Seneca Valley Schools, Support Staff Reach Contract Agreement

CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, PA — The Seneca Valley School District and the Seneca Valley Education Support Professional have reached an agreement on a new five-year contract. Seneca Valley school directors voted to approve the contract on Monday.

The new agreement will be effect from July 1 through June 2026 and covers the district’s 144 secretaries and paraprofessionals. The current contract expires at the end of this month. The district and labor group have been negotiating since January.

The agreement includes wage increases for each year, with the current average wages for the
2020-2021 school year at $20,394 for paraprofessionals and $34,156 for secretaries, a high deductible medical plan and additional contributionsby employees for healthcare.

Seneca Valley superintendent Tracy Vitale said she was pleased that both parties were able to come to a resolution before the current pact expired. “I am grateful for the work that this group of support personnel achieved on the frontline to keep our children safe and in school as
much as possible during the pandemic,” she said in a district release.

Brooke Witt, the region field director for the Pennsylvania State Education Association, who acted as the lead negotiator for the union, said, “This year has been like no other and being able to reach a new agreement in the midst of all of the challenges was a tough task, but an important one. Both
the District and SVESP put a lot of work into negotiating this agreement and believe it is a fair settlement for both sides.”