Valley View Teachers Union Approves Contract in Close Vote

Nine months after their contract expired in August, members of the Valley View School District 365U teachers union voted to approve a new contract Thursday. 

"I received a call from the teachers union president that the contract has been ratified by the members of the union," Valley View School Board Member Rick Gougis told Patch.

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More details will be released next week. The board of education will vote on the contract on Tuesday, May 27, at its next scheduled meeting date.

The teachers union voted Thursday to approve the contract 55 percent to 45 percent, according to former Valley View school board member Jim Curran. The vote total was 846-693, according to Gougis. 

The union overwhelmingly voted down the first proposed contract in September based on salary, higher insurance premiums and changes to the daily schedule, according to the Bugle. Of the 1,800 certified and classified members, 92 percent rejected the contract. 

The union and district had since resorted to mediation, according to the Bugle.

Attempts to reach Vicki Sutterlin, president of the teachers union, were unsuccessful.