Catholic High School Teachers To Receive Pay Increase

by Barbara Watkins, Review Staff Writer

Teachers in six archdiocesan high schools will receive a 3 percent salary increase in a contract agreed upon by the Archdiocese of St. Louis and the St. Louis Archdiocesan Teachers Association.

According to the three-year contract, secondary teachers will receive a 3 percent raise for the 2007-2008 school year. For the subsequent two school years they will receive a minimum 3 percent raise each year, said Father Mitchell Doyen, archdiocesan associate superintendent of secondary education. Raises are tied to the Midwest Consumer Price Index.

The salary and benefits agreement, which was signed in March, was approved by Archbishop Raymond L. Burke upon recommendation of the Board of Catholic Education.

The St. Louis Archdiocesan Teachers Association (SLATA) includes approximately 200 teachers in six archdiocesan secondary schools — Bishop DuBourg, John F. Kennedy, Rosati-Kain, St. Pius X, St. Mary’s and Trinity.

Source: St Louis Review