district’s voter-approved property tax referendum earlier in the fall…