ROCHESTER, Minn. – After eight months of wrangling, Rochester teachers and the School Board have a tentative new contract. Subject to final acceptance, the deal calls for a 6% pay hike retroactive to last school year and 1% for the current year. Vince Wagner, union president, said there also are “significant increases” in employer contributions to health insurance. Another provision is caps on grade school enrolments:
> Kindergarten: 20 students.
> First grade: 24 students.
> Second grade: 26.
> Third grade: 28.
> Fourth and fifth: 30.
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